[@Ailyn Evensen][@BrokenPromise]

[quote=Ailyn Evensen]
I'm also reminded of the year I went to visit Shoryu and spent Christmas and New Years with him. It was a really great month, I loved it a lot and every day I wish I could be back there. I hadn't felt so alive until then. The fact that I'm not there now bums me out.
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Since dad died in a house fire during the Christmas/New Year season - sixteen years ago - you'll (Ailyn knows this already) understand that this quote here is pretty much the only reason I've ever particularly looked positively at this time of year.

I never believed in Santa as a kid (to the best of my memory) -- that sort of thing just didn't work on me, I guess. I suppose I was a bit jaded from the moment I was born, but it had more to do with the way I see things. Anyway, due to that it was just another day for me. Yeah, we got presents and that's cool, sure.

After dad, it sort of just became a bad reminder for me. That month with Ailyn is the only time I could really think 'hey, this is a good time of year'.

[@NekoMizu]
Insects.

[@vespy89]
Then you'll feel right at home.