'A Christmas to Remember' was written for a challenge.

The challenge requirement was that at least 7 of the things
on a given list of 25 items/scenes had to be worked into the fic.
Writers were allowed to fit them in however they wished.

This is the list of required items for the challenge in 2005.

1. A talking Christmas tree.
2. Peppermint, or gingerbread, or eggnog, or pumpkin pie, or chestnuts, or Wassail punch, or (pick a winter or Christmas type flavor) massage oil either given as a gift or applied to a body part.
3. A set of 6 plane tickets: destination, the North Pole.
4. Mokuba wearing a Santa hat holding a purring blue kitten named Dragon.
5. A large singing holly wreath.
6. Joey running down a hall, naked, carrying a four foot candy cane.
7. A parking ticket.
8. Seto waking up inside a large, heavy duty box, wrapped as a present.
9. A Christmas themed snow or sand sculpture contest.
10. Duke delivering a ridiculously oversized gift basket to Seto at Kaiba Corp. Duke flirting with Seto is optional.
11. Ice skating under a full moon.
12. Three dancing elves.
13. A sprig of mistletoe.
14. One dozen anatomically correct gingerbread men cookies.
15. A midnight bonfire.
16. Tristian and Joey singing mildly naughty versions of Christmas carols.
17. A sleigh or hay ride.
18. A major rain or snow storm.
19. A flaming (accidentally on fire) main course of turkey, ham, or fish, or lamb, or (insert well seasoned animal part here) during a dinner or lunch.
20. A semi-formal holiday party hosted by either Seto or Duke.
21. One hundred and seventy three pounds of traditional English plum pudding delivered to the wrong address (as in delivered to one of the gang).
22. Someone gets stuck in a chimney.
23. Fur lined underwear.
24. Snowball fight.
25. The line: "Then I heard him bellow as he ran out of sight: A Merry Christmas to all, it's been a hell of a night!"