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[grapeeater]

So Christmas is coming up, I guess. It's more of a lover's holiday in Japan, but it doesn't seem like it is here? I guess it's more like the American version without the religion.

What sort of things do you guys do for Christmas in your home worlds? I usually just ignored it, mostly, since it's not as big of a deal where I'm from and I wasn't dating anyone. Apparently in other countries eating fried chicken on Christmas isn't a thing? I don't know why it's a thing in Japan, it just is.

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[loveisanopendoor]

wait wait wait wait back up

christmas is for COUPLES in japan??? omg i had no idea....

[ And eating fried chicken too, apparently, but that's nothing to complain about!! ]

i had thought that just putting up a tree and spending the day with your family was the way everyone would spend it!!! i mean i guess i could maybe see how it's romantic but

i never would've thought there are places where it's mainly for people in love!!!

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[grapeeater]

Yeah, mostly. I think we get decorations and stuff from cultural influence from other countries, but since it's originally a Christian religious holiday and there aren't that many Christians in Japan it's not really the same kind of thing.

Putting up a tree and spending the day with your family sounds nice, but I doubt mine would take much time off. Pretty much everyone in my family works a lot.

[loveisanopendoor]

working on christmas...that seems a little sad

but i guess for them it'd probably be nothing special but still thats just

i dunno something about that just sounds really lonely

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[ratherbelocky]

Fried chicken? That's kind of funny. When we were kids, my mom would take me and my brothers out for Chinese and a movie on Christmas Eve.

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[grapeeater]

[Oh okay, he can do voice, too.]

Chinese? Why?

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[ratherbelocky]

I dunno, I think it was just tradition? That and I guess you could always count on the Chinese places to be open on Christmas. This was in America, by the way, so a lot of restaurants would've been closed.

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[captainash]

Christmas is usually an excuse for my crew to drink together, and maybe exchange little trinkets if we visited a port recently. We don't decorate at all, though.

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[grapeeater]

There's sales and stuff here but it's not a day off or anything, so... yeah.

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[captainash]

No wonder the celebrations aren't quite as large. No one has the energy to cook a feast after a day's work.

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[awesmazings]

we didnt really have Christmas back home that I can remember
it didnt even ever snow or anything, which is one thing I really like about being here
it's for people with boyfriends and girlfriends for you, though? thats kinda weird

[Jimmy.]

not in a bad way though! just different I guess. kinda doesn't seem fair for people who, like, aren't with somebody

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[grapeeater]

Well Valentine's Day and White Day aren't really fair to people who aren't with anyone, either.

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[awesmazings]

...huh
okay yeah I guess you got a point
but why is it like that?

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[bylight]

We don't have Christmas where I'm from. This will be my first one.

Molly told me it was for friends and family to spend time together and exchange gifts. It's strange to see other worlds have different traditions.

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[grapeeater]

Did you have any similar holidays where you were from, then?

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[bylight]

No. None where we give gifts. That was a birthday only thing, unless it was an anniversary of some sort.

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[ladywithnovoice]

I've never really heard about it back home.

[Mostly because seasons in Cloudbank were... nebulous things.]

With the cold weather, fried chicken sounds like a good idea however.

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[grapeeater]

I guess it wouldn't exist in some other worlds, yeah.

Fried chicken is okay, but it's really fattening.

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[ladywithnovoice]

All the better to save it for the holidays, right?

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[invigorating]

[Thankfully Nowi will not be spamming you with pink glittery text, so uh. There's that??]

IT'S A LOVER'S HOLIDAY????
I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST ABOUT GIVING PEOPLE PRESENTS AND SOMETHING ABOUT SANTA???

WE DON'T HAVE CHRISTMAS WHERE I'M FROM!!
IT'S A LOT TO GET USED TO!!!

SO DOES THIS MEAN CHRISTMAS IS WHEN YOU GO ON DATES WITH PEOPLE??
AM I USING THAT RIGHT??? "DATES" AREN'T SOMETHING WE DO WHERE I'M FROM!!

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[grapeeater]

It is in Japan, at least.

Wait, people, don't date where you're from?

[invigorating]

NOPE WE JUST GET MARRIED WHEN WE LOVE SOMEONE!!!
BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE FUN TO TEST IT OUT BEFORE YOU GET MARRIED!!!!
I'VE ALWAYS WONDERED WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF YOU WERE WRONG........

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[friendyousohard]

You know, the funny thing is, I'd never even heard the word "Christmas" before I came here.

But at just about the exact same time of year, we celebrate Hearth's Warming Eve, the anniversary of the day my country was founded.

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[grapeeater]

I guess different worlds have different traditions. But it definitely seems to be a thing here.

What do you do for Hearth's Warming Eve?

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[rocketralph]

_{[Sorry, Micchy, Ralph is all capslock all the time. It's just easier for him to see.]}

USUALLY? A BIG FAT NOTHING because nobody ever invites me anywhere.

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[grapeeater]

[It's okay Ralph, Micchy understands.]

If I have a party I'll let you know.