1995 Christmas morning
Belleville, NJ
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"What did you get for Christmas Frankie" his mom asked. Frank turned around a black rock in his little fist, "I hate Christmas, " he screamed as he threw the rock down and ran out of the room. While his cousin Zack got candy and an action figure in his stocking, every year it was the same thing. As the years went by he grew to loath the holiday more and more.

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3:30 am Christmas morning
Blizzard, North Pole
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Gerard sat on the overstuffed chair drinking coffee and pretending not to listen to his parents discuss frank again. Frank was the boy Gerard was promised to marry and let's just say his parents were less then pleased with him. But Gerard was overjoyed with his fate (Gramma) chosen mate Frank was sexy, funny, loved animals, horror movies, comics, and was the smoking hot frontman in a band. Ok, so maybe he had a bit of a reputation for pulling not so nice stunts on or around Christmas. But Gerard didn't care about that he actually kinda thought some of it was pretty funny, one of his favorites was when Frank used a potato launcher to launch year old fruit cake at the Christmas Carolers I mean, come everyone knew those songs where annoying and needed to be done away with along with all that fruitcake so really he was doing everyone a huge service!

But Gerard's parents didn't see it that way he'd been listening to them discuss Frank for years. One of his dad's biggest complaints was about the time franks parents took him to see Santa and he yelled at Gerards dad for being a Halloween thief and punched him in the nose! "He darn near broke my nose Donna" Gerards dad cried in protest to which his mom just told him "franks a little boy how much damage could one little boy do?" Gerard thought that was hilarious and god knows he has wanted to do the same but didn't have the guts. I mean his dad's Santa but you tell me one kid who never wanted to punch their dad and I'll prove you wrong! His mom hadn't been so overjoyed about Frank replacing the chocolate with exlax in his mothers fudge recipe and vowed he'd never be let near her kitchen. Then at 16 Frank put a firecracker into the Christmas turkey, causing her to reinforce the doors and locks to keep I'm out!

"He's a menace" his dad turns to him glaring over his glasses "and you it's all your fault" he said. At his comment Gerard looked guilty, but we will get more into that later. Gerard stood up "I don't really have time for this dad you have a vacation to take and a retirement to plan, "he said, "and I have a betrothed to go get besides do you want to go against Gramma" he asked before he kissed his mom on the cheek. He put on the red jacket and cap before walking out to the sleigh. "Ok guys, " he said, looking at the team of reindeer "we have half an hour to get there" and off they went.

4:00 am Xmas morning
Belleville, New Jersey
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Marry Christmas
Two simple words meant to wish good cheer, but all Frank could do was feel nothing but a bitter loathing for them and everything they represented to him. On top of all that his mom drops a major bomb on him in that he's betrothed to some guy he never met! So he didn't feel quit so bad about the pranks he's pulled over the years in protest of Christmas. Besides this helliday had just fucked his life over from the beginning, and now at 4 am some asshole was coming down his chimney probably to steal his tv and maybe vomit more Christmas crap all over his crappy apartment and life!