Twenty-Seven Spools of Thread-[Action]

[so_shik]

[Thanks to the help of one Minato Arisato, the front of All Passions is now decorated with a bunch of garland and fake snowflakes and such. Sitting on the porch is a large tree (where Shiki got it from...don't ask) decorated with brightly-colored ornaments and standing on her ladder is Shiki herself.

Today's she's busy hanging up a new sign in the front window.

Now taking special orders for Christmas.

Dare you say anything?]

Comments

[so_shik]

For Christmas. Presents, specifically.

[flamesofkaraya.livejournal.com]

What's Christmas?

[so_shik]

...you don't know what Christmas is? [Because, no, that thought never occurred to her ever.]

[flamesofkaraya.livejournal.com]

No. Should I?

[so_shik]

It's a holiday.

[flamesofkaraya.livejournal.com]

I've never heard of that holiday before.

[so_shik]

Really?

[flamesofkaraya.livejournal.com]

Yes. I don't think anyone from my world knows it.

[so_shik]

And...where are you from?

[flamesofkaraya.livejournal.com]

Karaya Village in Grasslands.

[so_shik]

Grasslands?

[flamesofkaraya.livejournal.com]

Yeah, Grasslands. [That explains all, really. :|d]

What's Christmas? [He will persist on that for a while.]

[so_shik]

[...wtf Grasslands? DX Confused Shiki's officially confused.]

It's a holiday that people on Earth celebrate at the end of December.

[flamesofkaraya.livejournal.com]

[Sorry Shikki. XD]

So it's like a festival? What do you celebrate for though?

[so_shik]

It's not really a festival, it's just a day. It represents a lot of stuff, it gets kind of complicated if you try to explain all of the marketing aspects and all of the religious aspects on top of it. It's just a day people celebrate by spending time with family and friends and giving and receiving presents. There's also the Christian beliefs behind it, but those get confusing, too.

[flamesofkaraya.livejournal.com]

Christian beliefs?

Does everyone in your world celebrate that?

[so_shik]

It's a religion. It's really hard to explain all of it.

Not everyone, but most people do.

[flamesofkaraya.livejournal.com]

I see.

It sounds like a nice holiday. It's normal to give gifts on this day then?

[so_shik]

It's really nice. And totally normal to give presents and receive presents during the holiday.

[flamesofkaraya.livejournal.com]

Is there any gift in particular you give to people?

[so_shik]

No not really. You just give people something you think they'll like.

[flamesofkaraya.livejournal.com]

[Well, that made sense. Still, it was hard for him to tell what those people would want so... Oh wait, there's that.]

Do you think, if I showed you some, you'd be able to design Karayan patterns on clothes?

[so_shik]

Yeah definitely. If I had examples I could easily do something. Why?

[flamesofkaraya.livejournal.com]

Do you think you can make two different armbands for me? I'd like to give them to my roommates.

[so_shik]

Armbands? Totally doable.