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2024 Christmas with the Johnsons!

The Traditional Johnson Christmas Stockings! (Given to all guests spending the holiday with them, containing:

A tangerine (for tradition)

A bag of chocolate coins

A tube of Rowntrees Fruit Pastilles

A handcrafted all-natural nice smelling soap

A pack of 'mild-lighters' for studying with!

A gift-set of hot chocolate spoons perfect for heating up in the dorm microwave

A pack of positive affirmation cards

Plus individualised bonus presents included in the stocking

For Mushu! - A Portable Chilli Hot Sauce keyring so he can always add a bit of spice to canteen meals; Lip balm for the cold; A selection of 'best of British' sweets & chocolate; a 'Swynlake' wooden tree ornament @dragon-not-a-lizard

For Joanna! - A selection of 'best of British' sweets & chocolate; some hand-knitted warm socks; a warm fleece-lined hat; some thick gloves perfect for snowball fights; lip balm for the cold; a 'Swynlake' wooden tree ornament @joanna-vane

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Jeremy followed Mirabel through the house, and closed the door as he watched her flopping down. He couldn't help but smile a little, but it was a pitying one. He hated seeing her like this. Tentatively, Jeremy went and joined her on the bed, and took off his rucksack and laid it out, before he patted her shoulder gently.

"I'm sorry," he repeated himself. "It does make a difference when you get to be the one to tell people."

Maybe not with the media and their perception, or even with the fans, but at least you got to make sure all the friends and family you wanted to know knew, and that their reaction wasn't caught up in it all. "I haven't, uh, read much past the headlines, but I know even that must be a lot-"

Especially since some of them were seemingly caught up in outrage over the poor broken heart of some bloke Jeremy was sure Penny had never looked twice at.

@waitingona-mirabel

Soooooooo … - Jeribel

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Jeremy's arms tightened instinctively around Linnet when she kissed him, and he felt such a tug in his chest as she smiled. It was like a little flutter of hope that she was going to be ok. And she would be, they could work out some things, and he could definitely support her better now he knew what was going on, and if nothing else, the seasons would change and make things easier again.

But for now, he simply rubbed his hand up and down her back, and stayed there. He kissed the top of her head and listened to the rhythm of her breathing.

It would be alright, he was sure, and at least for tonight, he was just glad thathe had been coming around to pick her up, and that he could be there now.

@euterpe-of-hesiod

Dark As Trouble || Blueson

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"Ah, well, that'll do that-" Jeremy acknowledged, looking down and wiping a few flakes of snow off the camera lense where they had ended up after the whole situation. A tactical error had been made in not getting this Marsh kid on their side then.

"I mean, I'd say I need a blue helmet or something," he huffed a laugh as they watched the aftermath of Jae getting hit again. "But I reckon that if there's pizza at stake, then it's a pretty noble cause. If I don't make it back, you can bring a slice to me," he intoned very seriously, before flashing a grin.

Raising his camera to his eye, he checked the viewfinder, and got a couple of snaps of Jae desperately stockpiling snowballs and Ava looking nervously around, before he shuffled back a bit and waited for the perfect moment to present itself.

@cruzzramirez

Picture Perfect Moment - Open

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Festive Mistletoe Kisses using THIS Piccrew

featuring; Hercista, Blueson, Jellen and Wolfing

(special guest starring bonus Regency Wolfing

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Ok, well at least if she'd been able to talk to her family, that was something? No ... sudden shocks of people finding out and bursting in and saying the wrong thing? But it was pretty obvious this was all still really raw, so he just smiled and nodded.

"Yeah, of course."

He could understand wanting to go and hang out in her room and not feel like she was on display. "It's all cool with me. And if you like... if you want to talk about any of it, we can do that too, but I get it if you don't want to. Like, I get that it can be really nice to just try and block it out for a little while."

And he had thought it was bad enough when Swynlake's own little gossip blog had been splashing his business all over town, this? This was a whole different level of intense that he could barely begin to imagine.

@waitingona-mirabel

Soooooooo … - Jeribel

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For Jeremy's part, he was absolutely convinced he'd rather hang out with her. Going to the ball without her would have been way less fun, and now that he knew she was feeling rotten? Well, he'd only spend the whole evening worried about her. He was far better off here.

"Hey," Jeremy said again, and this time, he tried to catch her eyes so she could see that he was telling the absolute truth. "I'm real sure. I'm absolutely real sure." Who would he be if he just walked away now because things weren't going to plan? Sure as hell not Jeremy Johnson!

"You are not ruining my night. Spending it with you was all I wanted," he added, with a little smile. "So I'm going to stay right here for like, five more minutes because I am so comfy right now-" he explained. "And then I'll get us some snacks or something, and a nice hot drink, and we can think of something to put on and just enjoy, yeah?"

@euterpe-of-hesiod

Dark As Trouble || Blueson

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There was such a whirl of activity from the snowball fight, how could he stay away! People were smiling so broadly and laughing so loud and bright! It was like a magnet for the camera, even if he was sure to come out with mostly blurry shots that were impossible to follow.

"Cruz!" He smiled as she joined them. "That's right-" He ducked (a fraction late, and one of the snowballs caught him spectacularly in the side of the face and then exploded everywhere) "-Ooph."

"Just call me Jeremy Johnson, Snowball War photographer," he grinned, undeterred. "You all just looked like you're having so much fun, thought I'd catch some candids. Although somebody on that team has got a hell of an arm," he conceded.

@cruzzramirez

Picture Perfect Moment - Open

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"Yeah! Well, and you, if you'd like?" Jeremy smiled. It was a lovely scene, with the man concentrating so hard on positioning the smile just right, and the snowman looking so full of life in that moment.

"You don't have to. I just like taking pictures of people when they're in their elements," Jeremy explained.

He loved candids, and seeing how people behaved when they weren't thinking about being perceived.

@a-forgotten-miracle

Picture Perfect Moment - Open

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"Hey," Jeremy said, squeezing her a little tighter as if to remind her that he was still there, as he heard her voice sounding weaker than he thought he'd ever heard it. Even when she talked, normally there was such life in it, that he could listen to her talk for hours on end if he got the chance.

"You think I want to go and put those uncomfortable shoes back on? And do up my buttons? And stand around while all the grown ups talk about who they wish would have run for the board instead?" Jeremy shook his head, even if she couldn't see it. "No way. I'd much rather hang out with you. That's what I was looking forward to about tonight anyway!"

Sure, he'd maybe had thoughts of a few dances and seeing her in a beautiful dress, but there'd be other times for that.

"I mean, if you're too tired or you'd just like to rest, then that's fine too-" he added, realising he maybe shouldn't impose himself. "But I'd love to just hang out. We could put a movie on? Or an album? Have you eaten anything?"

@euterpe-of-hesiod

Dark As Trouble || Blueson

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Oh Jeremy did love it when the Lake froze and the ice skating begun. People huddled around cups of hot chocolate and groups of people held hands to try and keep their balance. The ice only seemed even better this year, perhaps thanks to the WInter Hollow residents? Or maybe Jere was just getting overly sentimental.

He had his camera strung around his neck, as he walked up and down the shore. "Hey, excuse me?" He smiled at someone, right in the middle of a perfect wintry scene. "Is it alright if I take a photograph?"

Picture Perfect Moment - Open

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"We move in mysterious ways," Jeremy chuckled at Mushu's amazement at being selected. They had enough people around dorms to find those toe-tappers and shower-singers, and plenty of other members among other musical groups like the Orchestra or Band & Gig society to find potential young vocalists. The new president had almost done a backflip from joy (his favourite party piece) at finding out one of their potentials was National Dragon (adjacent).

"You really nailed it though. Have you got any experience of singing in choirs or stuff like that before?" Jeremy asked, already intrigued and thinking about how to work the newbies into their sound and - his mind was racing away, truly.

@dragon-not-a-lizard @oh-phineas

Sing Your Heart Out | SDG

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"Oh no-" Jeremy moaned a little as he saw Mirabel welling up, and he stepped forwards automatically to throw his arms around her and give her a hug. This was confirming his initial suspicions that things were indeed not good. Hardly a surprise, given the state of things, but it made him all the more glad he was there.

"Time to hang out with my friend and watch movies? Hell yeah, I've got time," Jeremy completed for her. He knew it wasn't what she was thinking, but honestly they had loads of time left before things really kicked off for Christmas! He'd got plenty of work done in the morning, so he could relax now, and his parents were in 'plan the mega-shop' mode, and Suzie was at a friend's house! It was like the universe had known he needed to be free that afternoon.

"I just thought maybe you shouldn't be alone right now." And he also thought it might be easier to talk to a friend who already knew everything than her family.

"Have you been able to talk to, uh, family and stuff?" He glanced around a little.

@waitingona-mirabel

One of those simple physics principles that had stayed with Mirabel long after her engineering days was the principle that every action had an equal and opposite reaction. There was something comforting about it. When you dropped a book on the ground, the resulting thud was the sound waves that reverberated back at you. When you pushed yourself forward, you had to push the ground beneath you back. And Mirabel liked to think life was like that, too, that something lost meant something found. That something terrible meant something good was coming, too.

It was hard to see anything good in all of this. But then there was Jeremy. And he wasn't the only good in Mirabel's life right now, she still had a lot of it, but the sight of him on her doorstep, proposing Christmas movies despite everything, was a nice reminder.

So that was when Mirabel started crying again. Not for the first time today, and certainly not for the last time.

"Sorry- come in," Mirabel said, wiping at her eyes. "I just- this is really nice of you, Jere. Are you sure? I mean, it's almost Christmas, you've probably got..."

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Jeremy hummed to himself as he waited, maybe a little longer than he was used to, but he didn't really notice. What he did notice was the moment a Toucan hopped out onto a windowsill, and tilted his head at him curiously.

"Uh, hi?" He held up a hand. One of Antonio's pals, perhaps? The toucan just sort of squawked at him, and then hopped back inside. But Mirabel emerged soon after.

"Yeah, I saw," Jeremy nodded. How could he not have seen? But to say that would have been incredibly tactless, so he avoided that. "I thought you might need a little moral support." And it looked like he might have been right about that one, considering the current cocoon-esque state of affairs.

Still, a vital part of any freak-out.

"I come bearing everything we need to have a good old fashioned Christmas movie session. Because I thought you might maybe need to take your mind off a few things?" He offered.

@waitingona-mirabel

Soooooooo ... - Jeribel

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[Outfit]

It hadn't taken all that long for Jeremy to check his phone and see that Penny was trending, which was a surreal, weird and unsettling experience in its own right before he realised exactly what everyone was deciding they could discuss all over the internet. He'd done what he could to check in with them both, and then muted the whole thing before he made himself cross looking at people's reactions.

Today he was heading to Casita, his rucksack filled with some popcorn, some nice hot chocolate spoons and an array of the best Christmas movies he could find.

His Dad gave him a lift to the end of the drive, to save him walking, and he gave the man a wave before he headed up to the door, and knocked brightly.

"Hey," Jeremy smiled as the door opened, steadying himself to try and gauge how the whole... vibe was here.

@waitingona-mirabel

Soooooooo ... - Jeribel

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jj-music-swynlake: I've had the great pleasure of working on a Christmas album this year with a friend, and it's been getting me right in the Christmas spirit. So here's a little present for all of you!

Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (Instrumental) is on SoundCloud Now

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"Well that's a good point," Jeremy chuckled. He was sure there was a line where the cheesy just became cringey, but the threshold was pretty high for Christmas music. "I think you're right." He sat back in his chair as she reached for the bells, and heard their tell-tale little tinkle at even being picked up; as if Father Christmas himself was about to enter the room. "We can always take them back out again."

He was amazed how much he was actually picking this stuff up now. It was surprisingly easy, with all the proper equipment, to add and remove tracks from the overalll arrangement. As scared as he had been with using Berlioz's proper equipment, he was now feeling more comfortable.

"Ok, want me to do them?" He half-held a hand out, trusting that he'd be able to keep a consisten kind of sound.

@marie-a-bonfamille

And a little Christmas sparkle || Jeremarie