It is sort of like Yule, if your Yule is the same as ours. But we think of Yule as an ancient holiday that's not really celebrated anymore. It's honestly a little complicated, but I'll give you the quick rundown. More than a thousand years ago a new religion started getting really popular. Christianity, that's how I was raised, actually. The belief is that there's one God, and He sent his only son, Jesus Christ, to be born of a human woman to save mankind from darkness. And while Jesus wasn't actually born on Christmas, we celebrate his birth that day. But also with a lot of traditions that held over from Yule, like the lights and the tree and the time of year we celebrate.
[It's all a mashed together hodgepodge of existing customs and religion, and the details of how holidays were taken and changed is on the depressing side and doesn't need to be explored right now.]
I grew up in a pretty heavily religious environment, so my Christmases when I was a kid were all about the Jesus part. But a lot of people don't celebrate it that way, they just celebrate the peace and goodwill to man part, and Santa Claus. Who's not a religious figure, he's like...a fairy tale magic guy. Who visits houses on Christmas Eve night to bring presents and goodies, and he wears a red and white fur trimmed suit with a hat and has flying reindeer.
[It all sounds a little like madness, just laid out like this. And this isn't what she'd thought they'd be talking about on their walking-out excursion, but Nadine doesn't mind. Even if talking about it is bringing up some of her own self-doubts and concerns about the state of her own soul.
She glances over at Jaskier then, eyebrows raising in curiosity.]
You want to hear a Christmas carol? Okay...yeah, I can do that.
[She'd sang in church as a little girl often. They all seem to flee her mind in the moment, as it so often goes, but she holds on to one that had always spoken to her as a child.]
Alright, this was my favorite when I was a kid. Something about it...I don't know, it just spoke to me. Things seem really simple, when you're a kid. It's called In The Bleak Midwinter.
[It doesn't occur to Nadine to just create a radio or music player to listen to, in the moment, so she clears her throat and shares a song of her own as they walk through the snow.]
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[It's all a mashed together hodgepodge of existing customs and religion, and the details of how holidays were taken and changed is on the depressing side and doesn't need to be explored right now.]
I grew up in a pretty heavily religious environment, so my Christmases when I was a kid were all about the Jesus part. But a lot of people don't celebrate it that way, they just celebrate the peace and goodwill to man part, and Santa Claus. Who's not a religious figure, he's like...a fairy tale magic guy. Who visits houses on Christmas Eve night to bring presents and goodies, and he wears a red and white fur trimmed suit with a hat and has flying reindeer.
[It all sounds a little like madness, just laid out like this. And this isn't what she'd thought they'd be talking about on their walking-out excursion, but Nadine doesn't mind. Even if talking about it is bringing up some of her own self-doubts and concerns about the state of her own soul.
She glances over at Jaskier then, eyebrows raising in curiosity.]
You want to hear a Christmas carol? Okay...yeah, I can do that.
[She'd sang in church as a little girl often. They all seem to flee her mind in the moment, as it so often goes, but she holds on to one that had always spoken to her as a child.]
Alright, this was my favorite when I was a kid. Something about it...I don't know, it just spoke to me. Things seem really simple, when you're a kid. It's called In The Bleak Midwinter.
[It doesn't occur to Nadine to just create a radio or music player to listen to, in the moment, so she clears her throat and shares a song of her own as they walk through the snow.]