Echo Back Their Joyous Strains
Click to viewFavorite version of this song ever. It's got all the upswing joy you could ever want without losing the awed, reverent feel this carol should really have. The choir in the background certainly helps.
It's been a long and somewhat dramatic day for me, but I'm not talking about that right now; it just turned Christmas in Colorado, so I'm here to wish you all a merry Christmas. ♥
As usual, I've got a little drabble to go up - today, however, it's a bit different. Of course, I'm still on my BBS kick, but this is non-spoilery. Title is Comfort and Joy.
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For Terra, it wasn't the discovery of a world that was Christmas every day (even if it had come through a world that was Halloween every day), or the winter wonderland they'd stepped into when they arrived, or the validation of a long yet quietly held belief; it was the look on Aqua's face (good-humored acceptance with just enough chagrin to make it funny) when she found out she'd been wrong all those years ago. "After all," Santa himself reminded her, using her long ago argument with one very important word changed, "most reindeer can't travel between worlds."
For Aqua, it wasn't the cheerful beauty of Christmas Town (who knew there could be so much color in one world?), or the restoration of a dormant childish belief; it was the relief in Terra's eyes when he stood before the jolly, impartial judge of Naughty and Nice and found out he was still in Santa's good books. "If darkness were reason enough to be on the Naughty list, we'd never have a very long Nice list at all, now would we?"
For Ven, it wasn't the new friends he'd made (he'd been expecting the elves to be cool, but who knew penguins were so much fun?) or the fun he'd had with them (notably, being clobbered in a snowball fight against those same penguins); it was the difference he saw in his friends when he came inside from the cold, shaking snow off his pants and excitedly describing the epic snowball war they'd just missed. Aqua was wearing an actual smile, not one of those small ones she was forever hiding behind her hand, and Terra mirrored it, standing as though a weight had been lifted off his shoulders. Something about this place - the lights, the laughter, the sheer joy that danced through the air - had changed them all for the better.
The peppermint hot cocoa they shared afterwards wasn't too bad either.
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For those of you who don't care for KH, I have this:
ITZ SANTA GAIZ 8D
Kitties make everything better, yes? I thought so too.
I love you all, guys. Have a merry Christmas and a safe, peaceful, happy weekend. ♥