"And cut! That's a wrap, everyone!"

Dexter's family just finished filming their first Christmas episode,
"Dexter vs. Santa Claws". In this episode, Dexter tried to prove to
everyone that Santa is a myth, but the plan backfired. He tried
to make everything up by saying what the true meaning of Christmas
is, but everyone else says it's about presents (which is not true).

"Merry Christmas, family!" said Dexter's father.

"Our first Christmas episode," said Dee-Dee. "That was hillarious."

Dexter sighed sadly.

"Dexter?" said Dexter's mom. "What's wrong?"

"One: I ruined Christmas by destroying our only Christmas tree,"
Dexter said, tearing up a little. "Two: I set a bad example for
our younger viewers: shaving Santa. And three: we're going to get
complaint letters to Cartoon Network that we got the wrong idea
about Christmas. It's all about presents."

"Oh, Dexter," Dexter's mom said, kneeling down and hugging him.
"It's okay. It's supposed to be a joke."

"But will the parents watching get the joke?" asked Dexter.

"I think Dexter has a point," said the actor for Santa. "I know what
I said in the episode, Dexter. You actually did have the right idea
about Christmas. The rest of us didn't, but again, it's a joke. And
parents may not understand that."

"Mom," said Dexter. "You understand, right?"

"Dexter, sweetie, of course I do," said his mom. "And we know you
wouldn't do a stunt like that for Christmas."

"Shaving Santa and destroying the decorations including the tree? I
would never do a thing like that."

"Dexter," said Dexter's dad. "That was a mature thing you just shared.
I think you've earned a Christmas treat this year."

"You know, Dex," said Dee-Dee with a smile. "I think you're the best
genius I ever met."

Dexter tears up and smiles. "Thank you everyone. You too, Santa."

"You can call me Jeff Bennett, Dex," said the Santa actor. "Ho, ho, ho."

"Group hug time," said Dexter's dad.

The family gathers around for a Christmas hug.

"One small problem," said Dexter. "How are we going to replace our
Christmas tree?"

"Dexter, you silly boy," said Dee-Dee. "You're an inventor. You can
build us your version of a Christmas tree."

"You're right!" Dexter said with a big smile. "Dee-Dee, you're a genius!"

Dee-Dee blushed.

"I will build a spectacular tree for the Dexter's Lab family!" Dexter said
with pride. "Oh, uh, excuse me, Mr. Tartakovsky?"

"You can call me Gendy," said the director.

"If we get complaint letters from parents about this episode, let me
handle it," said Dexter.

"You got it, Dex," Gendy said with a thumbs-up. "Okay, time to
do a table reading for our opera episode: LABretto."

Dexter gasped! "I forgot about that episode! I have to sing, but
I'm not that awesome a singer! What should I do? Should I use
auto-tune? Get singing lessons? I'm doomed!"

"Calm down, Dexter," said Dexter's dad. "We'll handle this as soon
as possible."

"You're the best family a boy genius could ever have," said Dexter.

"We have something a regular cartoon family doesn't have: unconditional
love," said Dexter's mom.

"That's right," agreed Dexter's dad. "Our love for each other, including
Dexter and Dee-Dee, is pure and true."

"Now that's what I call a happy family," Gendy said to himself.