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[ ZZZZZZZT! ] ... o, ow. I always forget about that...

[ little "mew" in the background; he replies with a gentle "shhh" sound ]

Ah... well, it's almost New Years, isn't it? I suppose the year date doesn't really have meaning here.

Does anyone celebrate New Years as a major holiday, here? I'm more familiar with it than Christmas, to be honest.

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[a_lone_flame]

I do. Russian New Years.

And January 7th is Orthodox Christmas.

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[ one question at a time ] What's a Russian New Years like?

[a_lone_flame]

There's a tree known as the Novogodnaya Yolka. It's decorated with sweets and there's a star on the top. Then, there's a bountiful dinner with plenty of vodka and champagne.

Another tradition is by listening to the President of Russia's New Year's speech, and a famous New Years tradition is fortune telling.

[geassreceived]

That does sound like fun. What kind of fortune-telling? We always used color-coded sticks that corresponded with a written fortune.

[a_lone_flame]

Mostly marriage predictions.

[geassreceived]

[ blink ] My cousin would have enjoyed that, I think.

[a_lone_flame]

Cousin?