[Second Life] The Best Christmas Pageant Ever

[cityship]

Ah, the Fairplay Christmas Pageant. It took place in the Fairplay VFW Hall every year, which, due to the regular needs of the town had received enough money to expand the hall to use it for most community events. People filtered in and out all night so that most families in the town made an appearance at some point. There was punch, egg nog, Christmas snacks, a guy who dressed up as Santa, little kids doing the Nativity play, the mayor's speech, Christmas raffles...

Everyone was expected to attend. Everyone. Parents dragged their kids and teenagers sulked in the corners, presents were exchanged among members of the town, people who did business together used it as a time to talk shop and be a little social, and parents talked about how great their kid's grades were or how little Johnny was doing on the football field.

What a wonderful celebration of townish togetherness, right? People talking about gifts they'd gotten their family members as the status symbols they were, people trying to compete with others in a competition of "Who has the most impressive child?," people sniping each other because of what happened at the last PTA meeting or because they were jealous of another person's success with their business. Funtimes, funtimes.

And as sad before, everyone was expected to attend. Everyone.

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Re: Mingling

[governorkang]

Kang accepted the cup with a wry smile, "Any amount of time is too long. Felicia and I aren't planning on staying any longer than Mayor Westling's speech; we almost didn't even come tonight, damn the consequences."

Re: Mingling

[psi-flames.livejournal.com]

"Amen to 'at." Jono raised his cup before taking a sip. "Came close t' not showin' up meself. Havin' a bad body week."

Re: Mingling

[governorkang]

"Ever since Iraq, winter's been a bad knee season for me," Kang rolled his eyes, taking a drink. "It's ridiculous how the people in this town are. No one should be required to be here if they're not feeling well; you especially have a damn good reason."

Re: Mingling

[psi-flames.livejournal.com]

Jono made a sound at the back of his throat that was part protest, part agreement. "Don' wanna get any special treatment offa people jus' 'cause me leg's gone a bit bum," he said. "But yer roight, don' make any sense t' force people here what ain't in the spirit."