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mylittlejamjar2014-11-30 08:13 am
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[Here you go pony's, have one of your resident cats, the red scruffy one.]
Hey there pony's, the name's Cliffjumper, I'm one of the new bots in town. Been trying to get myself settled since I'm uh...I'm still a little new to this whole "organic" thing, but I think I'm finally gettin' the hang of it. Little food, a little sleep and you're good to go when the sun rises.
Enough about me though, I'm curious about all this holiday stuff going on. It sounds a lot like what humans have back on Earth...
[Is going off of a New York standard of Christmas really the proper thing to compare it to, Cliff?]
You got the same scramble for presents I've been seeing and well...I was never really able to ask before, but is that all this holiday is? Some mad dash to get the biggest and best present you can for someone? I mean I get the part where a Snowman came to life, and some red nosed mammal with high-beams helped an old guy in a red suit come to town...actually I don't get that either, and if you have answers for those as well I'd owe you one...
I mean it's like whiplash between the two, magic snowmen and big fat guys in suits, then suddenly everyone gets presents. Just what is this holiday all about?
Hey there pony's, the name's Cliffjumper, I'm one of the new bots in town. Been trying to get myself settled since I'm uh...I'm still a little new to this whole "organic" thing, but I think I'm finally gettin' the hang of it. Little food, a little sleep and you're good to go when the sun rises.
Enough about me though, I'm curious about all this holiday stuff going on. It sounds a lot like what humans have back on Earth...
[Is going off of a New York standard of Christmas really the proper thing to compare it to, Cliff?]
You got the same scramble for presents I've been seeing and well...I was never really able to ask before, but is that all this holiday is? Some mad dash to get the biggest and best present you can for someone? I mean I get the part where a Snowman came to life, and some red nosed mammal with high-beams helped an old guy in a red suit come to town...actually I don't get that either, and if you have answers for those as well I'd owe you one...
I mean it's like whiplash between the two, magic snowmen and big fat guys in suits, then suddenly everyone gets presents. Just what is this holiday all about?
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Sounds like you got it to me.
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But I mean it, there's really not much to this holiday. ...Just like every other holiday. It's an easy pattern to follow, Cliff.
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You don't have to get me anything, Cliff. Just...try to stay warm.
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Hey now, it'd be pretty poor form if I didn't get my partner something for the holidays though. It's like I want to get you something or...something.
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You know I'm not gonna get you something in return. I know you know.
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[Like that would work on him. You know better than that Arcee.]
You make it sound like I expect you to. It's cause you wanna and nothin' else remember?
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Fine. Not like I can stop you...
Just...nothing too loud. Think you can handle that?
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[Cliff-note: Put firecrackers in the box.]
It'll be something that totally blows you away.
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You know, when you say scrap like that, it makes me wanna avoid opening things.
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It always seemed so rushed back on Earth.
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Oh, oh, but I had it with a bunch of humans once! But we were all up in space, so it wasn't like we could go shopping or anything, so we just got presents from up there and hung out! It was neat.
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Okay, Frosty and Santa Claus? Two different things. They're all just a bit of holiday folklore fun. They're both there to make kids happy. Santa - the big man in the suit - he brings presents to all the good little girls and boys. Rudolph's sometimes part of the story. He needs a way to cart the presents around, yeah? So, he hooks up flying reindeer to his sleigh, loads that up with presents and off he goes.
Everybody buying presents for everybody else? That's just... you want to get a little something for the people you care about. Big things that you wouldn't usually get them. That's why there's the rush.
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Our holiday, Hearth's Warming Eve, is...actually pretty similar to Christmas, but...we celebrate it for different reasons...
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That said, Christmas is my favorite version.
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The snowman is though! If by snowman you mean Windigo, which you probably don't.
Hearth's Warming is kind of a long story.