Holidays/ Celebrations? Maybe a little backdated??

[reindered]

Type: Video
Sender ID: @ reindered (Tony Tony Chopper)
To: Public/Everyone
Subject: Holidays! Tell him about them! (and excuses to devour more candy!)
Warnings: Not that I can think of??

[Chopper looks rather happy, sitting wearing his ghost costume with a small pile of candy surrounding him. Evidently, everyone seemed to think his costume adorable and gave him lots of candy. He smiles, beaming and waving a hoof at the shellphone, putting another empty wrapper in the rubbish bin next to him with the rest. He may have chocolate around his mouth. But that's clearly not the important thing here!]

Everyone! Hey! So, we've had this 'Halloween' with dressing up and stuff. What other holidays are there?

[Read as: what other excuses are there for him to get all the candy and chocolate? Clearly, the priority here! If there are more holidays like this, he wants to know.]

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video - un;perfpilot

[sos_pilot]

Well, my world has a TON of holidays, and I've learned they've made up even more while I was away...

Let's see. After Halloween, my next favorite holiday is Christmas. Heard of that one?

[reindered]

More? Oh. You mean when you were on the moon? What's Christmas?

[Please tell Chopper it is another chance to devour all the sweets and chocolate?]

[sos_pilot]

Christmas is great! It's a time to celebrate being with your friends and family! You set up a giant tree and decorate it, put up colorful lights around your home, wear big cozy sweaters, and everybody gets presents!

video; un: multidisciplinary

[multidisciplinary]

[ Zelda's brows are furrowed as she considers the question. ]

Goddess Day is coming up soon. [ She pauses. ] Ah, did you mean this world's holidays, Chopper?

[reindered]

Goddess Day? Ah, I don't mind! It can be ones from home or here. I'm just curious, I guess. Tell me about this Goddess Day? Is that one you celebrated back home?

[multidisciplinary]

It is, yes. [ She nods. ] It is a celebration in honor of our patron goddess, Hylia. Traditionally, we offer gifts to our family and friends in the spirit of Her generosity and selflessness.

text; un: archangel

[thearchangel]

What are you wearing?

[Asking the important questions here.]

[reindered]

i'm a ghost!

[thearchangel]

[... What.]

You're sure ghosts look like that?

video un: psylocke

[serendipitously]

You've already gotten Christmas but in America there's also Thanksgiving that comes right before it. Boxing Day comes after Christmas where I'm from. Then there's New Year's Day. which comes after Christmas.

In spring there's Good Friday and Easter Monday.

video: reindered

[reindered]

Thanksgiving? Boxing Day? I guess the New Year makes sense. But I haven't heard about the others.

[But he is keen to learn! To try and help celebrate, especially if it means presents or candy!]

[serendipitously]

I'm sorry, I should have included explanations. [ Now she just feels a bit silly for that. ] Thanksgiving is a day to celebrate friends and family, things you're thankful for. Really, I think it's just an excuse for having people over and making far too much food. Boxing day comes directly after Christmas and in essence it's just a continuation of Christmas. More gift giving, sometimes there's large sales at stores that do open, and a lot of watching sports.

emet_sulk; video

[emet_sulk]

My world appears to have different names for these celebrations. The people of Eorzea call this time All Saint's Wake. 'Tis then followed by Starlight at the end of the year, whilst the turn of the new one is known as Heavensturn - traditionally only held in the Far East, although their envoys have attempted to spread the celebration across the sea.

In the middle of the first umbral moon is Valentione's Day. The next moon hosts a festival known as Little Ladies' Day, which is then followed by Hatching-tide. The Moonfire Faire is hosted in the fourth umbral moon closely followed by the anniversary of Dalamud's fall.

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[reindered]

Just because it's a different name doesn't mean we can't celebrate those, too! Maybe it's a similar sort of celebration, just called something else! I can add these to the list!

[...Yes, apparently he is taking notes. Which might be a little trickier with the ghost outfit, and he tries to hike up the 'sleeves' at his arms so he can use his hoof to write.]

[emet_sulk]

[ ...Cute. Er, ahem. ]

What celebrations do you have if I may ask in return?

video; foreverfall

[foreverfall]

Gee, I don't know, "Nondescript Winter Holiday"?

[ Normally he wouldn't even humour such a question, but this little creature radiates so much sincerity that he can't help but respond. There's so many to name, though... ]

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[reindered]

Nondescript winter holiday?

[Eh? Look. It was basically almost always colder on Drum Island, where he was from back home. So. The concept of there being holidays around that particular time of year isn't so much a thing.]

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[foreverfall]

It's... nevermind.

[ It's not the official name for it, but he won't bore him with the actual details of it either. Chances are someone else will do it anyway. ]

Look, I don't know what kind of holidays they have here, but I can tell you about some from my world. Or... worlds? Why are you so curious anyway?

video - un:capnbenny

[bahati]

I dunno much about this world's holidays yet, but back home, we've always got some reason to be celebrating!

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[reindered]

Really? That sounds fun! Maybe you can tell me about the things you would celebrate back home? Maybe we can celebrate here, too! Figure teaching each other about our holidays together?

[It could be fun!

...

And he is totally not just suggesting this for the chance for more candy.]

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[damntelepath]

Let me think here. [ Hang on is this a quiz of some kind? He can ace it. He did get into JCC after all. ]

There's uh, New Year's, Valentine's Day, the emperor birthdays, White Day, Golden Week, Ocean Day, Culture Day, Labour Thanksgiving Day and Christmas.

There's probably a few more I'm forgetting. Some people get paid extra for working holidays, but I don't.

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[reindered]

So many! Valentine's and White Day? Ocean Day sounds fun! But I might just think that because of being a pirate.....

[Just a tad biased there. Unsurprisingly. Still, Chopper is curious. Especially if there's a chance to celebrate more of these holidays together and get more candy.]

[damntelepath]

Ocean Day is mostly celebrated by going to the beach, I think. Valentine's and White day are romantic holidays. Guys give girls chocolates on Valentine's and they return the favour on White Day. It's supposed to be very fun. If the school I got into was still open, I was hoping to get to experience it sometime.

video; un: BlossomingTide

[withermarked]

Can't say I'll be much help, but I've been wantin' to ask too. Seems like a lot of people here have holidays in common, but they've never heard of the ones back home.

[ Which might be just as well, but it's still weird. ]

[reindered]

Really? What holidays did you have back home? Can you tell me about them?