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[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]

Comments

[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.

[changelingdude]

Really? Dude sweet!

I remember my first Christmas with the Titans. We had this giant cake and had to explain holiday specials to Starfire. Pretty sure she would have blown a hole in our TV if we hadn't kept her calm through "How the grinch stole Christmas"

[acceptedburden]

It sounds like a fun time, Beast boy. Perhaps we should try to arrange a party with our new friends here. It's not quite the same as our teams, but it is what happens this time of year, correct?

A shame we will have to miss out on Christmas specials.

[changelingdude]

I know dude, but absence makes the heart grow fonder or whatever.

If we're still here next year I'll do the claymation myself!

[acceptedburden]

That sounds like quite a big project. Something to do between monster attacks though I suppose.

[changelingdude]

We all need our hobbies~

What do you do when you're not being a solid rock of reliability, responsibility and dashing good looks?

[acceptedburden]

[He smirks, apparently amused by Beast Boy's assessment.]

Nothing that exciting I'm afraid. Physical training, working with my digimon, swimming, and reading occupy my free time. I have enjoyed learning about some of the digital world's cultures.

[changelingdude]

There are different cultures around here?

You mean other then us chosen?

[acceptedburden]

Some of the digimon in the market place have interesting stories to tell. I'm not sure if it counts as culture persay, but there are certainly some interesting customs going around.

[changelingdude]

Duuude! I didn't think about that. I'd always just thought they had the same kind of backround. Heck Rita can't remember anything before she met me.

[acceptedburden]

Perhaps not those here for chosen. But the Digimon that come in to work in the shops or stores have interesting stories to tell.

[changelingdude]

Well, I know what I'm doing this week!

You're helping clean up the city. You promised.

Oh...right. OK after that.