Ava is roasting chestnuts on a somewhat-less-than-open fire.

She's not really sure what you do with the chestnuts once you roast them, so this seems to mostly entail tossing chestnuts into the fire and watching them blacken. But she also has eggnog, and has broken out her Santa hat for the occasion, and is currently tying the final ribbons onto an assortment of Christmas bundles.

Is one of them for you?


(If you're Bela, Buffy, Andrew, Elle, Michael Bluth, or D'Hoffryn, the answer to this question is yes.)

Tags: ava wilson

Sam's finally set up with a room of his own, as he and the Bar managed to have their heads on right at the same time. He's not well yet, so Cata's still... well, all right, she's worried.
(She doesn't do it often, but this is Sam. She thinks she's allowed that luxury, given how few friends she has.)
Tonight, she's at a table, people-watching (and watching for one or two in particular). If she doesn't see the Medic, she'll leave what she's got for him with the Bar.

Tags: cata

It took a lot of last-minute work, but Alyx managed to get Christmas presents ready for everyone. Granted, the bulk of those are hand-made Christmas cards rather than actual gifts, but still. They're all stacked on the bartop next to her as she sips a cup of cocoa and looks around for the future recipients of said gifts.

(It doesn't occur to Alyx to leave any of the packages with Bar. Christmas gifts, as far as she's concerned, are something to be delivered in person.)

[Open forever.]

Tags: alyx vance, gordon freeman

"Ooh," says the costumed superhero nervously as he stares at Bar. "Are you sure? I'm not sure about this. Well, if you're sure..."

Man, all Spidey wanted was coffee.

But poor Peter Parker's part-time (say that five times fast) teaching job won't exactly pay off all the coffee and burgers and last-minute Chinese takeout from the last few months. A bartending shift it is.

Neat chalk writing on the specials boards reads:

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
Peppermint Hot Chocolate
Eggnog (rum optional)

--and has an arrow pointing to a bottle of bright green liquor he can't identify. Uh ... that one's for the brave folk only.

One Spider-Man standing behind the Bar, then, with an empty mug and a fidgety air to show that he coffeed himself up already.

"Get your amazing, spectacular drinks right here! Management cannot guarantee amazingness or, indeed, spectacularity of any beverages served."

(Spectacularity is totally a word.)



[ ooc: no idea how long i'll be up, but feel free to threadhop with whoever's around! and slowtimed all weekend. ]

Tags: peter parker (spider-man)

Merry Christmas from Norway, and Happy Birthday to any of you who, like me, happen to share a birthday with the holiday.

That said there are presents from Thirteen at the Bar for friends of hers:

Coreen gets a set of paints and brushes, along with a written promise to sit still for her for a while, if she so wishes.

Squirrel gets a kilt, with a note explaining that now he won´t have to steal Coreen´s clothes again.

Edie will find a book of self-defense for women. It´s a joke, of course.

Tony, a large poster of Sophia Loren for his room in Milliways.

Sunshine gets a large book titled "The Complete Book of Baking"

Scarlet, Dot and Guppy will find a bottle of Glayva liquor.

There are also three build-a-bear bears waiting for Evan, Alex and Mairi.

The Life Support Holiday Party is officially underway over here.

Also Guppy has left presents for Atton, Sam, Will, Amanda, Zhaan, Penny, Ginny, Kate Barlow, Kate Bishop, Coreen, Joe and Evan; Thirteen, Lisa and Rachel; Bob, Dot and Mairi; Mia, Draco and Expected Baby Malfoy-Ausa, Doc, Mike, Gus, Charlie, Teja, Connor and Enzo here.

Happy Holidays dudes <3

[oom: The Sandhu family celebrate their first proper Christmas, with burnt lunch, a broken tree, but no major incidents, hospitals or deaths.]

Around lunch time, the bar gets set up for the Life Support Holiday Party.

Lonely? Bored? Hungry? Come join the fun!

[ooc: Party behind link, have at! Open indefinitely.]

Tags: guppy sandhu, life support

Needy isn't expecting any kind of a Christmas this year, so when her bathroom door opens onto Milliways (luckily from the bathroom side, so the first thing does is not look for a toilet), she walks through with a veritable spring in her step and happy smile. She's wearing the hat and scarf set given to her by Penny, and although she takes off the hat and stuff it half-into a jeans pocket, she keeps the scarf loosely slung over her shoulders.. it's been her only Christmas present and she expects it will be her only Christmas present, so she's keeping it on. Even if it does clash with her jacket.

She takes a seat curled up in a big chair by the fire with a double-pump caramel latte, and kicks off her shoes to toast her toes. This is much better than a skeezy motel room and a ready-meal.

[ Upstairs in Milliways, and out of:

Joan officially takes her leave from her world, and the bar - with a little help from the sheriff. ]


[ tiny tag: joan holloway]

Tags: harry truman, oom

Sunshine doesn't have backroom access, so am using my other pup journal to post for her.

The baker of the mostly-sunny disposition has left presents with the Bar for her friends/people she's come to think of as more than customers. They're all baskets of various baked desserts and breads, with blue decorative paper with yellow sunbursts on it. The ratio between sweet and non-sweet baked goods is pretty balanced, unless otherwise noted.

Giftees include but are not limited to (since I'm in a bit of a rush and might forget someone):

Teja (mostly savory loaves, but with some sweet things)
Donovan
Jason Schyuler
Elizabeth
Ned
Bobby Drake
Axel
Thirteen
Duck
Demeter (mostly bread-based baked goods, rather than anything overly-chocolatey)
Sirona
Sameth
Akito and Agito
Jane Austen (mostly centered around chocolate)
Ben Wade (everything's sweet. ^__^)

Nikola Tesla gets a single, 12-serving pan of Bitter Chocolate Death. Sometimes, even death can be a veiled peace-offering. :D

I may have forgotten some people, alas. But I am in a hurry. We are running away to the forest for a few days. ^__^ Love to you all!

P.S.: And friends of Yrael will be getting their presents next time he sees them. <3333