countryclub | 🎁 BIG OL' GIFT EXCHANGE MEME 🎁 get that holiday spirit

Ahiru is very new to Christmas and only knows a little about it through the Nutcracker but everyone she knows will get a personalized card with a message and a flower-crown.

Happy to write out the messages if you want them!

[At the next opportunity that Bigby has to encounter Ahiru, he does have something for her. In this case, it's a handcrafted music box that plays a familiar song for her.]

I am afraid that I am still lacking a true understanding of this occasion for festivity, so forgive me if this does not match expectation.

Don't worry, Mr. Bigby! It's my first Christmas too.

[ and when she opens it up, her eyes shine. ]

It's lovely!

We have no such celebrations where I'm from, but I certainly welcome a chance to distract with merriment.

Wind it up to play, Ahiru. Let us see if my handiwork gives promise.

[listen he doesn't know much about christmas but he's doing his best and all his gifts are handmade because shopping in a crowded market is full of anxiety]

The only one getting a gift from them will be Frisk, but feel free to give them gifts and watch them struggle to accept it.

( falco has learned about christmas in south sister and i'm pretty sure there's an au equivalent in his homeworld— he'll try and make his gifts for most, and those a little closer will also get a special item from the market or beyond! i'm watching for y'alls tls 👀 )

Of course! I'll do it right away.

[ she immediately winds it up and gives a sigh when the music starts to play. ]

[Luz loves Christmas since having it in Deerington, so if you know her at all you'll be getting a specific treat from Lysithea's pastry shop and a card with a cute Luz anime avatar wishing you a wonderful season of joy (she knows not everyone celebrates Christmas/is Jewish/might not even care.

Vira-Lorr is a little infamous for hating Christmas due to her first experiences with the holiday in the nightmare (and the fact that one of her best friends is essentially an Ent, so she views the whole Christmas Tree thing with abject horror.).

However, she's calmed down a wee bit from her original warpath (though never ever ask her to explain the holiday. She gets it wrong on purpose). She does get small gifts for her friends for the holiday.

In her case, they're probably pastries or sweets from Lysithea's bakery. Nothing fancy. She probably only does a bigger gift with one or two people who can easily guess who they are. Those would be warm winter clothing items. Scarves, mittens, the like.

Neo totally barely 'gets' the idea of Christmas as a gift giving celebration. She'd probably pick up a small ornament fashioned to look like antlers for members of the RWBY cast (yes, Qrow, she'd send one because she's stubborn), and for Helena, Anna and Ahiru (the latter as an apology).

She's not actively out celebrating, though, cause ya know. Recovery. From being dumb and almost freezing to death while crystallized.

The shrike gift-giving holiday is Generous Night, the last night of the year. Everyone starting six days early puts a crimp in Illarion's timeline!! So:

Late on Christmas day, everyone he knows by name gets a bundle of incense. It's tailored to specific preferences (where known); anyone he knows has a sharper-than-human sense of smell gets (an attempt at) a less noseblinding blend.

Then, on New Year's Eve, a piece of fresh fruit (apple or orange) and a handful of nuts in their shell, all wrapped in bright-colored cloth, shows up.

Everything's signed with his nickname (if he's been given one) or a weird little eye-over-feather symbol (if he hasn't).

if you don't know whether you're on the list: you are. he even bestows some of these on total strangers he happens across. happy holidays!!

For 12th Perigree's Eve, Arthour, Equius' sorta-lusus centaur-omen thing will find a behemoth leaving to jam into his apartment, looking vaguely like a Christmas Tree, but not really. The two of them will remain inside, and Equius will behave sullenly about the cold.

He probably sends something to Dirk and Karkat, on principle. It is almost certainly ... uh...

Ok, it's NOT A TOWEL. He draws them something he'd think they'd like. Likely a weapon. In fact, if he's so much as spoken to your character once, he draws them a weapon he thinks fits and sets it to them. Basic stuff. Because arming children is what responsible trolls do on 12th Perigree's Eve.

[Fern learned about Christmas during his time in Deerington, and he absolutely loves the holiday. He goes hard in the gift-giving and has been gradually making more and more of the gifts he gives to people, so expect his orchid mantis omen to show up on your doorstep if you have cr with him, and he has an unironic love of ugly sweaters thanks to Kurt Wagner.

He's a little confused about the Santa concept (a big guy who may or may not be covered in blood breaking into your house) but he still thinks it's cool, too.]

[psst hay bigby

you get a good tinful of a nice soothing tea blend & a great big black feather painted with golden eye glyphs. (it's not one of illarion's--they might cause madness--but it's as close as he can get!!)

the latter is labeled "to post on your threshold".]

[Ruby learned about Christmas last year and she loves the concept. She might be jumping down peoples chimney’s posing as Santa to get any milk and cookies being left out. But she’s just a gremlin like that.

People are getting knives and bullets as gifts or a more personalized present if she knows them.]

I could not give you a place to practice, but... I shall hope this will suffice, my sweet friend.

[he absolutely cries in private when he can because gifts are rare and he loves it]

[There is no comparable festivity for Bigby, but he rather likes this concept. There is not much for him to give, except for what he makes -- so makes, he does.

Illarion receives a tiny package wrapped in cloth and twine, and inside is both a brass hair barrette, a key, and a note:]

If there is something I know with the struggles of lives like ours, it is feeling worthwhile. I would not wish for you to experience this.

For your hair, I thought perhaps this would stand boldly against it. I admire it so, if it is not strange for me to say. I found many little items no one else wanted, and remade them into something useful but eye catching for any bird.

The key is to one of my padlocks, so you know my trust in you.

- Bigby

[When there is a chance, Fern does receive a small package wrapped in cloth and twine from Bigby. It is full of little puzzles, toys, and trinkets, all clearly handmade.]

For me, I require distraction to keep myself at peace. I though that perhaps... you might enjoy things to keep your hands busy when you have little else to do.

[yeah he made you fidget toys what of it]

[in addition to some incense & food, falco also gets an incense burner.

and several extra pieces of fruit.]

Normally, Varian makes little steampunk knick-knacks for his CR. Unfortunately, at this point, his corruption is getting worse so he's definitely not going to be delivering anything yet. His gifts will arrive at some point in January after he's got over all his corruption and beasthood fun. If your character has positive CR with him, they'll definitely get a lil' something.

Minako will probably be trying to make stuff for Christmas for close CR. Most likely a personalized song or something along with a nice outfit.

Depends on her CR though.

🎁 BIG OL' GIFT EXCHANGE MEME 🎁 get that holiday spirit

ahiru/duck | princess tutu

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bigby the abomination | Darkest Dungeon

Chara | Undertale

falco grice (aot + crau)

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LUZ "LOVES YOU ALL" Noceda| The Owl House

Vira-Lorr | Record of Agarest War

Neopolitan | RWBY

Illarion "wait you're giving gifts WHEN" Albireo | original

Equius Zahhak | Homestuck

Fern | Adventure Time

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Ruby Rose | RWBY

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Varian | Tangled

Usagi Tsukino || Sailor Moon

Snow White || Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Minako Aino | Sailor Moon