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[numberthree]

Since we're going to live, and tonight half the city is partying loud enough it's probably going to last for hours into the night, and next week starts the holiday season:

What do your people do on Thanksgiving? Christmas? New Years?
Celebrations? Traditions? Other things you're celebrating during those times?

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[needlenose]

Sounds like ya hit all of 'em.

Y'know, the big ones. Like Thanksgivin 'n Christmas. Pretty sure everybody just spends New Year's partyin though. It don't got nothin specific like turkey or presents.

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[numberthree]

[ Allison leaves the video on, because he chose it, but she still types her answer. ]

People had any number of traditions back where I came from, and I was curious to see if this place had its own, as well as the people who came from other places that aren't either of those.

No specific other traditions where you're from?

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[privatepurchases]

[Christmas is coming.

Amid the parties, Gabriel's heart lights up.]

For what it's worth his birthday is actually in March but he's always liked the holiday in the winter. People getting together when it's cold makes him happy.

[numberthree]

[ Allison stares at that confused. ]


What?

[thetrueeve]

Awww, yours did too? Such a sweetheart.

[detectivedwloki]

I don't usually have time. I'm usually working the holidays.

[numberthree]

At home, or here?

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[catlady]

Same thing I do every year, I imagine. A whole lot of nothing.

[ Though, the holidays are great for business. All those parties? All that good cheer spreading and whatnot? This i the perfect time of year to be a thief. ]

[numberthree]

I used to be really busy during them, but I'm wondering if that might be mine this year, too.

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[atypically]

[ Shit...he hadn't actually thought about that... This'll be his first holiday season without his family. Without Adam...

If he looks a little deflated, that realization is to blame. ]

Back home? We do big dinners on Thanksgiving and Christmas (turkey and ham, respectively) and exchange presents on the latter. Black Friday, my mom and Alice would get up before the sun and go Christmas shopping and then Dad and I would go get a tree and put it up and do the lights on the house. Then when my mom and sister got back, we'd all decorate the house and trim the tree. New Years, we didn't ever really do much.

[ He shrugs and frowns, looking down. ]

Here, I guess...I'll play video games or something.

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[numberthree]

Those sound like lovely traditions.


You aren't considering doing anything here with anyone?

[iminthebook]

Well, here?

Probably reach out to a few, wish them well, and then have a quiet dinner for Thanksgiving, maybe a party for Winterfest/Christmas.

And likely work on New Years.

[numberthree]

What is a Winterfest? Is it just another name for Christmas with the slash there?

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[cognitivism]

The entire time I've been here I don't think I've celebrated Thanksgiving. Perhaps it's time to start a new tradition.

We at least celebrate Christmas like we did back home.

[numberthree]

How long has that been?


That you've been here and not celebrated it?

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[thetrueeve]

I've never gotten to celebrate any of them really. I'm excited for a chance at it!

[numberthree]

Anything you're looking forward to most?

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[notyuvan]

[It takes her a bit to reply. She's usually on the recieving end of text-based messages rather than ever sending them. And these communicators are... well, primitive.]

I don't know what any of those are. Are they common?

[numberthree]

In the Earth my family came from, they were.
Not everyone celebrated them, but everyone knew what they were.


Do you have any end of year things where you come from?

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[thecacophony]

Looking for a distraction?

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[numberthree]

No?




Why?

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[kryptomight]

Back home we'd have a big dinner on Thanksgiving with turkey and stuff
And everyone would get together on Christmas around a tree and spend time with each other, and open presents

[numberthree]

We did much the same back home with my daughter.

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[redcosmedic]

Humans celebrate a lot of holidays, and many seem to be clustered around this time of year. But they're almost never consistent between different countries?

[numberthree]

Countries here? Or on your home world?

Or do you mean in everyone's worlds?

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[plentystrong]

nice of you to assume we have any of that

[numberthree]

Do you not have anything during this time, too?
Someone above talked about that, too.