4 - Underprepared

[supercompacted]

So sorry about the lack of Thanksgiving food at the mansion, everyone. I really meant to try for a big feast, but I got sort of caught up. But hey, I'll do one later, okay? Hopefully before Christmas rolls around. We need to have a day that's just way too much food, and hanging around and being glad for each other. Timing just didn't work out

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[playstheblues]

I totally didn't even think about Thanksgiving.

[supercompacted]

Yeah, I sort of completely forgot about it, myself. Which I know not everyone celebrates it, but I was actually planning something, so- I fail at party planning, I guess. Oh well, I'll get to it eventually.

How are you doing, Blue?

[playstheblues]

Well, it is a nice holiday.

I'm all right! Better, now that the boxes seem to be gone.

[supercompacted]

It really is! And I actually do have a lot to be thankful for, too. But we'll catch it next time around. It's not like the holidays don't come back.

Oh, good! And yeah, me too. They really made me nervous, just sitting around. But I didn't want to have other people come across them and push them, so we just sort of had to leave them in a room.

[playstheblues]

And Christmas is coming up?

Gosh, I know. I had to hide the boxes Alice and I got.

[supercompacted]

That is very true! A lot of people think Christmas is stressful, but I just love it. There were some years I wasn't able to celebrate it, so being able to have food and presents and people is just wonderful. And maybe this time, I won't have to rely on Penny's cooking, good as it is.

Yep. And I can't say I had no temptation to push it, so it was just sort of a literal elephant in a corner. Or not literal, really, because that would be an elephant- but usually the elephant is something abstract you don't want to talk about and...I think I broke my own metaphor, so I'll stop there.

[playstheblues]

Oh, absolutely. I totally understand being unable to celebrate it, and it kind of makes it better when you can, right? I couldn't celebrate it for a few years a while back, and so it makes the holidays all the better now.

[supercompacted]

It really does. Maybe everyone should go through it, just once, and then they'll all be a lot less stressed out about it. It's rough, but having the perspective's awfully nice.

[playstheblues]

I don't know if it's fair to ask people not to celebrate, though.

[supercompacted]

Oh no, not at all. It was just a thought. But it'd be too much to actually try it out, I think. I wouldn't want to be that mean to anyone.

[playstheblues]

Oh, I figured you wouldn't, Fred. You don't seem the type.