Well, you see... Okay, context really is important in this case, just didn't want to bore you...

Christmas started with Scrooge and Santa together.

Long ago, Scrooge was trying to make money selling coal, but wasn't getting anywhere until he met Santa. Scrooge was a bit... abrasive trying to sell his coal, but good ol' Santa, he was giving toys away for free! And that day, both of them happened to come across a workshop full of elves. Santa was let into their workshop, out of the cold, for being so nice, and he said Scrooge was with him.

Inside the workshop, the elves' fireplace went out until Santa threw some of Scrooge's coal into it, and every elf in there was willing to pay for it, and then, Santa bragged that Scrooge could deliver coal to every person in the world, by Christmas morning! Scrooge was going to protest, but... Santa said he'd help. That day, they became both friends and business partners!

There's more to the story that Webby and Scrooge told me, if you wanna listen to this old geezer ramble on. _{[He said that last part in a joking tone.]}