What is the meaning of Christmas?

[enduringflower]

Who: [ou] paddra nsu-yeul and YOU!
When: December 17th to 19th
Where: Aqures Ixen and Flence
What: The meaning of Christmas..
Warnings:None.

December 17th

Yeul has honestly had enough with the snow. It was fun at first and Hibiscus tried to convince her that it would remain that way but she found that she wasn't so fond of the cold weather without Caius or someone around her to help her stay warm. This time she wore gloves as well as a scarf and hat as she walked through the town. She spent most of her time studying or at school but she wanted to see all the decorations that were up. Her pace was slow, stopping and staring at anything and everything that caught her eye. She wondered what the Starlight Celebration was for specifically and although Hibiscus has told her, she didn't really understand.

She stopped and asked a few people what it was that they did for the holidays or looked forward too. The answers mixed and varied from person to person but she wondered if there was a theme she was missing.

Christmas Play: Flence December 18th-19th

It was going to be a short trip but Hibiscus had peeked her ever growing curiosity. These plays were known as the best and maybe they could help her understand. She found a place close to the front so that she could see and sat to watch.

Comments

[nomorecowbell]

Nanami had started attending school herself. She was even starting to like being Kiryuu Nanami, the Hero of Light, rather than 'Kiryuu Touga's little sister'. She knew how schools work; well, how Ohtori worked. She could deal with this.

When Yuel asked, she was a bit confused. "What about the Starlight Celebration?"

[enduringflower]

"I do not understand what it is for."

She thought the question was simple but at the same time it felt so complicated. There was a lot that she had learned about it such as gifts, decorations and treats, but none of it seemed to describe the feeling that surrounded everything. It was happy but it was more than that and Yeul wanted to find out what it was.

[nomorecowbell]

"Do holidays really need a reason?" Nanami asked.

[enduringflower]

"I-" She paused unsure of how to answer. Yeul didn't know if they needed reasons but she assumed there was one. Why else would everyone go so far out of there way for such a celebration? She has been watching everyone work and for what?

"I thought so."

[nomorecowbell]

"Some things are just tradition. You do them because you've been doing them every year since you were little."

[enduringflower]

"So if you haven't done them then you shouldn't?" Her head tilted to the side curiously. That was certainly a new take on the holidays that Yeul hasn't heard before.

She slowly walked close to her friend standing by her side. Hibiscus flew next to her hero and lightly grabbed onto Yeul's skirt with a little paw.

[nomorecowbell]

"Well, no. You can have a party for other reasons, not just because it's an annual event. Things have to start somehow."

Nanami might be confusing herself.

[enduringflower]

"How did they start then?"

At least the two of them were confused together. Yeul tried to make her friends words make sense but she was being more cryptic than she usual was.

[nomorecowbell]

"I suppose you have a party to celebrate something, then you celebrate the anniversary, and enough anniversaries and people keep doing it."

[enduringflower]

Yeul shook her head.

"I do not understand."

She really was trying but she wasn't sure what the girl was trying to get at and it just confused her more.

[nomorecowbell]

"Well, did you have any traditions growing up? Like birthdays?" Nanami hadn't particularly liked them, since they always felt more like excuses to show off her brother and her to her parents' friends, but they were traditional.

[enduringflower]

"I had a birthday. Noel wouldn't ever let me forget it and then Caius always made sure to have my favorite food ready." She smiled to herself at the memory. Those were happy times and she wished that they would return. Though with how Caius was now she knew that ever if Noel found her here it wouldn't be the same.

[nomorecowbell]

"It's like that, only with whole towns," Nanami said confidently. "You don't know you're supposed to celebrate your birthday until your family does it, then you keep doing it."

[enduringflower]

"Oh.. how are you suppose to feel then."

Yeul placed her hand over her heart remember the laughter and joy she felt with Noel and Caius. Maybe that was the feeling that these holidays were suppose to evoke but without her whole family here it felt like she was missing something.

[nomorecowbell]

"I don't know... happy?" Nanami wasn't good at traditional celebrations.

[enduringflower]

Yeul gave the girl a small smile.

"I like feeling happy."

It seemed like an obvious statement but it was still true. Yeul was happy with that explanation and she was even more happy that someone was able to answer her.

"Thank you."

[nomorecowbell]

"You're welcome," Nanami said. She wasn't exactly sure what she did, but she was willing to take credit for it.

[enduringflower]

"I hope you are happy this holiday too."

With that as her goodbye Yeul turned and ran back home with a wide smile spread across her lips. He wants to see Caius and ask him about this now. To see how he might feel.