Are you staying in Oceanside, or going to Dallas to see family? My first Christmas not-at-home was sort of weird. Like, Aaron's family traditions were totally different from mine, and my sister wasn't there to cling to, and I was all cranky and antisocial.
It's not that I ~hate the holiday, but I'm irreligious at best, and it becomes a stressful time instead of a pleasant one (although I enjoy it more with consumption of copious amounts of rummed eggnog). As for gifts, I'd rather pick something up for people if I see it and think, "Oh, J would love that scarf" or "Hey, those earrings would look great on Mom" rather than getting a checklist of items and braving rabid crowds to find that one specific THING.
Prompt related, b/c whenever I see your LJ name I associate it with "empires! gingers! werewolves!": I feel like there should have been tons of fic about Sean being a creepy voyeur and Tom being possessive and shit after the video to Bang came out, but bandom is apparently consumed by the Killjoys at the moment? I guess? That's the only thing I can think of.
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It's not that I ~hate the holiday, but I'm irreligious at best, and it becomes a stressful time instead of a pleasant one (although I enjoy it more with consumption of copious amounts of rummed eggnog). As for gifts, I'd rather pick something up for people if I see it and think, "Oh, J would love that scarf" or "Hey, those earrings would look great on Mom" rather than getting a checklist of items and braving rabid crowds to find that one specific THING.
Prompt related, b/c whenever I see your LJ name I associate it with "empires! gingers! werewolves!": I feel like there should have been tons of fic about Sean being a creepy voyeur and Tom being possessive and shit after the video to Bang came out, but bandom is apparently consumed by the Killjoys at the moment? I guess? That's the only thing I can think of.