"Don't go there," growled the drugged and strapped down man on the gurney being pushed across the freezing tarmac by two burly orderlies.

"But..." Daniel shouted over the roar of the air-ambulance departing behind them.

"Trees like dangerous places; remember all those trees on our missions? Duh Oh!" Jack shivered, the icy wind hurt as bad as his knee.

Daniel tightened his grip on his friend, again seeing him cartwheel down that steep slope.

"...I couldn't be Santa without a tree. We could have bought..."

"Pay for a tree! Daniel... You can take your 'ho ho ho' and shove it!"