[ the video opens to robert fischer's bedroom, spike is sitting at the end of the bed holding a short glass filled with expensive scotch though he doesn't appear to be drinking it. robert is wrapped in a camouflage snuggie, his eyes ringed red and spike's free hand is on the man's shoulder ]

It's not that ugly, mate. In fact... think you almost pull it off. [ he puts the glass to robert's lips, tilting it for him before resting it back on his knee, seemingly unperturbed by the full grown man crying in his snuggie ]

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[ claire's sitting cross-legged on the bed of her crappy motel room, hair in a messy ponytail because, fuck the world, in patzcuaro, mexico it is still 75 even on christmas and it's stuffy in that tiny motel room. it should be noted that there are little chili pepper lights wrapped around the bed's metal headboard behind her.

look. she loves christmas and will not be held down by her illegal status. ]

Not that I'm really in a position to criticize Christmas gifts, but how exactly am I supposed to take these? [ she holds up a set of car keys, raising an eyebrow. ] In case there was any confusion, I wasn't lucky enough to bring my car when I picked up and abandoned my friends and family to flee the country, and these don't seem to open anything in the lot. Or the pony tied up at the saloon.

[ spoiler: there is no pony tied up at the saloon. she shrugs and drops the keys away, sitting back some and grabbing the teddy bear beside her to put in her lap. she looks down at it after a minute, because honestly the gesture's kind of a second nature thing for a girl with her collection of teddy bears, then back at the camera. ]

While I'm at it, though, if you catch this post, Emo, I wanted to say thanks. I hope everyone got the presents I sent out. It's not exactly an exact art.

[ooc; WATCH AS I HANDWAVE HOW PEOPLE GOT PRESENTS FROM CLAIRE. Barely anyone gets them anyway since she's ... on the run in Mexico surviving on money hustled from fratboys. :| But, Tony gets an excellent sombrero and Emo gets a bottle of tequila. Peter will ... be cooked for at some point as per their conversation. Jack Harkness and Ianto get couple-gifted because as far as Claire is concerned, they live together. They get a set of weird Mexican coffee/tea mixes. Zuko gets one of those dancing, talking saguaros with sunglasses and a santa hat and Minatsuki gets a snowglobe with cactus inside. :) Enjoy. None of it was wrapped, she lives a hard fugitive life.]

...what was all that commotion yesterday?

[* Oh look, there's a hastily scrawled note on a piece of parchment pinned to a tree, right beside a wanted poster depicting a young man with a rather large nose.*]

Okay... I don't really know what to say in this... magic? It's a magic note? What?! But here goes... Hey. The name's Flynn Rider. How you doing? How's your day going?

Mine? It's been... fantastic. Getting chased through the woods by a psychotic flea bag has always been one of my greatest dreams.

Yeah, that's it.

Flynn Rider.

It's a bit cold for Boxing Day... and by cold, I mean 63 degrees fahrenheit. Cloudy too.

A tiny apartment with three kids on Christmas was no easy task, but Deb helped me pull it off. Couldn't have done it without her.

So, needless to say, I wasn't in attendance at the party. Sorry, about that.. Tony? I got you these. [ tilts the webcam to include the table, and six brandy snifters engraved "AES" are sitting by this bottle. he lets the camera rest there a second before his face comes back into view ]

Sorry to my secret santa too - [ uncomfortable look here ] You can pick up my address from Willow? (Sorry, Willow, I know I said I'd be there.)

I hope you all had a good holiday.

[claire feel free to reveal yourself here or do as he says; tony come get your stuff 8D. and anyone else who wants to come bug him~~]

[ And here's Harry in a cupboard with all of his gifts carefully set up behind him. He's wearing a chef's jacket on. It's got some flower on it from making something. ]

Hello. I just wanted to thank everyone that gave me something. There was a couple of things that didn't have a name on it so I thought I'd show that I got them and give a thank you. [ nods and motions behind him ] I got them. They're right there. Thank you very much! It means a lot.


Um... Oh! I made cookies for everyone that I know but my aunt and uncle came back early from their vacation. My cousin ate all of the cookies. All of them. There was a lot of cookies.

Is it possible for someone to explode from cookie overdose?

Master Barlowe says that I my retraining almost complete. In the next few days he says I'll be ready to go find Albus and retrieve Dominus. Perhaps I will be about to retrieve my memories and emotions as well.

(Merry Christmas, DDD. Have one Justin Hammer posting a Christmas video for all of you, and him being him, the settings are rather idyllic. Behind him there's a fireplace that's going, and to the right of the fireplace, a window through which you can see snow swirling. Justin looks rather idyllic too, in his ~holiday sweater~. The only thing missing for it to be Christmas card worthy is a wife and two kids, but shh, he doesn't really care about that. He's used to being alone for the holidays, and is perfectly capable of amusing himself. This is relaxing~, and best done alone)

Hello, uh. Ducklings? Was that the appropriate term as the community as a whole? (oh how funny he finds himself. a chuckle) Even if it's not, hello to all of you. And Merry Christmas to those who celebrate it. (he's going to raise his cup of cocoa at the screen, and take a sip, cream going on his top lip, which is licked off with a pleased sigh) I'm just here to wish all of you a Happy Holidays, or happy season, depending. I hope all of you have good whichevers.

And those who received gifts enjoy them. I have a few under my tree to open come morning, and I've only shaken them a bit.

Cheers.

(and that is where the video feeds cuts off. Shh. He hasn't gotten gifts for many, simply since he hasn't had time to make all that many friends. But Blaine and Kurt have been given their gift, and as for who he's been Secret Santa for, aka Giselle? She'll be getting a $500 gift voucher for Zara.com, to be used for things for herself, or her coming baby (since he tried to find out what it was going to be, but came up short), as well as a necklace. Honestly he had no idea what to get, and asked the clerk what to get, her coming up with that. Cameron too has received a gift. That, and a fancy gun, having mentioned an interest in his work earlier. AND AND AND. It works! The gifts have gotten to their recipients through ~magic~ (aka he worked out a way), and hopefully will be well received.)