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[frenchkissed]

Display Name: Venom
Profile Photo: Holiday PFP!
Notes: N/A

( it's eddie and venom in a giant ugly sweater!! )

Hey, so, uh, we were thinking about doing a Secret Santa thing, so... So, yeah, that's what this is.

Secret Santa is the thing where we put a whole buncha names into a hat, then everyone picks one, and then they gotta get a gift for that person. It's fun. Gets you thinking about other people and stuff.

BUT EDDIE! WHAT IF I DO NOT KNOW THE PERSON WHOSE NAME I HAVE RECEIVED?

Great question Venom, who totally wasn't put up to this. Uh... I dunno, that's just part of it. If you don't know them, this is a good time to get to know them.

AND IF WE DO NOT LIKE THEM?

What, no, that wasn't part of the script—

WE DO NOT CARE!
WE WON'T BE BUYING GIFTS FOR OUR ENEMIES!!
THEY GET LUMPS OF ASH!!!!

Ash?? Shhh, no. No ash. And we, like, barely have enemies here.

Listen.

Long story short, we want as many people on this thing as possible. So, like, let us know if you're up for it. And... let us know some gifts you might want. Doable gifts. Reasonable, affordable, doable gifts...

( OOC: Sign-ups for this will probably close in a week or two [maybe the 16th?], and then we'll just throw all the names of the people who signed up into a randomizer! )

Comments

[frenchkissed]

( he squints. )

Hat? ...Like picking names from a hat? That just means they're all random, man. So no one knows who's giving who a gift. Like a surprise element, sorta.

[unkindled_madness]

Yes, but why?

[frenchkissed]

...Have you gotten a gift before?

[unkindled_madness]

Several, but not as part of Christmas. It doesn't exist where I come from.

[frenchkissed]

Did you... enjoy receiving those gifs?

[unkindled_madness]

Yes. They were meaningful.

[frenchkissed]

So, think of how you felt when you got that gift... and think that you can make other feel the same way when you give them gifts.

It's altruism, y'know?

[unkindled_madness]

I don't believe in altruism.

Do people really enjoy gifts from strangers?

[frenchkissed]

Really? How?

And, yeah, people tend to like being surprised. In a good way. Not by, like, bombs.

[unkindled_madness]

People think of themselves first. Anyway, you've set this up as an exchange, not charity.

[frenchkissed]

Some people, maybe. Like, the shitty ones.

You're right, though. It's a gift exchange.

[unkindled_madness]

"Shitty" is not how I would describe it.

[frenchkissed]

Yeah? How would you describe it?

[unkindled_madness]

Natural.

Those who claim to put others first are either deluding themselves or denying themselves. Or lying, of course.