NATTENS-GIFTING MEME [AND RECEIVING MEME]

[seacub]

NATTENSFEST GIFT EXCHANGING MEME

AND YOU GET COOKIES AND YOU GET COOKIES-

The Holidays are here, and for many of us, it's literal! With all the hustle and bustle of the Real Live Holidays, it can get pretty stressful though- and for that matter way too draining to put the same kind of focus on hitting inboxes one by one, or making lists.

Which is exactly what this meme is for! How it Works is simple- all you do is make a comment. It could have a list of goodies planned out for your monster's CR. It could be a simple statement of who should've got something, without specifics. Maybe a comment that just says, 'So and so made cookies for everyone', or 'So and so is a huge Scrooge, and got you nothing!' You can even leave it blank- a spot where people can drop gifts off to you instead, rather than seeking out the inbox. The world is your oyster! ....Tree. Oystree.

At any rate, happy Nattensfest, happy holidays, and stay toasty out there!

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Steven Grant | Otto Octavius | Rose Quartz

[summonthesuit]

I ironically hit up inboxes an hour or two before this meme went up (barring very close CR), but if anyone wants to simplify response for one of mine, feel free to do it here!

[missleadingquestions]

Maya's all about gifting back, so Steven'll receive a thank you by the new year; finally acknowledging that other monsters get cold, she's sent him an extra long, extra wide scarf in a nice neutral navy blue with a set of hand-held sparklers kept in a tin hidden in the knitted folds.

a note accompanying it says;

Thanks for the holiday cheer! I hope you stay warm, and can take time to enjoy the New Years lights with your own mates! ☆

[ronstadt]

From Ronstadt: Steven gets a nice set of cooking tools and a cast-iron Dutch Oven pot for all his adventures in vegan cooking. Rose will get a homemade mix tape of some music that is in the same vibe as Greg's and a Walkman to play it on. (He will not think to tell her it runs on batteries.)

From Norman: some workers will deliver Steven an assembled storage shelving unit with modular drawers, cubbies, and shelves clearly designed to help him facilitate being the New Head of Craft Night, with plenty of labels and containers to go with it.

Blues

[prototype_blues]

I have not hit up inboxes, except for Secret Santa, so uh... This is basically to say if Blues knows you, outside of the network, he got you a gift.

So anyone who works at the Lucky Casino and if he's talked to you more than twice in person you get a scarf. He's not creative and scarves are useful.

[ronstadt]

Ronstadt will give Blues a coupon good for a ridiculous amount of tokens at Insert Coin, because hey, arcades are good places to be social that still have plenty of things you can do by yourself.

Horatio had a pair of very fuzzy warm slippers made for Blues to suit his minotaur form, along with the book-and-drink combo he gave his other close CR. Tucked into the fuzzy shearling lining is a note: Put your feet up once in a while. I mean it. - H

Altair

[aquilasshadow]

This is very helpful, thank you!

Altair is having a bit of a artist block since losing the memory that sparked his love of art so he focused on working with his geomancy this year instead of painting. He made his friends an Moroccan style lamp made with colored glass with a star design, something like this. Instead of relying on electricity, the lamp is just a glass sphere with a hole on the bottom for a small candle and he has provided a set of tea lights with each gift. There's also a small note reassuring his friends that if the lamp ever breaks he can easily fix it as long as they keep the pieces. Like their friendship, it's not easily broken.

The color of the glass is based on different shades of everyone's favorite colors:

Peace: Orange with hints of pink like the warm sunrise she is in his life.
The Ring Spirit: Red (black doesn't help thief)
Atem: Purple with flecks of gold (again black doesn't work you two)
Ryou: Blue (thanks for being easier than your boyfriend and spirit)
Crash: Orange
Saint Germain: Gold with hints of blue
Horatio: Dark blue with hints of crimson
Nanami: Pink
Beat: Red

Feel free to leave your gifts here!

Happy Nattensfest!

COPYPASTE

[cratecrasher]

Altair receives a tin of homemade cinnamon-sugar cookies in the shape of cartoon gems, decorated with glittery sugar crystals in a literal rainbow of colors.

FUN!

Crash thinks the lamp is cool.

[ronstadt]

Horatio isn't much of an artist, so he commissioned a local artist to paint a small portrait of Annie from a detailed description. It's not perfect, but it comes close enough that he approved enough to still give it to him.

Diavolo

[fateschosen]

Diavolo didn't do "Nattensfest" last year, so this year he is making up for it. He still refuses to consider anyone in Ryslig a "friend"; that's an entirely foreign word to him. But there are some people here who have earned a place on his Nice List, like who have done favors for him in the past. He intends to repay these debts as best he can with his limited budget.

As far as generic gifts go, anyone with generally positive CR can expect a handful of homemade sweets, particularly papassini. It is a recipe half-remembered from childhood, and he had to improvise, but they are certainly tasty as long as you avoid the burnt ones! If you're on less friendly terms, you might get something from one of the less edible reject batches. In handing them off, he will be incredibly ominous in telling you what he had to go through to bake these for you and how vital it is that you understand their importance. Cherish them. If you have no CR with him and wish to imagine a huge, grumpy, and very cold pink angel foisting the disintegrating leftovers onto your character and tersely wishing them a good day (he is doing So Good at making friends), feel free!

I also decided it would be funny if he was willing to give people feathers bc it is such an egocentric gift while simultaneously being uncomfortably personal (Aunamee paid him thousands for a few earlier this year; this is definitely becuse Diavolo and his feathers are incredibly valuable and not because of Silly Mana Nonsense.) Said feathers are black with the faintest tinge of pink and glitter like stars in the night sky. Don't try using them as a nightlight though, they shrivel up in the dark. If you do not cherish them, he will take it as an insult.

Any gifts, whether handed off in person or dropped off or delivered will come with an unsigned card with a short message in elegant pink or red writing. What is written might come off as vaguely threatening; understand that he is just Like This and he truly has your best interests at heart. He is not just desperately seeking out allies.

Those he's closer to will get a more personalized present based half on what he would have been able to gather about their tastes and half on what he personally thinks would be a good gift. If you want to discuss this, let me know! I'm afraid to drop into anyone's inbox uninvited, but know that I am always up for handwaving, dropping a quick tag, or even threading it out once I'm back from my own holidays.

eta: oh and he'll be dropping off mid-tier sweets at the arcade. Need to connect with your fellow fourth followers somehow!

REIRA

[gobo_projection]

Reira has presents for, speaking frankly, a lot of people. You know those guys who start shopping in February? This, but she's doing crafts too. Giving stuff really IS the most important thing for her. Heck I've been taking notes down since summer.

That in mind, for her- and indeed most of my muses- not everyone is getting the same level of ah, intense. So there's going to be comments under here to keep things sorted; including one for anyone dropping stuff off for Reira! (I'll follow that pattern for the others too.)

Happy Nattensfest all!

GIFTBOX

[gobo_projection]

Crash

[cratecrasher]

Noa is a tricky friend to shop for depending on who asks. But in this case, Crash gets him an entire catnip plant to care for, and a mystery box of pet toys. Of course, if catnip does nothing for the manticore, people say that some dogs enjoy a lesser effect.

Altair receives a tin of homemade cinnamon-sugar cookies in the shape of cartoon gems, decorated with glittery sugar crystals in a literal rainbow of colors.

Ryou is gifted... a strange wooden mask decorated with paints and feathers? Not the one that's hanging in Crash's home, but a freshly carved duplicate. Crash helpfully explains with a note that through the mask represents his guardian's protection, fully "charged" through a super secret magic word. Sometimes the path to escaping harm is the ability to run through it. There's no actual protection magic unless one refers to a mun's mercy.

Atem in comparison to such a serious gift receives a knitted gold scarf. It's warm and fits most sorts of necks. What is Crash going to do with you, oh problematic and heavily traumatized friend? This comes with an inside joke that reads: "Not bad thing."

Sparkling Cookie, because LOTS OF PEOPLE see the former cookie as a fellow person-adjacent being first and foremost, gets a variety tin of popcorn (butter, cheddar, caramel) that he can share with Cheesecake.

The Hill House! It's turning into a tradition, two jugs of fresh-brewed, non-alcoholic wumpa cider! Emphasis on non-alcoholic with a more over-the-top note than last year's. Maybe that will be tradition too.

But also Crash felt bad about Sonic's... everything, so glittery sugar cookies shaped like... heh.

Bruno is the real toughie. What do you get a shade that's one of the ghostliest among the shades? Secret Santa Crash ran this wind chime while thrift shopping.

Re: Crash

[endlesspastability]

AWWWW... crash... NOW HE CAN EAT HIS OWN HEAD

JONATHAN JOESTAR

[standless]

A lot of Jonathan's gifts were at least partially handmade, but I can provide sample images for ideas of what they ought look like, if needed- just comment under the gifts!

GIFTBOX

[standless]

NOA

[noasark]

Noa is a bit stingy about who he gifts to, but it's worth noting that everyone working at Liewen Labs will have received a wrapped mug containing some cookies, a hot cocoa packet, a small bottle of moisturizing hand sanitizer, and a stress squeezy. Happy Holidays fellas.

GIFTBOX

[noasark]

EMPORIO

[seacub]

Emporio's budget is notably restricted by the following:

- He's 12
- He is doing odd jobs all over Merain
- Cash can be exchanged for goods and services and by goods and services we mean arcade tokens

And so, here we are.

GIFTBOX

[seacub]

Maya Fey, Souda Kazuichi, Spike Spiegel, and Alucard

[missleadingquestions]

Just gonna do the easier gifts here cos in reality I haven't done as much thinking about it as I should BUT

If you know Maya, she likely made you an omamori tag for the new year— but those won't hit until after Nattensfest. They're for the New Year, after all! She'll make as much effort as she possibly can to hand them out in person, but otherwise, they'll arrive in the mail. Most of them are made with various patterned fabric scraps, but for closer CR, their colors may be themed specifically. However, each of them has folded pocket in which a tiny shell-nacre plaque with the Japanese characters for "HOPE", "HAPPINESS", "PEACE", or "WISH-FULFILLMENT" is tightly placed, as they are all prayers for a better year. She's blessed them herself of course, for as much mileage that has in a place like this (which likely isn't much, but it's the thought that counts!) If your character knows Maya at all, it's safe to say she slipped one of these into their pockets at some point.

Specifically workers at Nai'a Nights (except for Sonic, who cannot taste) receive a little gift set Maya paid one of the long-suffering bartenders to put together. Tiny little bottles contain the syrups of non-alcoholic-portions of various Nai'a cocktails, including the halloween orange creamsicle flavor and a brand new Balsamic-Pomegranate syrup dyed black with squid ink and packaged with a little vial of pearl dust and mica.
Apparently this syrup is for the New Year; the package comes with instructions on how to make the "Space is an Open Ocean, Baby" sparkling soda cocktail (a mix of the pre-made balsamic pomegranate syrup with soda water as well as two included chocolate planets and picks tipped with rock sugar, one per drink, as an at-home version of what they would be served at the bar). Whether or not that particular cocktail tastes good, however, Maya simply says "it was made to fit Dandy's tastes!" or whatever that means.
None of the instructions contain alcohol, as the drinks are meant to appeal to all (including the younger ones who work at the bar) and can be mixers for different alcohols. Also, there is a christmas bonus in their paycheck.

Lup and Taako get what Maya has referred to as a 'mystery box' of jewelry made by the artisans in Merain over the past two years. They're gaudy as hell, clearly mermaid tastes, and the box basically looks like a pile of shiny, pearly clutter. There are strings of tiny pearl beads between beads made of fish vertebrae, clamshell earrings, and hat pins decorated with shells covered in home grown crystals. It's like Pretty Pretty Princess, except it's all dead sea animals. There's enough for both of them, but nothing is designate to either specifically.

Adrian and Hanna Both get warm scarves and hats, as Maya is now under the impression that they absolutely cannot take care of themselves. They were purchased, of course, and are Very long, supposedly to make up for any temporary changes but really because gigantic scarves seemed like fun.

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Anyone who knows Souda gets a teeny tiny scrap-tin mechanical dragon "automaton". It's really more of a keychain, a half-view of a dragon mounted on flat painted tin. When you pull the dangling bell at the bottom, a tin piece of fire comes from the dragon's opened jaw, and his scales 'light up' as bright yellow scales lift through slits on the dragon's body. They're pretty big for keychains, but can still fit in the palm of a hand.

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As for Spike and Alucard, don't expect anything of these awful men. They're still working on their character arcs. Try again next year.

[wheresmyjuul]

► Alfred will receive (wrapped in a fine scarf):
- A set of beautifully made gold chain collar links, designed to sit underneath his customary bowtie as an extra adornment.

► Seras will receive:
- A set of knuckle knives made to fit on a werewolf's paws.

► Beat will receive:
- A pair of high quality leather booties sized to fit his Rockruff's paws and designed to protect her pads from extreme temperatures. They're partnered with a note reading "Do not lick these ones."

► Ronstadt will receive:
- A bottle of his preferred flavour of RED ALERT, and an expertly handcrafted set of gold chains designed to be worn as a necklace.

► Javert will receive:
- It's literally a bag of what he refers to as hashish. At least it's wrapped nicely.

► Atem will receive:
- A heavy set of gold chains, suitable to be attached to clothing in any number of ways as an extra adornment. The links are engraved with what would be a powerful good luck charm, if Rev's magic worked here.

► Phil will recieve:
- A package of the finest coffee the peninsula has to offer.
- A heavy leather collar, set with a gold plate with his initials, including the surnames of Rev's that he's chosen to adopt.
- A brand new watch, the case embossed with a depiction of the sun, the inside bearing the engraving "For my Enseet."

Taako

[pocketspa]

I'm too lazy to hit up inboxes individually BUT- if you have good CR with mr.man here, assume you got a tin of homemade cookies! If he sees you at all in the days leading up to or right after he'll just hock the tin at you at top speed while yelling "HEADS UP" but otherwise it was delivered to your door. He will give no other context once he's thrown it at you, but you best be known it's signed in the most elegant script ever made. Lup is allowed to take credit also, but only if she wants, because sometimes she wants to dunk on him instead LMAO. It should be noted the only person who got this outside of Taako's CR is Andrew Ryan, because he was forced to when he was signed up for the secret santa. so like, enjoy buddy, hope u like gingerbread

[ronstadt]

Norman sends Chaboy an apron which reads, in very fancy script: Don't Wine About What I Put On The Table and a bottle each of Very Nice red sangria and sparkling white wine.

Artemis Dubois | CW: drugs, sex stuff

[ayahuasca]

I only hit up a couple of inboxes (Taako's, since he was her Secret Santa recipient, and Dee's), so I'll list the rest of the gifts she gave here! Please, please... keep the content warnings in the subject line in mind.

Atem gets some hashish, along with a note apologizing for trying to rip a hole in him during the Red Fog event.

Rose Quartz gets a top-of-the-line suction vibrator and a flirtatious note offering to show her how to use it.

Ash Lynx gets a gift certificate to a local restaurant that has a weekly-rotating menu full of artisan-crafted entrees.

Emporio gets a soft, warm scarf and matching mittens, knitted by a local seller. They're red and blue in color.

Number Five, as her boss, gets some choice coffee beans and a muted-blue-and-gray mug, the latter handmade by a local artist.

Hawkeye Pierce gets several bottles of human blood, ethically sourced from consenting donors and bottled by Artemis herself. To make up for having chugged his entire lunch when she first transformed. He ALSO gets a hand-drawn diagram of a skeleton monster getting open-pelvis-pegged by a woman who kind of looks like her. Hey, he asked!

[knifemonopoly]

She gets a note back expressing no hard feelings, along with a bottle of lotus wine! They're good c:

ATEM (try again next year for holmes)

[knifemonopoly]

Unfortunately, this year, Atem is a pooka! Which means, most gifts are gonna be some ancient and very fun medicine from the plants he's been cultivating since February! Everyone who is on good terms with him is getting something! Choose your own adventure.

Everybody gets an affectionate note. Ping here if you want to know what yours is! Otherwise, assume it's sincere but a little dry, since, pooka.

IF YOU ARE AN ADULT AND HE KNOWS YOU ENJOY ADVENTUROUS RECREATIONAL SUBSTANCE CONSUMPTION, then you're getting a bottle of dry wine infused with blue lotus petals! You may also get some seed pods for growing them yourself, if you seem like you'd enjoy it! I've pinged the people Definitely getting this on plurk!

IF HE'S ON GOOD TERMS WITH YOU BUT WANTS TO GIVE YOU MEDICINALLY-DOSED LOTUS RATHER THAN THE PARTY STUFF, then you get a bag of individual tea bags full of dried petals. And pods if you seem interested in growing, with a warning to keep them away from cats!

PEOPLE WHO ARE GETTING THINGS THAT ARE NOT ANCIENT AND WELL RESPECTED PAINKILLING FLOWERS:
Ryou - you know what you did, you get a pooka prank staycation and they're going to be menaces
Ring-Spirit - lemme get back to you on this but he's definitely getting something + the drugs above
Altair - he gets paint made from pigments in the petals, Nile lotuses are beautifully colored
Trish - Extremely high end perfume and shampoo/conditioner made for softening and manageability. It doesn't say on the label that it's formulated for fur, but it super is.
Reira - LED strips and fairy lights that he'll install in Hill House wherever she likes.
Saint-Germain - A fidget toy where you put the right pieces in the right slots.
Noa - the biggest and most grateful face smooch for the game he put together and extremely thoughtful gift, and also, some cat sweaters with pockets for hand-warmers and the highest high-end cut of tuna steak, brought to his door so he doesn't have to go outside for it. Can't give lotuses, lilies are poison to cats!
Nanami - Plantable baby lotuses of her own, and a necklace locket in the shape of a GameBoy. ♥

holmes himself is the gift

[figlia_morbida]

slaps a comment here while im percolating nattensfest gifts myself :3c

From Beat!

[soundsurfing]

Beat's gifts all come later, because he was sadly focused on a few things only in December, and that was being fat and sleeping in a hole in park. And stealing and eating everything he could get his hands on.


All his CR:
One thing this did was give him a better palate of things like meats, cheese, and the like. So everyone he knows will be gifted a surprisingly well done charcuterie board, carefully wrapped. Each one will contain: fruits, nuts, crackers, meats, cheeses, vegetables, and a variety of spreads from sweet to spicy. Each item is handily labeled, so no one is surprised by something they'd rather not be. They all receive a note as well, thanking them for being his friend, as well as a personal little blurb aimed at them. Something sweet and stupidly sappy. Except for Lusamine, she gets a note that just says >:(.

Click for the rest!

Josh:

Will be noted in Inbox.

Neku:

Will be noted in Inbox.

Nanami:

A Praxinoscope, crafted of polished light wood with several various game consoles etched in and around it. Several strips of drawn art are included. They all feature Nanami in various situations; walking, flying, sitting under a tree with a small breeze waving leaves and her hair around, etcetera. There's even a strip of paper depicting her and Shoka walking together. Are they holding hands? Maybe.

Shoka:

A Praxinoscope, crafted of polished light wood with several various FanGO monsters etched in and around it. Several strips of drawn art are included. They all feature a certain Pony-girl in her hoodie, doing various things; walking, swimming, being sassy with hand motions and tilting her head, and one of her kicking a familiar yellow squirrel. There's even a strip of paper depicting her and Nanami walking together. Are they holding hands? Maybe.

She also gets a small drawn picture of what Beat remembers about Ayano and Susukichi, and her there in with them.

Peter:

There's a note saying: "next year, we do Hanukkah proper yo but until then!"
The note is accompanied by seven small gifts, and yes the food is edible!! Latkes. Sufganiyot (as close as Beat could get them without knowing anything about them beyond what Josh managed to tell him). A tail warmer for his tail. Feet mittens so he can still grabby around but keep his paws warm cause no one thinks of the frozen rat feet. Some chocolates. Free vouchers for the spicy dogs at their dog place.

And finally, a small picture sized graffiti painting of Peter in his spider-man gear swinging through Bavan- and he's not alone, the members of Web that Beat knows about, are following in all their own little styles maybe some inspiration taken from Felfri. Just friends having fun in the air. The style isn't Beats, he commissioned it from Neku.

Gladion:

Gladion receives a note that lists a lot of things. A thank you for the gifts he gave Beat and Junior ("She aint stopped shakin that chicken plush, yo, an whackin herself in the head with the arms so hard I think she gonna lose brain cells. An' the postcard, the midnight form kinda look like Mukuro and now she wants to go see her.") There's also an offer of Gladion to come on by whenever (an address included) and take Junior whenever he'd like to just walk with her or stuff. ("She's your friend too now, yo, you can't jus' not come see her sometimes.")

And art. The style is Beats, bold and colorful in splashes and graffiti lines, depicting Gladion standing with a Midday Lycanroc. They're both in a battle stance (a random one he has no idea how battling works still in Pokemon worlds) and looking confident and tuned into each other.

Altair:

A spray-paint on canvas of Altair (with a little artistic license to depict the glow his rocks give off under blacklight, muted a little to not over power the painting), with his shadow stretching out and up in the form of a Peregrine. It's carefully delivered covered, as he knows Altair likes to keep the fact of who he is hidden. There's a note, thanking Altair for trying to pull him back in Felfri, trying to bring him to his senses. He appreciates it, even if it didn't work.

Reira:

A custom hoodie with a stylized portrait of Reira on it in a cool ass battle pose. The hoodie has been altered with animal ears on the top, and velcro spots for her own ears so she can wear it properly. As well as a note thanking her for her gifts to him, as well as a few cute pins he remembers from home, redrawn by memory, to test it out with.

Reverie:

Art of Reverie and Phil together, tasteful and masterfully done, set in a rather ornate black wood frame. Obviously commissioned, because the style is way beyond what Beat can do. There is definitely a note included, telling Rev "telling her not to lick them just means she's gonna lick them, you know this right? ... Unless you mean me, then hey!"

[sandinmyhair]

Shades don't have anything to spend their money on, so he's saved up a lot from all the odd jobs and gigs. They're wrapped in plain paper with a multitude of colourful ribbons and strings, tagged with the recipient's name and 'From Bruno.' Telekinesis is very useful for delivering heavy objects....

Isa: Warm and fluffy winter-wear in purple with colourful flowers. It's so soft and comfy that it's like a hug whenever she puts it on. Some of it may be handmade. When did Bruno learn to crochet?

Cass: A pound of that hand-roasted coffee, slow-ground and carefully packed into a fine linen bag. A mug that reads IF YOU CAN READ THIS YOU ARE TOO CLOSE TO MY COFFEE. And a fluffy blanket for the off chance the coffee doesn't work.

Elsa: An identical linen bag of the same coffee. A mug reading I'M A MONSTER WITHOUT MY MORNING CUPPA -- JUST KIDDING, I'M A MONSTER WITH IT, TOO, accompanied by a cartoony drawing of a shaggy Sendakian beast with flowers growing from its head and a mug delicately grasped in one massive paw. And a sun lamp everyone says is just the thing for nymphs in winter, closest you can get to a sunny tropical day without actually going to the tropics.

Norman: A set of crystal singing bowls apparently aligned to each chakra and handwritten instructions as to how to play them with spider-limbs.

Otto: A relatively high-end record player and an album of what sounds like classical guitar music by a group called Strüm und Twång. It's actually really good music despite the name.

Sparkling: A big, warm ruana that he can flap his arm-wings in. It's gold and white and decorated with spirals. also something that looks like a plushy wineglass he can nap in in bat form, because it's adorable.

Alfred: An unfolding wooden box, richly stained and carved with decorative leaves and vines, with a collection of antique crafting tools from here and there.

Seras: Some lovely things to add to baths to soak in and some fur serums and shampoos. He knows she didn't have time or opportunity for a lot of luxurious anything back home, after all.

Atem: An unfolding wooden box similar in shape to Alfred's but larger for storing game accoutrements in and decorated with abstract gold-coloured filigree.

Nanami: An oversized pink zip-up hoodie with a kawaii-style drawing of a game cabinet labelled SPLODEY DEATH 3

Secret Santa gift for Emporio: A collection of sweets and cakes made from Colombian recipes.

[sciencesquid]

Awwww, Yume, what neat gifts! Are you going to hit up the Hill House log with Bruno, or shall I reveal what Otto got him in here?

Ronstadt | Horatio | Norman | Not Andrew

[ronstadt]

Gonna be belatedly hitting up my guys' Secret Santas personally, but everything else is going in here!
Ronstadt
☞ Everyone @ The 38-8 gets a little gift bag of a few packets of nice hot cocoa mix, some peppermint spoons to stir it with, and a little cellphane bag of kettle corn. Any monsters he knows with muzzles or beaks also get a hot straw.
☞ Dee, Beetlejuice, Hawkeye, Klinger, Sparkling, Rev, Phil, Artemis and Maya all get a Tiki Mug in their favorite color(s).
☞ Isabela gets a record of music that's as close to Columbian as he can find so she has something to dance to at home whenver she wants.

Norman
▶ Everyone at Hill House gets a massive pancake breakfast... and there are stockings in the living room with everyone's name on one in puffy paint. It is not an artistic masterpiece but hey, he tried. There is an assortment of sweets and nuts inside, along with any small things monsters might need for cold weather - lip balm, salve for scales, caps for claws on ice or something to keep foot pads warm. There's also a small wooden puzzle in each stocking.
▶ Volunteers to the Soup Kitchen receive a pouch of fifty (50) solars and a a personalized thank-you note, telling them how much their time and effort have meant over the past year.
▶ Fiddleford and Marco get an envelope with vouchers for one of the local farm and yard supply shops, for when warm weather comes ... and enough solars for them to take each other out for A Nice Dinner.
▶ Quentin Beck gets a dark green winter jacket tailored to allow for his wings.
▶ Emily Gray gets this mug and a lab coat tailored to her monster form with her name embroidered on the breast.
▶ Chiaki Nanami gets a homemade Ryslig version of one of those "Learn To Code" kits and enough supplies to allow for mistakes or new projects, and money tucked into a pouch with the name and number of a good tailor - "for the next time you change <3"
▶ Beat gets a squirrel-sized skateboard and custom-made protective gear.
▶ Joshua gets some nice, upscale shirts in bright colors, because don't think Norman hasn't noticed how fashion forward he is.
▶ Hajime will receive a nice leather planner and a pen engraved with his name, since he's always so busy, and a watch. Engraved on the back? "Remember to always take time for yourself."
▶ Bruno, Otto, Peter, Sonic, and Reira are getting their gifts privately so there.

Horatio
♦ Lucky 38 Employees all get the holiday off, as well as a hefty bonus and a pair of silver cufflinks = one inlaid with red, the other with black - in the shape of card suits.
♦ Lighthouse Volunteers all receive one of the Lighthouse's new branded, dark purple hoodies. They are super super fuzzy and come in styles that allow for all monster types. He likely had help from Saint-Germain in knowing everyone's size.
♦ Reasonably Close CR will all be sent a Very Nice Edition of a book in a genre he thinks they might enjoy, as well as a recipe card and mix for a beverage personally designed for and named after them (underage characters' drinks are of course, non-alcoholic). The latter two are tucked into highball glasses which read "I Survived Another Year In Ryslig And All I Got Was This Stupid Drink". If he has known you at least a year and you aren't actively trying to kill each other, you got one.

Andrew didn't get anyone anything because he's more Scrooge than Ebeneezer. Except maybe Abigail, Seras, Korra, and Beetlejuice, who got boxes of Russian tea cakes - little round cookies dusted in powdered sugar and full of vanilla and chopped pecans. And little nips of good brandy.

Shoka | Lusamine

[telewarped]

From Shoka:

Beat: A skull ornament made of red-orange glass and a collection of decals for his skateboard (or wherever else). The Mall of Bavania doesn't have the best selection of designs, but there's so many here that there has to be a few he likes (fingers crossed). There is also a large chewtoy for Junior. It's difficult to tell what it's supposed to be exactly, but it has four gangly limbs, a greenish color, and bulbous eyes, vaguely resembling a frog. It's made of tough material that can really take a beating. (On second thought, is it for Junior, or is it for Beat to use in his new form? That's for them to decide.)

Joshua: A glass iris blossom ornament and a small collection of movies on VHS: the cheesiest holiday-themed garbage she could find.

Neku: A coiled dragon ornament made of sparkling orange stone, and a small set of new paints. Also this charming mug.

Nanami: A semi-transparent stone ornament carved and colored in the likeness of Nanami's Gala Omega hairclip (with a bit of dimension added, to make it look more like a solid spacecraft) and a set of high-quality pens to use when writing out entries for her Expanded Monster Guide (even if Shoka thinks that writing out all that shit longhand is insane). The barrel of each is designed in the likeness of a different monster.

Aaron: A stone bison ornament and what appears to be a pair of ear warmers, custom-made to fit the ears of his usual Minotaur form. They might be a bit on the too-colorful side (Christmas plaid; sorry, she couldn't resist), but they're soft and should help muffle sounds a bit, too, when he needs it.

Sonic: A blue glass hedgehog ornament and one of the dumbest new inventions she could find being sold at the mall: an adjustable watch equipped with... a tiny, pop-out kazoo. It gave her a good laugh, and she hopes it will do the same for him eventually.

Mukuro: A black stone wolf ornament and a small selection of miniature mincemeat pies. They may or may not be made the old-fashioned way, with actual meat.

Trish: A gift box of baked goods from Kit-TEA-Kat and an absolutely enormous cat scarf (like this, but longer). It's so long that she might even be able to wear it (or at least drape it fashionably over a shoulder or something) when transformed.

Peter: A little bouquet of candy canes, along with a few bottles of claw polish, all in shades of blue.

From Lusamine:

If you have positive CR with her, she has probably sent you a selection of fancy chocolates—or, if you don't like/can't eat sweets, alternatively some sort of sparkly trinket or festive ornament from the night market—along with an elegant holiday-themed card. She managed this despite all the undue stress she has been under lately; don't say she never does anything for you!

Just a couple of more specific gifts from her:

Niina: A necklace of violet flowers on a chain of pearls. Lusamine will have also made a donation of food and winter clothes to Saint Flora's.

Jodariel: A brooch designed in the likeness of a cluster of forget-me-nots, along with an offer to help her pick out a nice outfit to go with it. She will have also made a sizable donation to Persephone Orphanage (and probably come by with an assortment of toys to donate as well).

Cassandra

[feudalladyshandmaid]

As someone who is... not great at gift-giving, Cassandra still makes the effort to send something out to her acquaintances.

For Elsa, Cassandra's gift is, in part, herself. But she's also taken to task knitting a new pair of mittens for her wife. They're some of her best work so far, and comes with a bonus: a special mitten designed for both of them to wear. Because holding hands doesn't mean they need to be cold. There's also a single flower made of yarn, to show just how far she's come with her yarncraft.
For Lup and Taako, Cass did quite a bit of scouring, and it took some time, but she found them another pearl - one that isn't magical, she hopes. It's also not nearly as big as the first one, but they can take what they can get, ok.
For Lust, a new robe, fur-lined and plenty fluffy. It's been tailored to have two pairs of sleeves to accommodate her arms.
For Korra, there's a wrapped Monster Wrestling Champion belt - technically it was already hers, but since Cass won the last tournament, she gave it back to the 'real' champion to continue the 'story arc' they have going on about the belt's ultimate power. There's also a batch of bakery cookies.
For Maya, it took some digging around in The Cube again, but Cassandra eventually managed to find - and package - a wholeass spear. The exact same sort that the Steel Samurai uses in his crusade against evil. It's been sharpened to a point (which an attached note mentions).
For Riley, a small care package appears on her doorstep. Some treats, leg warmers. Things of that nature.
For Javert, a single jar of peach jam, once again, left on the doorstep of wherever he's staying now.
For Bruno, a new set of blackout curtains for his bedroom, extra thick to make sure no light gets through.

And everyone who currently works at Juno Steel Investigations receives a nice bonus in their pay this month, along with a holiday card.

Alfred

[heyhohey]

Alfred is one of those guys who is just way, way into the holidays. If you have so much as said hello in passing to him, you can expect you probably got at least a care package of cookies. That said, me, the player, has a real bad memory - if your character isn't here and has even spoken briefly to him, feel free to comment and ask what they would have gotten!

Seras: An ornate pendant with a gold setting, with a glass cabochon enclosing a dried sprig of love-lies-bleeding flowers. Engraved on the back are the words "Not hopeless anymore. Yours, Alfred". Matching earrings.

Also another gift given more privately.

Phil: A luxurious (if kind of racy) set of silk pajamas, monogrammed with Phil's initials and sewn with love and care.

ALSO another gift given privately.

Reverie: A sheer, shimmery light gray capelet, sparkling with golden glass beads and scrolling embroidery in reds and pinks.

Aaron: A fine show holster for a gun and a hunting knife with a cherry wood handle.

Bruno: A lovingly-made plush rat and a plush, heavy comforter for his Nest.

Horatio: A new silk vest in Lucky colors, made to accommodate wings. Also a nice bottle of whiskey.

Harry: A stack of records and a vintage phonograph. Also a very thick, heavy blanket for self-soothing.

Steven: A winter cloak in pale, shimmering greys and whites, roomy for his wings, and a pair of warm mittens.

Atem: A bag of the hardest wooden logic puzzles he could find, and a couple of nice boxes for holding playing cards.

JoJo: A box full of treats, tea, and a long, colorful scarf.

All coworkers at the Lucky: A care package with a set of tea towels, a candle, and some spiced cookies.