(For Christmas have a picture from the official Santa Claus' village. There's only one of the buildings in the picture, but in reality there's a lot more and there's a lot of pretty colourful lights.)

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Xelqua watched as Sherenidy went face-first to the snow. She remained laying there. Soon after she was followed by Haylie.

Kasen, Meadow, Blake, Dexter, Reed and Tatton were having a snowball fight. Upton was also getting in the crossfire. He was just laying on the ground and suffering from his fate.

Irwin and Leslie were building a snowman, which looked more like a pile of snow. Xenex, Topaz and Ned were making a dog from the snow and Oskari and Mao had made a tank. Winslow's unfinished snowman had been commented to look like a dick.

Jaylee, Topi, Friede, Alden, Godiva and Lupin were decorating a Christmas tree that Xelqua had made as a custom tree a few hours ago.

Chet, Edita, Van, Yenny, Lyndon and Caton were all fighting on ice skates. They were trying not to crash on each other, which didn't seem to be going so well.

"There's so many other thing you two could do, but yet you decided to lay in the snow", Xelqua sighed a he looked at the two youngers.

"Should I go lick a streetlight instead?" Sherenidy asked, rolling over.

"Please don't do that", Haylie grimaced. "We don't need anyone getting stuck on that!"

"I already did that yesterday", Sherenidy hummed. "Watcher magic's flames are useful for it. Though it burned my tongue a bit", she shrugged. Haylie turned to look at her with a tonnin seteli -face. "You did what?"

"To be honest, what else would you expect from her?" Xelqua sighed, crossing his arms.

"But I didn't do it on purpose. I ran to the streetlight", Sherenidy defended herself, taking some snow and slapping in on Haylie's face.

"Just what everyone expects", Xelqua sighed, watching as Haylie sat up to wipe the cold snow from her face. "You should wear gloves", he pointed out to her, earning a middle finger.

"Just push your bare fingers to the snow and tell me that again", she said.

"Doesn't the snow go underneath your cloaks and to your shoes?" Xelqua asked in a knowing tone.

"My socks are wet", Sherenidy groaned, but didn't do a thing to get up.

"The whole socks? Your socks go all the way to under your knee!" Xelqua raised his eyebrows. "Yep, the whole socks", Sherenidy answered.

"If you get sick from laying in the snow for so long, it's your own fault", Xelqua sighed before getting hit on the head by a snowball. "Who the fuck threw that?" he exclaimed towards the group.

Everyone's fingers moved to point towards Dexter and Reed. Xelqua frowned. "↸ᒷ ̇/ℸ ̣ ᒷ∷, ∷ᒷᒷ↸! My best buddies, how dare you do that to me!" he exclaimed, pretending to be hurt.

"You don't even know how it feels", Upton groaned as he laid between everyone, covered in snow.

(Obviously I have to add something really Finnish here-)

"Who wants to go to the hole in the ice?" Oskari asked with a smirk on his face.

"Only if we also go to the sauna!" Sherenidy answered.

"If the sauna is below 80°C, I will stab someone", Yenny added.

"I have a feeling that someone will die to this", Ned whispered to Xelqua and Dexter, who had been the ones closest to him.

"How cold is it?" Dexter asked hesitatedly. "-15°C", answered Xelqua.

"Someone will die", Meadow sighed.

"No one dies. Expect the ones who try to go to the sauna with clothes on. That's just a crime", Sherenidy shouted to them.

"╎ᓭリ'ℸ ̣ ╎ℸ ̣ ᔑ ʖ╎ℸ ̣ ∴ᒷ╎∷↸?" Leslie asked, raising her eyebrows.

"Nope. Many people also do it with complete strangers", Oskari shrugged.

"Well, at least our siblings by soul -bond is really strong", Ned hummed.

"The water is freezing cold!" Blake complained after dipping his toe into the hole in the ice. "The weather is cold too! I'm freezing!" he continued.

Yenny was sitting on the ice with her legs in the water. She wore a smirk on her face as she watched her siblings suffer from the cold.

"I wish we had full body swimsuits", Upton groaned, looking into the water.

"It wouldn't help that much I bet", Lupin whined as she tried to put her toe into the water, only to pull it away.

"Jess' got a point", Yenny smirked. Lupin frowned at the nickname. "Someone please end me", she groaned.

"Will I freeze to death if I go in there.?" Tatton asked hesitatedly. Yenny snorted. "If you stay there for too long", she answered, pulling her own legs out before her toes froze.

"You can just jump straight in and get out immediately", she continued and leaned back, landing back first in the ice-cold water. She got up immediately and gestured towards the hole. "Next."

Xelqua sighed and stepped closer to the hole in the ice. He glanced at Yenny who had a smirk on her face. "Go one. It won't kill you", she encouraged him.

Xelqua didn't take a chance to hesitate before jumping into the ice cold water and quickly climbing back. "It's so fucking cold!" he exclaimed, taking his towel and wrapping it around himself.

"Do we all have to go?" Upton frowned. After seeing Xelqua's reaction, he didn't really want to suffer through the same fate.

"Yep, then we can go to the sauna and let the next group here", Yenny answered. "We can go now from the oldest to youngest. That means it's your turn ʖꖎᔑꖌᒷ", she continued. Blake looked at her with horror in his eyes.

"Don't hesitate. Just jump in, it's easier that way", Xelqua admitted, grimacing.

Blake looked at Upton with a 'send help' -look on his face. Then he turned around and jumped to the water, quickly getting out and grabbing his towel.

"Holy shit that cold!" he exclaimed.

"Great! ℸ ̣ ᔑℸ ̣ ℸ ̣ 𝙹リ, you're next", Yenny sang, turning to look at the next victim.

Tatton sighed, having already accepted his fate. He did just like Xelqua and Blake before him and jumped in fast. He got out and grabbed his towel. Yenny gave him an approval nod before turning to look at Upton.

"⚍!¡, you know it by now", she smirked.

Upton whined as he looked into the water. "It's so cold!" he complained. He didn't get a change to say anything else because Yenny grabbed him and tossed him into the water.

He screamed and quickly climbed out from the freezing water. Blake offered him a towel as he gave a death stare to Yenny.

"And last, but not least: Jess! It's your turn now!" she sang. The younger female looked hesitant.

"My hair's gonna get wet!" she complained and fidgeted with her white and red hair that went under her shoulders. Yenny grabbed it and put it on a quick bun with her big hair clip. Then she lifted her up and dropped her in the water as she screamed her lungs out, trying to hold onto the older.

And as she didn't let go, she pulled Yenny to the water with her. The older didn't even flinch as she hit the cold water.

Tatton stepped closer and lifted the younger of his sisters from the water. Xelqua handed her a towel as she shook in the cold. Yenny got up right after her and glanced at everyone.

"And now to the sauna we go!" she said with a smirk on her lips.

"It's too fucking hot in here!" Upton whined from the floor, where it was the coolest.

"It's just past 80°C, it's not even warm yet!" Yenny hummed and threw more löyly. (Aka more water to the shit that warms the sauna. I ran out of English vocabulary for this-)

"I will die here tonight", Lupin complained. Yenny gave her an unbelievable look. "You're from the Original Nether", she reminded.

"The only one who can complain about the warmth is ⚍!¡ since he's from the End. The rest of you shits are from the Overworld and Jess you're still from the Original Nether", Yenny mentioned.

"Can I just slide to freedom from the gap between the glass in the door and the floor?" Upton asked with slight hope in his voice.

Xelqua measured the gap and Upton with his eyes. "I don't think you can fit from there."

"Don't take away all my hope!" Upton gasped, sounding betrayed.

"Too late", Xelqua hummed. Upton showed him a middle finger in return.

"That's it, I'm out!" Blake decided after they had been in there for like five to ten minutes.

Tatton, Upton, Lupin and Xelqua followed right after him. Yenny just laughed at their weakness and tossed more löyly. Upton showed her a middle finger through the glass of the door.

"Well, at least we're all still alive", Lupin sighed as she wrapped a towel around herself.

"I don't feel like it", Upton groaned as he laid on the cool tile floor. Blake tossed him his towel back.

The next group made it into the showers. There were; Chet, Oskari, Dexter, Ned, Meadow and Topaz. Everyone else looked like they were freezing to death, expect Oskari, who was no stranger to the hole in the ice.

"||ᒷリ's still there", Xelqua informed them. "Let me give you a warning: it's hot as fuck", he added with a grimace.

"I don't feel alive anymore", Upton frowned, burying his face in the floor.

"Should we be scared?" Meadow asked hesitatedly.

"ᒲᒷᔑ, you're from the Original Nether", Oskari reminded. "In there you go. You won't die, but I can't promise anything", he added as he opened the door.

"Wish us luck", Dexter sighed as he stepped inside.

"No. You have to suffer as much as we did!" Blake responded before the door closed.

"Anyone else wants to go inside the HQ and watch a Christmas movie?" Xelqua asked as he put his clothes back on.

"Sounds like a plan", Lupin nodded as she tried to dry her hair with a towel.

"Yep, I'm so done with dying!" Upton sighed.

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[25.12.2021]

(I ran out of ideas, so I pulled the Finnish card-)

(By the time this comes out I'll be on my way to Rovaniemi in a train. A nice seven hour travel. I'm hoping to see some more reindeer this year. Last year I saw a few.)