[Voice Post]

[dragons_are_ok]

[The communicator switches on and Lillet takes a deep breath. She sounds a little nervous

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[voice]

[pagesniffer]

[he listens quietly]

... What is the hunting of the wren, if I may ask?

[voice]

[dragons_are_ok]

It's a tradition in the winter time, where a wren is hunted, killed and put on a pole and decorated. The hunters then go around town singing and collecting donations and they give a feather from the bird for luck.

[voice] says the guy experimenting on a pig

[pagesniffer]

--Quite a barbaric custom. How did it come to be?

[voice] Pot, kettle, same thing.

[dragons_are_ok]

I'm not actually sure. It's just always been done.

[voice] you got it

[pagesniffer]

[a soft amused noise] Such is the way with old things.

[the king sort of pinged him, too]

[voice] stop torturing piggies sexy zexy.

[dragons_are_ok]

I suppose.

Are you interested in other customs?

[voice] not torturing, just using it for a purpose not on the label

[pagesniffer]

What other customs do you have?

[voice] torture for fun and profit :|

[dragons_are_ok]

You mean just for Christmas or other holidays?

[voice] new uses for SCIENCE :3

[pagesniffer]

If we do not take it one holiday at a time, we will be here for quite a while.

[voice]

[dragons_are_ok]

Well, there's the Yule log, the tree, the hunting of the wren, wassailing, and on Christmas eve, the town gathers at the pub for dancing and singing and things.

In the morning we get oranges and small gifts. Sometimes toys if mom and dad can afford it, but it's usually new clothes or shoes. Either way, it's very exciting.

[voice]

[pagesniffer]

Jul... Yule... Christmas. It seems these are different names for a similar tradition. My world called it Christmas, but the giftgiving and the songs were much the same.