All Things Christmas

[breaktheice]

Christmas Time Is Here

1] Christmas Wrapping - Presents need to be under the tree ASAP but they've yet to be wrapped! Or do you like to put things in bags and throw tissues on and be done? Either way, here's your supplies!

2] Christmas Cookies - Baking of any sort, really. It's time to make some desserts that folks are going to either rant and rave about at gatherings all of next year or you're going to be banished to the "NEVER BAKE AGAIN" corner. Fudge, pies, cookies, cakes, jello salads, puddings, fudge, and brownies. What have we got?

3] Christmas Carols - It's time to go a caroling! Bundle up in your winter best and warmest and warm up your voice as you head to a house to spread Christmas joy! Maybe it's afterward and you're warming up with hot chocolate and soothing your throat.

4] Christmas Decor - Outside? Inside? The tree perhaps or decking the halls? Maybe you're setting up a Christmas village under the tree. Making decorations for your tree in the traditional sense?? Popcorn on a string anyone?

5] Christmas Party - The Christmas music is thumping, the lights are a twinkling, the presents are under the tree and food is on the table. Your party is all set, the punch is maybe spiked, so let's party hard!

6] Christmas Shopping - Shopping for your loved ones is sometimes impossible. What if you're shopping with them in tow? Is it any easier getting their opinions while looking at their possible gift? Are they trying to purchase your gift as well?

7] Other Winter Holidays - Not to clump them together, but I don't want to stereotype the traditions I'm not familiar with! So whether your character celebrates the Solstice/Yule, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, or any other winter holiday I'm missing, find a way to enjoy it!

8] HAVE YOUR MISTLETOE - You've wrangled the one you've been eyeing all night long under this parasitic plant. Time to plant one on them while under it. Do they consent to the kissing? If they don't, maybe settle on a handshake! And try not to hit the eggnog too hard if you get rejected...

9] BAH-HUMBUG - Maybe you don't enjoy the festive time of year! Maybe you don't celebrate? You might not have a specific reason why, but it doesn't mean you can't enjoy the snow, the shopping deals and meals.

10] SNOW SNOW SNOW - We're out in the snow, making a snowman. Or snow forts! Or igloos! Maybe you're making an ice sculpture for some kind of contest! Or is it a snowball fight??? Ice skating out on a natural lake or an artificial rink?

11] U G L Y S W E A T E R - Are you going for a theme? The ugliest? The noisiest? The brightest? The most off-Christmas ugly Christmas sweater? Maybe it's a homemade sweater handed down for generations? Let's see your sweater!

12] Wildcard - Decorating gingerbread houses? Hunting down your perfect Christmas tree? Settling down in front of the TV for your favorite Hallmark (or other seasonally appropriate) movie? Are you being someone's Santa and delivering presents?? In costume??? Things that aren't covered above go here, or any other holiday things! Maybe even your character doesn't know what Christmas is! In that case, enjoy the learning experience!!

Comments

[swordarm]

[The cakes look cute and sweet and well-prepared. Annette and Lysithea would be in heaven right about now if they were here. But since they aren't and Felix is, the atmosphere is less celebratory and appreciative. Felix may or may not be smiling.

Light and airy, not overly sweet. Sounds perfect for a self-proclaimed disliker of sweets.]

Hmm.

[The blue ones stick out the most, as do the red ones. So Felix plucks up two -- one of each. It's not meaningful.]

I'll take these two, if it's alright.

[There's a pause before he brings the blue one up for a small bite. It's...it's soft. And exactly how Sidon described them. Except it's also perhaps the most delicious confectionary he's ever had.]

[poisesidon]

[Oh...he's actually eating them! There was a look of expectation as he took a bite, not unlike a child who just wanted to be told he did a good job and it would make his day forever. Once Felix ate them, he looks for a reaction.

He wasn't retching! That was good? Yeah, maybe!]

Satisfactory?

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[swordarm]

[How he's able to keep a poker face after eating such a delicious treat is beyond even Felix, but he does it and does it rather well with Sidon's heavy stare lingering on him the entire time.

He looks away, hand held up to wipe away any crumbs but to also hide any semblance of a blush.]

It's...

...good.

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[poisesidon]

[...Success!! A smile crept on his face as he could feel the joy his handmade treat gave Felix.

Oh then, perhaps he might REALLY love this-!

Oh, he was still working, yes. He promised to work.]

I have learned well from the baker then! His recipe, his credit.

[Some noises came from the kitchen behind him, giving Sidon a reason to turn. The baker, with a hand gesture, shooed him away. He got it, he said. Sidon, the Prince, the baker couldn't hold him anymore.]

Are you certain? There is still much to do!

[It was fine, he said. He's worked hard for so long that this help was more than he could ask for on short notice.]

If you say so...happy holidays to you, my good man. May these treats and delicacies bring just as much joy to everyone as they have already.

[Take some macarons, he said. Please take some.]

[swordarm]

[The baker provides a good enough distraction for Felix, who manages to recover from his blushing fit in record time. He doesn't say or do anything just yet, preferring to wait for Sidon to lead the way now -- he did invite him here, after all.

He does eye those macarons, though.]

...

...if he insists.

[Then it'll be rude for them to not at least take some of the macarons, right? Felix plucks up two of them. Almost opts for a third but that'll be too much.]

[poisesidon]

[It was alright, Sidon was going to indulge in that third. And fourth.

He was still a complete mess, how embarrassing. The smell of chocolate and sugar was seeped into his scales and he smelled like the bakery he worked at this evening, but he could not care less.

Sidon was confident now in spending the rest of the evening with his friend, and he was sure to grab his large package. The large package that was also slightly covered in cocoa powder and flour. Heavens.]

Indeed...please enjoy your holidays, dear baker.

[After throwing in a handful of rupees himself, baker be damned in accepting it or not, Sidon was off!

His cheeks were flushed because it hit him that he was a mess, but ah, he still didn't care at all really.]

[swordarm]

[Amused but quiet, Felix follows behind Sidon until the scents drifting off of him become almost too much for him to bear--]

You smell--

[Sweet, although that would invite speculation as to what Felix could possibly mean. A no-no, as he prefers to be more direct. Especially when it comes to dealing with others.]

...like a cookie. Or a cake. Are you even aware of that?

[He's teasing him but he's also wondering about it. Can Zora even smell things? Or is it different from a human or Hylian? There's so much Felix doesn't know and he can't help but, idly, wonder if it's due to him being so obstinate and grumbly whenever he's around the Zora.]

[poisesidon]

I do?

[...He hadn't noticed. Sidon raised his arm to finally see the caked cocoa powder finely plastered on his scales. He took the smallest whiff, how undignified.

Oh, he really smelled like that. He looked all over his person, he looked like that.]

Oh good heavens, I am filthy! I had not noticed one bit! I suppose I really got into all that baking.

I smell like the whole bakery!

[swordarm]

...and you didn't even notice. For shame, tsk tsk.

[Alright, enough with the teasing. Otherwise Sidon might get the wrong (right?) idea or something. Instead, Felix waves a hand dismissively.]

Don't worry. You're not attending a state dinner or meeting any dignitaries -- it's just me. And I don't care. At least you don't smell like a garbage heap, or something worse.

[poisesidon]

I was having far too much enjoyment anyway. I care little about it, really.

[Still though, it was maybe a little embarrassing.]

I did not know baking would be such fun. It is an experience I would carry in the name of the season. The baker seemed pleased.

[He looked to Felix.]

You did not seem to disapprove either, I mean to truly thank you for your patronage. You are nowhere near a local, so it meant so much. To me and the baker.