[video] a little bit of early holiday dorkiness

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[At first, it's just a whisper, and the camera's pointing at the ceiling, where a lonely fan cuts across the artificial lighting in an ever-steady, ever-constant motion.]

Guys, guys, check this out.

[There's rustling, and then Adachi's hand reaches into view, pulling the camera back down to where it reveals...no. That white, fluffy beard tied

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[She'll just stare at him with this face for the moment.]

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Merry Christmas? Alms for the poor?

[He is quickly exhausting his supply of well-wishes.]

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You really have nothing better to do?

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What could possibly be better than this? Ho, ho, ho!

Now, don'tcha wanna tell Santa what you want for Christmas?

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[Bro, she's never celebrated Christmas before. This is so foreign to her.]

No idea.

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That's...!

[And just like that, all the air seems to leave his sails. He slouches.]

Kinda disappointing. You could at least put some thought into it.

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[She frowns.]

I've never heard of it before I came here. We never celebrated holidays in Romdeau except the beginning of the new year.

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So you've...do you even know what it is?

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I've done my research on it, at least. I don't know all of the little customs and I don't have any experience with the intricacies that people talk about...like the get-togethers and the carols and all of that.

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So this...makes it your first Christmas?

[He winces, glancing around.]

In a city like this? Talk about being shafted.

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We'll see if it's any good, hm?

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Hate to burst your bubble, but I wouldn't get my hopes up in a dump like this, but you can sure give it a try. There's a lot of stipulations, 'course.

[Like anything else in the world.]

You gotta set up a tree, decorate it, go to all the year-end sales, wait in line, listen to the holiday music, watch the cartoon specials on TV...

[Strangely enough, none of these necessarily involve another person.]

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...Do I really need to do all of those things? I can't just get a few gifts and give them to the people who deserve them?

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You can, but it won't be the full experience.

[And from the way he says it, it's like there's nothing past the experience.]

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What about making my own tradition?

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Then it's not really Christmas Tradition. It's Re-l's Made Up Tradition.

[In his head, it makes sense.]