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[hexyoutotuesday]

[Jinx is sitting on the couch in her living room. The girl's definitely not as happy nor as lively as she used to be, but she's less depressed and trying to put on a good face. That wine glass in her hand probably has something to do with her talkative mood. It's a start, at least.]

You stop getting homesick after a while. Of course there's still

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[pullsheavendown]

[Really, he's just glad to see a smile on her face.]

Not like you do, I think. But I'm still figuring out my traditions.

[hexyoutotuesday]

Roxy, selling peppermint mochas isn't a tradition.

[pullsheavendown]

Not that. Don't you have to celebrate Christmas more than once for something to be a tradition? This is only my second time.

[hexyoutotuesday]

[She shrugs.]

Traditions have to start somewhere. This is my second year of not breaking the law for Christmas.

[ninthserenade]

I, uh... This is the first time I'm gonna be celebrating it.

[hexyoutotuesday]

Just watch Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and you'll be fine.

[ninthserenade]

Rudolph the Red-Nosed what?

[WHAT IS THIS.]

[hexyoutotuesday]

I am so not singing the song for you.

[IT IS MAGIC.]

They play it, like, all the time on TV this time of year. It's about an animal with a useful birth defect. It'll get you right into the Christmas spirit.

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[thanxforthetoys]

There's that bit of California Christmas Spirit I missed.

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[hexyoutotuesday]

I set up a kiddie pool in the basement and tomorrow's margarita night. I'm going all out this year.

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[thanxforthetoys]

Please tell me I can interpret that as an open invitation.

Though I'd have to dig out my board shorts.

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[hexyoutotuesday]

Over the costume?

[quackery]

Y-You really did all those things?

I think... As long as you spend it with people you really care about, any kind of celebration is okay.

[hexyoutotuesday]

And more.

[She really shouldn't be so proud of breaking the law and being an all around bad person.]

Good thing you have a lot of people you care about, Ahiru.

[quackery]

Really?

I'm just really lucky there are so many nice people here.

[hexyoutotuesday]

[Oh, Ahiru. Your definition of "nice" absolutely terrifies everyone who loves you.]

Do you have a tree set up yet?

[nopride4parents]

Where the hell did you even find a palm tree?

[hexyoutotuesday]

This eccentric flower shop that used to be owned by a giant turtle.

[SO MATTER OF FACT.]

[nopride4parents]

Used to, huh? Did he return to the sewer, then?

[hexyoutotuesday]

He became one with the landscape. We now refer to him as Mount Everest.