dressofheaven | 10th Grail [Video/Action for Olivine]

Gloria, in excelsis Deo!
Gloria, in excelsis Deo!

[As the last strains of "Angels We Have Heard on High" leave Ilya's lips, she picks up a nearby mug and nurses at it a bit, kicking her legs and seemingly oblivious to the fact that she's being taped.

But not for long. She turns her eyes to the side and blinks in surprise.] Orpheus, you weren't supposed to turn that on yet! I'm still warming up!

[But with a little sigh and a soft smile of amusement, she shrugs it off.] Oh well, I guess I'm about ready. Most of you probably don't know this but I've been... complaining a little about the sort of music they're playing and some of us are singing about now. Not that I don't like Christmas or anything, I just don't like most of the songs.

But there are a few good ones out there, and so I decided that I'd sing all the ones I know that I actually like tonight. Sort of like caroling only I'm doing it over the network instead of door-to-door. As such, if you'd like to hear one, you can just respond and I'll sing one for you. You can either pick one or let me do it, I don't mind either way.

Just don't ask me to sing something like "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" or "Santa Clause is Coming to Town", alright?

[Her message sent, Ilya takes another sip and starts to sing again.]

I saw three ships come sailing in
On Christmas Day, On Christmas Day
I saw three ships come sailing in
On Christmas Day in the morning

[The feed clicks off after that line.]

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Well, I suppose there's no harm in asking. But do you even know how Japan started celebrating it? I know the original western story, but they can't be the same one.

Japan has long had a habit of emulating the west, especially around the time that Christmas became popular. I suspect some of the traditions made it over without the story behind them providing any context. As I said, we tend not to believe in a single god.

Okay, I guess I can understand that, but I still don't see why you'd have a celebration without any understanding of just what you're celebrating. Every holiday I'm aware of has a long history behind it, even the ones that have kind of broken away from said history.

People celebrate things they don't understand all the time. Most things are celebrated because other people celebrated them first, aren't they? It's just a question of whether or not you learn what started the first set of people celebrating.

I guess so... but I was a curious child, so I'd always ask my father why we were celebrating, and he always had an answer.

Sometimes they don't always. And since when does not knowing the reason behind celebrating stop a celebration?

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