December 25th, Christmas.
Today is Christmas, and two weeks have passed since the battle with Rakshasa.
The only remaining Jiaojiao and Yabaiba seemed to have disappeared, and there was no news from them for a long time.
"Hey~ It's snowing. Is it a white Christmas? It's a good sign. Maybe something good will happen." Ohkawa Sae exclaimed while sitting in the kotatsu, looking at the snowflakes falling outside the window through the glass door of the social office.
"Superstition, superstition! How is it possible that good things will happen if it snows?" Washio Takeshi was half lying on the tatami, supporting his face with one hand and pressing the TV remote control with the other hand, changing the TV channels, and complaining.
"Yellow! You are such a romantic guy." Ohkawa Sae glared at Washio Takeshi and said dissatisfiedly.
"Christmas?" Ogami Yuema muttered softly.
This is his first time celebrating this festival. What should he do?
"By the way, after Christmas, it will be New Year, right? Have you prepared everything you need for the New Year?" asked Niuda Sotaro.
"Oh! Oh no, I completely forgot about this!" Everyone was stunned when they heard this. After a few seconds of silence, they suddenly exclaimed.
"There are only six days until New Year's Day. Is that enough time?"
"Don't worry, it's just some glutinous rice, amulets and ema. There's still enough time." Shen Yun looked at the panicked crowd and spoke slowly.
"That's good~"
"Speaking of which, today is Christmas. Are we going to hold a Christmas party? There will also be Christmas gifts, and the most important gift-exchanging session." Ohkawa Sae asked with anticipation, counting on his fingers.
"No problem, festivals are meant to be happy." Shen Yun said with a smile.
"Okay! Leave the cooking to me." Tidom raised his hand happily.
"And Christmas decorations," Samezumi added.
"Yoshi! Let's go now." Lion put on his team uniform and said passionately.
"Then let's split up. Here's the shopping list." Shen Yun stuffed different shopping lists into everyone's hands.
"oh!"
"I'll stay and look after the house." said the Great God Yue Mo.
"What are you talking about? It's such a festive occasion, of course we should be together." Shizizou grabbed the arm of the great god Yuemo and said.
"That's right, this is your first Christmas, Silver, how can we leave you out?" Washio Takeshi grabbed Oogami Tsukima's other arm, lifted him up, and rushed out with him.
"Hey! Wait!"
Braving the falling snow, everyone happily descended the mountain and arrived at the city streets.
The streets are filled with a festive atmosphere, with Christmas decorations everywhere, tall Christmas trees standing in front of store doors, and lovers walking in pairs on the streets.
After arriving at the commercial street, everyone separated and started shopping for items on their lists while selecting Christmas gifts for exchange.
"Christmas gift..." Shen Yun scratched his head, feeling a little headache.
He didn't know what kind of gift to choose.
"Dolls?" Shen Yun glanced at a nearby shop selling dolls, then shook his head and thought to himself, "Not really. Dolls are only suitable for Tidom and Ohgawa Sae."
"If I buy cookies, it doesn't feel sincere."
“It’s such a headache.”
Shen Yun picked and chose, and finally chose a pen as a gift. After asking the clerk to wrap it, he turned to the cake shop and ordered a three-layer strawberry cream cake.
After buying the things he needed, Shen Yun returned to the entrance to meet up with everyone, and returned to the shrine carrying large and small bags.
Time passed as everyone decorated the social office, and in the blink of an eye it was evening.
Winter nights always come especially early.
Outside the house, snowflakes fluttered down, covering the inside and outside of the shrine with a layer of silver.
The social affairs office is brightly lit and warm like spring. The hall is hung with bright red Christmas decorations, and the dim lights cast a soft and warm glow on the snow.
In the corner of the hall, there is a nearly three-meter-high Christmas tree, hung with colorful lights and various Christmas decorations.
Under the Christmas tree, there are piles of gift boxes of different colors. These are the gifts bought by the Fang Rangers for exchange.
On the table were Japanese Christmas dishes such as fried chicken, roast potatoes, roast beef, teppanyaki, etc.
In the center of these dishes, there is a three-layer strawberry cream cake, exuding a sweet aroma.
The tradition of eating fried chicken and strawberry cake at Christmas in Japan originated in the 1970s when Japan's Kaifeng cuisine launched a brainwashing advertisement that advocated eating KFC at Christmas. Eventually, eating fried chicken at Christmas became a new custom of the holiday.
Strawberry cake was also marketed and eventually became a holiday custom.
Everyone gathered around the dining table, eating fried chicken and chatting and laughing. The atmosphere was very lively.
After dinner, it was time to exchange Christmas gifts.
Shen Yun put all the gift boxes under the Christmas tree into boxes of the same size, then shuffled them and said, "Okay, everyone, pick one at random. If you pick your own gift, you can put it back and choose again."
Everyone came forward one by one, each chose a gift box, and then gathered together to open the gift boxes they had chosen.
"Scarf?" Shen Yun opened the gift box and looked at the brand new scarf inside and said in surprise.
"Ah~ This is the gift I chose." Ohkawa Sae said in surprise.
"Really? You have very good taste. I like it very much." Shen Yun said with a smile as he accepted the scarf.
He just picked one at random, but he didn't expect to choose the gift from Ohgawa Sae.
"As long as the doctor likes it." Ohkawa Sae said with a smile.
"Oh! The latest game disc!" Tidom opened the gift, looked at the game disc in the gift box with shining eyes, and said in surprise.
"This is a gift I bought for you. I hope Tidom likes it." Samezumi said with a smile.
"Arigato~"
"Is mine a fountain pen?" Lion said in surprise as he took out the expensive fountain pen from the gift box.
"This is the gift I bought for you. It suits you very well." Shen Yun said with a smile as he looked at the pen that Shizi got.
Veterinarians are also doctors, so a pen is the most suitable Christmas gift.
"I will cherish it." The lion walked away with a touched look on his face.
"That's not necessary." Shen Yun was embarrassed.
"Mine are cookies." Washio Takeshi opened the gift box, which contained cookies in exquisite packaging.
"This is the gift I bought. Since I didn't know what Christmas gift to buy, I had to buy gifts like cookies." Niuda Sotaro scratched his head and said embarrassedly.
"Hey~ Is my gift a camera?" Ohkawa Sae opened the gift box and saw a brand new camera lying inside.
"This is a gift I bought. I originally planned to use it for taking group photos, but then I thought it would be such a waste if I just took a group photo and then put it away, so I just gave it as a Christmas gift." Tidom glanced at it and smiled.
"Oh~ So that's how it is..."
"A gift?" Ogami Yuemo looked at the gift box in front of him, feeling vaguely touched.
It was the first time for him to receive a gift from someone else. It was really nice to have it on such a festival.
When I opened the gift box, I saw a crystal ball music box with snow falling on it, and Christmas songs were playing from it.
"How about this gift?" Washio Takeshi raised his eyebrows and asked.
"very nice."
"Put the gifts aside first, everyone come over and take a group photo." Ohkawa Sae said with a smile, holding the camera.
"Oh!" Everyone put down the gifts in their hands and gathered in front of the camera.
After setting up the timer, Ohkawa Sae quickly ran in front of everyone and faced the camera with a smile.
“Merry Christmas!”
As the camera lens flashed, the picture froze.
The brilliant smile of the Fang Rangers is also preserved in this photo. (End of this chapter)