( video | un: jaguar )

[scarcastically]

Y'know, going up in space, visiting other worlds is supposed to blow your damn mind. The idea's that you're exposed to stuff so unreal, so beyond believin' that it's alien to you.

So why exactly are we celebratin' Christmas in space? Feels kinda weird, to be honest. But I guess capitalism and commercialism is a universal concept.

Still, though. Kinda gets me thinkin'. How do you celebrate your holidays where you're from? Don't tell me about Christmas though. We all know about Christmas.

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video; un: falcon

[wingedman]

[SO DRY] We gonna talk about Kwanzaa?

[scarcastically]

[ 1. erik mentally notes it down. ]

Why not? Got something again Kwanzaa?

un: xiaoxingchen

[mingyues]

Do you not enjoy the holidays?

[scarcastically]

[ oof, right for the jugular. ]

It's a family thing. And I don't have any family.

[necroyalty]

People do sometimes exchange small sentimental gifts during the New Year in my world, but equally common and of more importance is the exchange of letters. A sort of airing one's feelings to start the year anew.

But Firialia here is celebrated at the same time as the Feast of Misrule is where I'm from, and well.

How known is your Christmas for public drunkenness and spectator combat?

[scarcastically]

I mean. The former definitely happens, but the latter not so much.

[ that would be a fun christmas though. erik's itching to have a good fight. ]

What's the Feast of Misrule?

video; un: alucard

[reposing]

Krampusnoapte was the compromise of my household.

[scarcastically]

That's a new one to me.

How's it go?

video. un: golgothasTerror.

[plumbiferous]

[ consider: one young man with giant buck teeth, practically neon green eyes, glasses, and black hair. when he speaks it's like a british accent but not. just a little off. ]

Humans back home do the usual, Christmas and so on. None of the religious significance still hangs around, though. I personally don't do much for holidays. Carapacians have their own inscrutable chess-based holidays that I'm honestly not sure about. Trolls have a--Well, I hesitate to call it a Christmas analog, that sounds downright xenophobic! They have a Christmas-esque holiday that involves decorating and family and gifts, but it's an old holdover from a universe and planet none of them have been to, so the traditions are a bit loose as far as I'm aware!

[ he's so weird and chipper about this alien bullshit i'm sorry. ]

[scarcastically]

[ erik squints but not for long. ]

Glad to hear it's a little different though. Thought I had to go beat up space Santa.

voice.

[broozes]

[ Asgard was too small for seasons. There were battles, losses, marks in time. She pauses. ]

Christmas is alien to me.

[ But she says that only to establish fact. ]

You're from Midgard?

[scarcastically]

[ midgard. norse. ]

Yeah. That's Earth to you, right?

video | un: stcethleannfan

[baitless]

Honestly, it strikes me as a bit of a strange coincidence to me that this "Christmas" falls on the same day as a holiday in my homeland. It is the day Garreg Mach Monastery was founded, and the Academy held a ball there every year for the students. For that reason, it tends to be associated with young love more than anything.

...it was nice, though I don't exactly miss patrolling the Goddess Tower to direct couples to take things somewhere more private.

The holiday that all of the Church of Seiros's adherents celebrate regardless of location is St. Cichol's Day, which is two days later on the 27th. It's more of a quiet thing, in my experience, though I would imagine there are a number of local traditions I haven't experienced. For me, it is a quiet day to spend time with friends and family, though it is also my birthday, so perhaps that is a given.

[scarcastically]

[ okay. church stuff. but with a twist. ]

Sorry. I ain't versed well enough in alternate realities to give you a theory.

Who is Saint Cichol? What'd they do?

text; un: contender

[originbullets]

If it helps, Christmas is less of a religious holiday in Japan. It's more of a social holiday for couples, about on par with Valentine's Day.

That being said, my wife is German, so we observe Yuletide, and Shōgatsu in the New Year.

[scarcastically]

Yeah?

Any different from Christmas?

Text, UN: pidonus

[have_hat_will_travel]

I've heard of Christmas from people from my previous world, but haven't experienced it directly.

It does rely on the existence of seasons and such, but it seems like everyone has some sort of winter solstice tradition. Exchanges of gifts seem common. On my... Home world, I guess it was, it tended to be very heavy on tavern music as well. Handy for a bard, but also caused a lot of opportunities for those who didn't exactly view the festival as sacred.

More than one village fell to the forces of Wrath that way.

This place's celebrations seem less likely to end like that, thankfully.

[scarcastically]

So you're a bard?

[ like. a legitimate bard? cool. ]

Are winter celebrations are just music and gatherings?

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[opalcrown]

[ Sitting back in his wheelchair, looking pensive - ]

I'm afraid I'm not familiar with Christmas, but if it's similar to this celebration, I feel some fatigue myself. Around this time in my country, we usually observe the winter solstice. It's not unlike these celebrations... however, we don't truly celebrate it. We are a neutral ground, so it is common for different countries to travel to ours and celebrate their holidays before returning home.

Me and my people celebrate New Year's Dawn and two other religious holidays at the end of the year, however - the separate holidays often take up most of the day or the early night while New Year's Dawn encapsulates all of the late night and of course, early morning.

[scarcastically]

[ erik cocks his head. ]

Can you tell me more about 'em? What makes them special to you?

text | un: Оцелотовая Хватка

[ocelthot]

There's at least two dozen celebrations other than Christmas.

I don't celebrate any of them. Not for lack of colleagues trying to convince me.

Likely not going to celebrate neon furry Christmas either.

[scarcastically]

[ russian? interesting. ]

Smart move. They're pretty overrated.

Video UN: hopefulfuture

[despairing_hope]

Do we really all know about Christmas? I mean, I know what I've read and seen in movies and dramas, but, does that really count? It would be really romantic to confess to someone under a beautifully lit tree with the snow just starting to fall though.

I don't really celebrate any holidays. I didn't even celebrate my coming of age. But then, that sort of thing really only matters to parents. I do enjoy New Years though. It's a time for Hope to shine for the potential of the following year!

[scarcastically]

[ is that really romantic though. ]

Not a single holiday?

text | un: fantasma

[teaserving]

if i didn't celebrate christmas my nonna would burst out from her grave travel across time and space and kick my ass so i got no say in the matter
though that brings up a good question i should probably ask other people in my life if they even bother with it
oh my god what if they have alien valentine's day here i bet it's horny

[scarcastically]

My money's on horny.

So you celebrate it here? Whole deal?

text; manacookies

[spacegoat]

It is called Firialia, no? Not Christmas.

...I do not know about Christmas. Is it like Winter's Veil?

[scarcastically]

Sure it's called Firilia, but it's basically Christmas. Ain't no real difference.

What's the Winter's Veil?

text | j.valentine

[torsion]

Seemed a little strange to me. Assume it has a lot to do with the changing of season.
There's information on Firalia available and it seems most holidays here have to do with being saved in some sense. From the elements, from other people, etc.

I'm not religious, but I celebrate Christmas when I'm able to. Mostly just an excuse for my small circle of friends to get together.

I'm an eggnog fan. :)

[scarcastically]

You know what. That's fair. Point one for eggnog.

Where can I get access to information around here?

[the_archivist]

Things so unreal and beyond believing aren't usually a good thing in my experience.

[scarcastically]

Why's that?

video | un: stormflower

[sleepinglotus]

The fact that there is a holiday going on certainly hasn't made the fact that there are three fully intact moons controlling us via some unknown power any less mind blowing to me.

[That said-]

I'm finding the... Christmas? traditions to be not too dissimilar from the holiday back in Remnant. Less religious, perhaps, but decorations and gift giving are fairly on par.

[scarcastically]

So basically the same, but no religion involved?

[Video] un: ladyofthewind

[sheisthewind]

[Have a lady with red eyes, pointed ears, and a triple layered kimono.]

Holidays are a new concept to me. If there were any on my world, they were celebrated only by humans.

[scarcastically]

Only humans?

That's kind of sad.