DEATH had been at a loss trying to think of something to get his fellow horsepeople, but had finally decided on a "Raise an Anthill" set for War (after all, ant battles were becoming much more formidible than those between humans) and a kazoo for Pollution (noise pollution was all the rage these days.)

For Pestilence, DEATH had went to a gift shop and asked the woman there what he should buy someone special. For some reason, she had winked knowingly and told him to get a box of chocolates. After that fiasco with the duct tape costume at the Halloween party, however, he had learned to take the advice of females in shops with a grain of salt, but as he had no other choice, he ended up leaving the place up to his nose with every single variety of chocolate they had. For good measure, he had them infected with a few diseases.

After arranging his gifts in a artistic skull pattern, (leaving room for the eyes, nose, and mouth) DEATH pulled out a brightly colored object from inside his robe of Endless Darkness(tm) and hung it on a branch located in the most outer rim of the tree.

It was a hat with a skull located at the tip; the one he wore during his brief and disastrous stint as the Hogfather. It was red and white, a limp and dirt stained object, but it reminded DEATH of something he wanted that was always just out of reach.

HO. HO. HO, said DEATH sadly, and spun away to visit Binky.