[Video]

[changelingdude]

[Here we have Beastboy broadcasting from his new apartment in the Hope District. It actually looks pretty tidy which is surprising to anyone who knows Beastboy and how messy he can be. Rita is in the backround fiddling with her keyboard and Chili is sitting on the sofa sipping a cup of tea]

HEY THERE DUDES!

[The noise startles Chili and she almost fumbles her tea, shooting a glare at Beastboy and shuffling to the side trying to get off camera.]

So according to my little calender here you know what today is?!

[Rita pipes up from her side of the screen]

Sunday?

[Beastboy rolls his eyes, Chili smirks]

No dude! It's December 1st! And that means Christmas is just 24 short days away! Hope you've started shopping!

But the marketplace was mostly destroyed. And what are you shopping for?

Presents!

[Beastboy pulls on a rope and some decorations fall from the ceiling including a wreath, some colorful lights, a Santa hat on Rita, an Elf hat on Chili and a whiteboard that Beastboy has drawn some Christmas images on]

For those of you who don't know, in my world we have this EPIC holiday called "Christmas!" It happens every December 25th and you take the whole day to party, spend time with friends and family, give each other gifts and eat lots of yummy food!

Oh that sounds nice.

It sure is! We can play games and tell stories and there's all kinds of great traditions! Like Santa Claus!

Santa who?

Santa is this super powered dude who can travel across space and time and delivers gifts to all the good little boys and girls around the world! To thank him you leave out a palate of milk and cookies and he puts gifts in your stockings and under your tree!

He puts gifts in our socks?

What tree?

Oh boy...you guys have no idea do you!?

[He's gesturing wildly at the board]

See you hang up stockings on your wall, over a fireplace if you have one. Then Santa comes and puts little gifts in them. And you also put up a tree in your home. Most people use fake ones because it's less messy.

What kind of tree?

Well...usually pine but any kind will do. Then you decorate it to look all pretty and if you buy presents for other people you can wrap them up and put them under the tree too!

Sounds expensive.

[Beastboy wags a finger]

Christmas is all about giving! You give to those less fortunate, you give to those you love! Sure you can get lots of awesome gifties from those who love you...but you get like this super warm and fuzzy feeling inside from being nice to other people because it's Christmas...and then you can go back to being a jerk for the rest of the year.

I don't think I understand...

That's OK! If any of you have any holiday traditions from back home for this cold time of year I wanna hear about them! Maybe we can all do them and have some fun! If you have any questions about Christmas I'll be happy to help! It's my favorite time of the year!

I still don't know how you're going to buy any gifts with the main market trashed.

If I have to make candy canes and eggnog from scratch I will!

Whatnog?

[Transmission ends]

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[Video]

[hot_nunchaku_fury]

[Mikey is looking less than his normal happy self when the video starts up but suddenly it's like a switch is flipped and he grows bright, and happy and bouncing in place to the point where both Leormon and Leader are suddenly getting their faces in there to find out what's got Mikey so excited.]

Dude... I almost forgot about all of this! Oh man... it's gonna be my first Christmas outside the sewers! And with friends!

Christmas? Are there lots of games?

Oh... you are going to want to get presents for everyone, aren't you Mikey?

[His two digimon nearly talk over each other; and Mikey continues to sit there, bouncing in his seat, realizing just how big this Christmas is going to be.]

Re: [Video]

[changelingdude]

Right on dude! Maybe you can help me find a big ole Christmas tree that we can put up where everyone can see it? We'll have to head out of town I think...and probably need some evolved Digimon to carry it.

[Video]

[hot_nunchaku_fury]

OH! Yeah we should totally do that! Leader doesn't really get bigger as Gatomon, and Leormon's not too big... OH I know, we could see about having Leatherhead come with us, he's strong!

And Duke digivolves into Devidramon, he might be able to help as well.

Really? When did you find that out?

[Leader suddenly looked a little worried.]

A-after your first fight... against Donnie. He came to get us.

Oh...

Wait, why doesn't Mikey know or remember that himself.

Now's not the time Leormon... please, this is about Christmas, right?

Re: [Video]

[changelingdude]

That's right dudes! So Leatherhead, Mikey, me and all our Digimon. If that's not enough power to get a big honking tree into town I dunno what is!

How about this weekend? We'll go scouting and see if we can find one. If we do we'll bring it back and set it up as close to the middle of town as we can!

Then we can have everyone get together to help us make ornaments for it. Maybe even find some big brain to rig up some electric lights for it!

[video]

[strengthinkindness]

Oh goodness...that all sounds wonderful...!

A-Actually...it does remind me of a holiday we celebrate back home...

Re: [video]

[changelingdude]

Oh yeah? I was wondering about that sorta stuff!

What's your holiday like?

[video]

[strengthinkindness]

W-Well...It's called Hearth's Warming Eve, and it's actually pretty similar to your, uh...Christmas. We have decorations and lots of wonderful food...we spend time with loved ones and give gifts, sing songs...

And of course there's the Hearth's Warming Eve play that every city has a performance for. That's the tradition most looked forward to, because it reminds us why we celebrate the holiday.

Re: [video]

[changelingdude]

Oh wow! That sounds totally cool!

Do you think you could tell us the story? We could get some Digimon to act it out...or maybe draw some pictures to show the story while you tell it?

[motherswisdom]

This sounds very interesting... I would like to try it... if I may.

[changelingdude]

Of course! That's another great part about Christmas! Everyone can be apart of it!

In fact! I think I'll tell one of my favorite Christmas stories later this month to get people in the right frame of mind~

It's a ghost story. Do lions have ghosts?

[motherswisdom]

Then I would like to join in.

I don't know that we do... We have the Great Kings of the Past. Is that something like it?

[changelingdude]

Something like that yeah!

Anyway first off we're gonna have to get this place cleaned up a little. Mikey and a few others are gonna go get a tree and we'll show you how to decorate.

If you come across anything bright and colorful while you're going around the town try and get it. Christmas loves color!

[Video]

[thescaronhisface]

...Why are all these holiday things so crazy?

Re: [Video]

[changelingdude]

Because a little crazy is good for the soul dude!

If you don't cut loose every now and then you get all tense and uptight.

[thescaronhisface]

Is this another one of those "fun" things?

[changelingdude]

Bingo!

And admit it, it sounds kinda neat right?

[Text]

[perrytheperson]

I love Christmas.

You're right, that isn't a lot of time to get things ready. But I bet we can make it work if we all pitch in to decorate while we're cleaning up around here.

Nice decorations.

Re: [Text]

[changelingdude]

Thanks dude! I've been looking forward to this ever since I got my head on stright after that nasty virus business.

You've got the right idea though. We all pitch in together and this is gonna be so holly jolly that everyone will forget all that nasty business from last month.

[Text]

[perrytheperson]

Where did you find the decorations anyway? I'm gonna need some lights.

[acceptedburden]

It sounds as though you have quite a bit to plan for. Although it seems as though I just celebrated Christmas back home with my friends.

I believe we can make the holiday work with little resources.

[changelingdude]

That's what I like to hear dude!

So how do Atlantians celebrate the holidays? I've never asked my Aqualad, he just came over for the Titans Christmas party

[acceptedburden]

It often depends on what part of Atlantis you are visiting. Some have adopted many of the surface's traditions...with their own variations of course. Some celebrate holidays from the old days of Atlantis, including Saturnalia. Many of these traditions still include in them the idea of gift giving.

I tended to celebrate Christmas myself. My father enjoyed the holiday and I grew up familiar with the concept. And now, with my team, the festivities are perhaps even more fun. This was past year was actually our first Christmas as a team.

[Video]

[scaronfire]

... Blimey, it is December. It's weird to think it was supposed to be almost summer when I was taken away.

Re: [Video]

[changelingdude]

I know right? Time is all weird like that. Not sure how to describe it, but definitely not a straight line.

So how do you guys celebrate the holidays back home Harry? Anything special?

[Video]

[scaronfire]

Depends on if I'm staying at school or going to my friend's. If it's school, then there's a Christmas feast. At my friend's, it's pretty normal I think. Big meal and the like.