HEH HEH NYEH.

I CELEBRATED BOTH "HALLOWEEN" AND "GYFTMAS". YOU DRESS UP IN A SPECIAL OUTFIT ON "HALLOWEEN" AND GO DOOR TO DOOR ASKING FOR CANDY (THIS ACT IS KNOWN AS "TREAT OR TRICKING").

MOST OF THE OTHER MONSTERS HERE TEND TO STAY AWAY FROM TORIEL, SO SHE HOSTED HER OWN IN HER HOUSE. SHE DRESSED AS A "WITCH" (WHICH IS, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, A NOW-EXTINCT TYPE OF HUMAN WITH A VERY POINTY HEAD. THEY USE A LARGE HAT TO COVER THIS EMBARASSING FEATURE) AND I DRESSED AS A KNIGHT.

TORIEL SAYS YOU ARE MEANT TO BE SOMETHING SCARY, BUT I HAVE HAD ENOUGH OF THAT. SO I DECIDED TO BE SOMETHING MORE... ASPIRATIONAL. INSTEAD.

SHE MADE ME CANDIED SNAIL-POPS AND HANDED THEM OUT TO ME FROM HER DOOR. IT WAS VERY NICE. WE BOTH HAD A VERY GOOD TIME.

"GYFTMAS", WHICH HAPPENS LATER, IS MUCH LIKE "HALLOWEEN"- JUST WITHOUT THE DRESSING UP, AND THE SCARY ASPECT, AND THE GOING DOOR TO DOOR FOR CANDY.

INSTEAD, YOU APPRECIATE THE PEOPLE IN YOUR LIFE AND GIVE EACH OTHER GIFTS (HENCE "GYFTMAS". I DO NOT KNOW WHY THEY SPELLED IT WRONG.)

TORIEL MADE ME SOME NEW CLOTHING. I SHOULD TAKE A PICTURE OF IT SOMETIME. I APPRECIATE THE ROBES SHE HAD GIVEN TO ME WHEN WE FIRST MET, BUT... IT IS IMPORTANT TO HAVE A SENSE OF INDIVIDUALITY AND STYLE, I THINK. I LIKE THEM VERY MUCH.

I MADE TORIEL A "SCRAP-BOOK". THIS IS SOMETHING WHERE YOU TAKE LOTS OF SMALL THINGS AND COMPILE THEM INTO A LARGER BOOK.

I TOOK ALL OF THE PICTURES AND MEMENTOS FROM WHAT WE HAVE DONE TOGETHER AND PUT THEM INTO A LARGER FORMAT FOR HER TO ENJOY. SHE ENJOYED IT VERY, VERY MUCH. SHE EVEN BEGAN CRYING, AND THEN SHE EXCUSED HERSELF, AND CAME BACK LATER AND PRETENDED IT DID NOT HAPPEN.

I AM IN NO POSITION TO TELL SOMEBODY ELSE TO BE OPEN WITH THEIR EMOTIONS, SO... I DID NOT SAY ANYTHING.

ANOTHER PERSON SUPPOSEDLY BRINGS PRESENTS, REFERRED TO AS "SANTA". YOU ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO SEE HIM, BUT HE IS THERE. IF YOU ARE GOOD, HE BRINGS YOU SOMETHING.

HE DID BRING ME SOMETHING (A C-D, VERY HARD TO FIND AROUND HERE, OF A HUMAN MUSIC GROUP I ENJOY. I HAVE NO IDEA WHERE HE WOULD HAVE GOTTEN IT FROM.), BUT I THINK IT WAS MORE OUT OF PITY THAN ANYTHING.

I'M UNSURE IF YOUR GOODNESS POINTS RESET OR ACCUMULATE, AND IN ANY CASE, I AM FAIRLY CERTAIN THAT...

WHAT I HAVE DONE IN MY PAST RENDERS ANY POINTS I WOULD HAVE GAINED THIS PAST YEAR (AND AT LEAST FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS) NULLIFIED.

WE SPENT THE NIGHT WHERE WE EXCHANGED GIFTS DRINKING SOMETHING SHE REFERRED TO AS "NOG". I HAVE NEVER HAD IT BEFORE, AND I DO NOT THINK I WILL AGAIN. IT WAS MUCH TOO SWEET, AND NOT SAVORY AT ALL.

TORIEL SEEMED TO HAVE ENJOYED HERSELF GREATLY, HOWEVER. SHE ATTEMPTED TO CLIMB THE GYFTMAS TREE (A LARGE, FAUX TREE WHICH HOUSES THE GIFTS WE GIVE TO EACH OTHER BEFORE IT IS TIME TO OPEN THEM) AND I HAD TO GET HER DOWN. WE BOTH HAD A VERY HEARTY LAUGH ABOUT IT.

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. . . I WONDER IF... HE USED TO CELEBRATE WITH...