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[mynameisbruce.livejournal.com]

Enter Bruce. Who immediately spots the Christmas tree.

"Christmas? Christmas!"

He is very pleased with this. For the moment.

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[ms-w-harker.livejournal.com]

She smiles to Bruce. "Merry Christmas!"

[mynameisbruce.livejournal.com]

"Merry Christmas!"

He thinks for a minute. "How long 'til Christmas?"

[ms-w-harker.livejournal.com]

She thinks, counting. "Twelve."

[mynameisbruce.livejournal.com]

"That's not too long."

[ms-w-harker.livejournal.com]

She smiles. "Not long at all. We never did exchange names, did we?"

[mynameisbruce.livejournal.com]

Bruce shakes his head. "No. I'm Bruce."

[ms-w-harker.livejournal.com]

She smiles, holding her hand out to him. "Pleased to meet you, Bruce. I am Mina Murray." Her hand is ice-cold, naturally.

[mynameisbruce.livejournal.com]

Bruce shakes her hand, and then looks at her a little oddly. "Are you cold?"

He's trying for tactful.

[ms-w-harker.livejournal.com]

She smiles. "Bless you, Bruce. No, I am a vampire."

[angelus-amadeo.livejournal.com]

Armand smiles at him from beside the tree.

"Not long to go now, eh?"

[mynameisbruce.livejournal.com]

"I don't know. How long is it 'til Christmas?"

[angelus-amadeo.livejournal.com]

"Twelve days. I always put my tree up twelve days before Christmas and take it down twelve days after. Brings good luck."

He holds out the last decoration.

"Want to put it on?"

[mynameisbruce.livejournal.com]

"Sure!"

He bounces over and carefully hangs it as high as he can reach. Than he looks at the tree.

"It's really pretty."

[angelus-amadeo.livejournal.com]

He smiles. It's not very high, but it certainly adds a nice touch.

"Gil and Sooty helped to bring it in. We've kept the roots-" he points to the bucket of sand, "so we can replant it and use it again. Because it's a shame to kill it just for decoration. And Sooty did the lights."

And the lights sparkle and shine like fireflies in the branches.

"It makes me think of home, for some reason."

[mynameisbruce.livejournal.com]

Bruce gets a little quiet. "Where do you live?"

[angelus-amadeo.livejournal.com]

"Mostly here, lately. When I go back, I live between New York and New Orleans. I'm all about the new, apparently," he says with a smile. "What about you?"

[mynameisbruce.livejournal.com]

"Gotham City."

[popular-in-pink.livejournal.com]

Aw, how darling. She smiles at him, figuring with customs in different places it's best to ask children. She doesn't want a long lecture.

"What is Christmas?"

[mynameisbruce.livejournal.com]

"It's the best holiday ever! There's cookies and trees and Santa and presents!"

Bruce, helpful? Nah.

[popular-in-pink.livejournal.com]

Glinda chuckles."I see."

Hm. Well, sounds good enough to her. She's certain there's more religious significance but she's never been very interested in such things.

"I'm Glinda by the way."

[mynameisbruce.livejournal.com]

"I'm Bruce. You're very pink."

[popular-in-pink.livejournal.com]

"Hello, Bruce. And yes." Very observant child.

"But then someone has to be."

[mynameisbruce.livejournal.com]

"Why?"

[popular-in-pink.livejournal.com]

"Because pink's a wonderful color."

[mynameisbruce.livejournal.com]

Bruce wrinkles his nose. "No, it's not. It's *girly*."