A Haunted Christmas

"A Haunted Christmas" is a story that is part of the EMPATH: The Luckiest Smurf story series. It is an adaptation of the cartoon show episode "Haunted Smurfs", which in itself is adapted from the comic book story "The Hunger Of The Smurfs".

Plot Summary
Narrator tells Empath of Smurfette's first Christmas in the Smurf Village, of how they have carefully prepared for the coming of winter by filling the storehouse, but a fire that broke out in the storehouse destroyed everything the Smurfs had, causing them to flee the village in the hopes of finding both shelter and food. In a mysterious castle that they have found, the Smurfs at first assume that it hasn't been lived in for years, only to soon come across what appeared to be a headless knight in armor patrolling its hallways. They discover that instead of their being actual ghosts, the castle is being "haunted" by an old man named Mr. Poppery who claims that there is an actual ghost who's been stealing all the food and treasure in his house. The Smurfs reveal that this "ghost" turns out to be a hungry rat, and with all the treasure restored, Mr. Poppery rewards the Smurfs with enough food to last them all winter.

Possible Voice Cast
NOTE: Empath only appears within the framing of the story.
 * Empath -- Robert Duncan McNeill
 * Papa Smurf -- Ethan Phillips
 * Smurfette -- Hynden Walch
 * Brainy -- Fred Armisen
 * Clumsy -- Jack McBrayer
 * Handy -- Jensen Ackles
 * Hefty -- Fred Tatasciore
 * Greedy -- Thomas Wilson
 * Vanity -- Mark Meer
 * Grouchy -- Steve Blum
 * Duncan McSmurf -- Alan Cumming
 * Narrator -- Tom Kane