Wow, just call me Scrooge.  I was totally waiting to find out that they had stumbled into a Santa's Village amusement park, and the reindeer were in a petting zoo, etc.  I suppose 'HA it was just a dream!' is along the same lines, but more adorable and less cynical. ^^'

You totally wrote 'real' fic for Christmas.  Except you chose to shoot yourself in the foot by posting it all on one day instead of spreading it out.  You gotta get more bang for your buck!  Next year, just ditch the lead-up and start directly in with bite-sized chunks of the 'real deal'. ^o^