tushanshu | Video; In which cold weather is clearly the best!

[Everyone gets to see two familiar faces this time, with a couple of twists. Dick (the elder) is sitting down in the chair, wearing a bright red coat with white trim, a hat of the same color, and of course, a beard to match the whole thing. It’s pulled down, though, so you can see his face. And his wonderful assistant, Zatanna, is standing behind him, dressed up like the most beautiful elf there is. They’re both looking pretty happy about this.]

It’s getting cold out! And what does cold mean? Holiday fun, of course. So I, and my amazing elf assistant here, have decided that Santa Claus needs to come to the turtle. [See what he did there? See it? Okay, good.]

And so it is with pleasure that we let everyone know-- [He gets cut off as Zatanna leans forward, and he looks up at her.]

[The fifteen-year-old elf bends down until she's level with his ear, covering her mouth so she could whisper something secretively to him.]

Really?

[She nods, and offers a playful wink.] Trust me. I know a guy who knows the guy personally.

[Dick looks back at the screen, and his voice drops into a perfect, heavy Russian accent.] Is this better?

[She practically has to bite her tongue to keep from bursting out laughing. Impressive. She should've known.] It'll do.

[Dick grins.] I’d like to invite everyone to come over to the Wood sector, where we have a little holiday party going on.

[He stops, laughing and shaking his head. He has to drop the Russian accent.] Okay, I can’t keep that one up, but I tried! Anyway, we’ve got a small thing going on in a café in the Wood sector, with some cakes and gingerbread-ish things, and some hot drinks. And what would Santa be without his...

[He holds up a huge, red velvet-like bag.] Bag, yes! And it is filled with little odds and ends, so there are presents for all!

[Dick sets the bag down, and pulls the beard back up with a grin.] And to all, a good... day? Yeah, that still works. To all, a good day! Remember, café in the Wood sector, we’ll be here awhile!

[ooc: Action is absolutely welcome.]

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[Dick got him to laugh with that one.]

I hope you didn't get one of those stand-ins that the Salvation Army uses.

Absolutely not! I wouldn't want to send them an inferior Santa. I sent them the Santa they use for UNICEF donations, those ones really pull out all the stops.

...UNICEF? Criminy, when did they start using Santas? [UNICEF is still fairly new for him and mainly works at sending food and support to fix up Europe.]

[Talk about time differences. Dick might be used to different realities, but timeline differences still throw him.]

It's been awhile, now! I don't know how many years, it has to be more then ten.

Wow. Christ, you think the simple things won't change. I'm surprised they don't have a Santa War going on. The Salvation Army can get really territorial about their Santas.

[It's surprising and kind of amusing, really, when you think about it.] Are there going to be any chestnuts roasting by an open fire? [It's a joke so he wiggles his eyebrows.]

How do you know there aren't any going on? [Dick has seen Santas get into fights over who was at the corner of a street first. The holidays always brings out competitors. Always. It's like Black Friday, but with Santa.]

Now that's what we forgot! Chestnuts. Completely forgot about those. [Dick grins.] Hey, if you want to bring any...

Well I don't have the chestnuts, but I can do the roastin' if someone else brings them. Do they even have chestnuts here? [Most of the nuts around here don't resemble anything he knew of back home.]

I think they have some kind of nuts? If we find all of them, and taste all of them, we could probably find a chestnut substitute.

[Toro chuckles a bit at that.] I think you're the first person around here that ever advocated trying all the foods even when you don't know what they are.

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