Crestfallen Christmas is the 16th episode and the first Holiday Special of Season 2 in The Smurfs: Light and Dark. It is set to run between 45 - 50 minutes in length. It is also the thirty-sixth episode of the overall series.
Synopsis
The winter is upon the Enchanted Forest now, and the season of love and giving has returned, but without Johan, the Smurfs feel the bitter cold more than ever. With their human friends sharing in the despondency, they try to cheer each other up and show more gratitude for their longstanding love. In the hovel, however, Johan wants nothing more than to bring happiness to Gargamel and Scruple, knowing they could use it after months of disappointing results chasing the Smurfs. While he may be shrouded by darkness, his heart is still golden underneath.
Will he be able to shed some light on the hovel residents? Will his true friends enlighten him with their kindness, or will it be their downfall?
Story
- Part 1
- Part 2
- Part 3
- Part 4
- Part 5
- Part 6
- Part 7
- Part 8
- Part 9
- Part 10
- Part 11
Trivia
- In the Word Document, this story is currently 65 pages long and contains 24,855 words. Parts 1 - 9 were written between December 1st - 25th, 2014 while Part 10 was written between January 1st - 8th, 2015. Revisions and formatting adjustments were made on Nov. 28th, 2015, and then final revisions were made on June 1st, 2016.
- Originally, Johan was going to be good on Christmas Eve, but ultimately remained evil so there would be no confusion about how he conceived the gift he gives to Gargamel and Scruple. Coincidentally, the phase of the moon described in Part 6 was the perfect opposition to the actual phase on the evening it was written (December 20th, 2014).
- This story is the first to feature an original song written and sung by Numbuh 404, which will be released likely prior to the full story's release.
- The original song was incorporated into Part 2 of the story between November 28th - 30th, 2015, and lengthened the chapter to its limit. Therefore, Part 11 was added to keep Part 2 from being the longest chapter of the entire story. Otherwise, most everything else was kept in place with only minor formatting or diction alterations.
Gallery
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Continuation
- Episode 15 -- "Eye of the Storm"
- Episode 17 -- "A Hovel is Not a Hospital"