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Accidentally double posted, please ignore this post and move on!

Good luck everybody!

[whatswrongwithangela]

username;; Enchanted
kalon name;; Tom
best gift they ever received;; The Best Gift Tom Has Ever Received Is A Nutcracker Doll Customized For Him From His Dear Grandfather. He Thinks This Gift Is Special Because It Is From His Most Helpful, Caring And Kind Person In His Life. The Nutcracker Was Given To Him During The Year 1987, The Year His Grandfather Sadly Passed Away.

[elf_of_the_hollow]

username;; elf_of_the_hollow

kalon name;; Abraham {father of many}

best gift they ever received;;
It was years after his late wife had passed, and a small box wrapped in brown paper and twine sat on his doorstep, getting
covered in the light, fluffy snow that danced around in the wind. The stars seemed to twinkle in the sky as he stepped just
outside the door to pick up the tiny paper-wrapped box, and dust off the snow. He seemed to linger outside as he read the
tag - "To моя любовь" - my love. He hurriedly rushed back indoors as the cold grew too much for his older, weaker soul, and
placed the box down on his small table in the center of his home. He looked at it sadly, almost longingly, a gentle few words
escaping his lips, "моя любовь..". He didn't want to open it, to ruin the perfectly pressed edges, or even the way the twine
lazily clung to the sides of the box. But he simply couldn't leave it unopened, she must have intended it to be for him on his
lonely Christmas day. So, tentatively, he clung to the box in his hand as he carefully removed the packaging and slowly opened
it to reveal what lay inside.
"Oh, моя любовь.. ты мое солнце на мой самый темный день, even with you gone, you still make me smile. я люблю тебя,
my dear.." He spoke softly, clutching the little golden pendent in his hands as he looked up to the heavens to send his silent
thanks to his lost love.


tiny translation notes;
моя любовь - my love
ты мое солнце на мой самый
темный день - you are my sunshine
on my darkest day
я люблю тебя - I love you

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username;; ☁Lady Raincloud☁
kalon name;; Vlademar
best gift they ever received (300 word limit);;

Valdemar did not, in truth, believe in dream messages, but the repeated feeling of dread when he woke up was very troubling. Yet he never quite remembered what the dreams were.

Winter drew nearer, and the dread grew. Was it just winter blues? He was planning on staying home that year, by himself, as usual, despite his relatives pleas for him to join them at Christmas. Yet, the holiday grew nearer and nearer, and his parents sent more emails and letters begging him to come and see them, and how they missed them... he finally decided, reluctantly, he'd go, and, maybe ,the dread would go away too he thought. On his trip there, he had the dream one more time, a terrible, freezing dream, debris and snow everywhere, and the coldness...

The holidays were fun at his childhood home. everyone was pleased to see their long lost family member at last. He remained for only a few days. On the day after Christmas, he prepared to leave.

Valdemar returned home to his secluded town. First, he dropped by a restaurant to see a friend. There, his friend, the waiter, instantly ran to him. "Valdemar! Thank goodness you were gone! We couldn't contact you! The blizzard hit without warning a few days ago, cut the power off... was real hard by your place! It's... gone! Toppled over, destroyed!"

Valdemar returned back to his parent's home after that, until he could settle elsewhere. It was the best gift, he thought, to be alive, and not frozen. He had also realized just how much he had truly missed being away from his old home with his family. As he arrived back to his parent's house, he embraced them more gratefully than he had in years, happy to be with them, living and well!

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username;;
Credit
kalon name;;
Thomas Mauer
best gift they ever received (300 word limit);;

Thomas wasn’t always a living being. He was once a charm. A charm given to a young Austrian Prince with a vivid imagination. He was just a small toy made of Popsicle sticks and cotton balls, but was loved as if it was a rare glass doll. The boy loved and cherished this being as if it were a pet. In the castle the boy grew lonelier by the day, being constantly commanded by butlers and maids, and especially his royal parents. Thomas and the boy shared quite a close relationship. Like guardian and the guarded.
As Thomas listened intently to the child’s pleas and he began to develop a sense of sympathy. Being a toy there was nothing he could really do accept listen and be there for him. Very much like a guard to him. One night the child ran into his bedroom with tears streaming upon his face. He threw himself onto the bed and wept. All Thomas could do was sit there and watch in sadness. What could he do? He was just a toy, but it didn’t stay that way for long.
That night, as the boy slept with Thomas close by. Thomas laid there unable to do anything but drown in the child’s warmth. He laid awake in his mind and just thought of multiple ways he could help this child. As he laid in thought, a single tear full upon his cotton face, a wishful tear. He didn’t think much of it at first, and didn’t mind.
When morning came something was different. No longer was he a mere toy, he in fact had a body. A physical form. The tear was a rather wishful one. It was one of the greatest gifts he could’ve asked for. A means to help his owner.

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[labradude]

Username;; labradude
Kalon Name;;
Baron (may change!)
Best Gift;;
- an older gentleman
- fell in love around 21 in human years
- worked his booty off getting her attention
- she was never one who enjoyed commitment, but loved him
- the day he was going to propose, she never came home. he doesn't know why she left.. did she know of his plans? was he too constraining? had she been hurt?

- maybe he went away to serve in the army and when he came home she was no longer there?

- the best gift he ever received was every moment which was spent with her.

[doktor monty]

xxusername;; orbit avenue.
kalon name;; Christopher (the third)
best gift they ever received (300 word limit);;
The best gift Christopher ever received was the chance to leave his town. He'd disliked his home and it's citizen's through his entire childhood, so when his father offered him a carriage and a sack of provisions... he was overjoyed. He'd left his hometown with little remorse, and headed to the bigger ones for a chance of success, and he succeeded!!
He now owns a powerful business in this town, and has given all the credit to his father on that one fateful day.

[Tart]

username;; Tart
kalon name;; Joshua mc'laney
best gift they ever received (300 word limit);;

[OswinTheFox]

Username;;

Oswinthefox

Kalon name;;

Fig Newton although most call him figgy or Newton


Best gift they ever received (300 word limit);;

For his 20th birthday his mate gifted him 365 reasons why she loved him. One reason for each day till his next birthday. It took her over three months to write it all and then she rolled each tiny bit of paper up and tied a bow around it. She decorated a jar with hearts a ribbon and flowers for him and gifted it to him. It meant so much to him because in this moment he realized once and for all he had finally found his mate for life. His whole life he had blindly looked for his one true love dating anyone that would give him a chance....sadly he was only ever hurt and taken advantage for as all the other females only wanted his money until it was gone...the sad thing is none of them even tried to hide the fact they were cheating on him...he met his mate for life while dating a female that was cheating on him and as soon as the two touched both their hearts seamed to stop. She wasn't going to steal him from her friend so she became Newton's only best friend. Managing to call him when he felt bad and down. She infact saved his life many-a times..when his date left him he hooked up with his mate for life they dated for four years and he was so excited to find out that his best friend for a year was his one true love. That Christmas Eve he asked her to marry him and they have lived happily ever after since.

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[Strudel]

username;; Strudel

kalon name;; Sergei Tchaikovsky (Pronounced chy-KAWF-skee like the composer)
best gift they ever received (300 word limit);;

When Sergei was young, everyone in town would compliment his looks. He was often told he was handsome. Even his mother called him her little prince.
Because he was so handsome, and so well behaved he would often receive gifts from others in town. Anything from small trinkets and candies to hand carved toys.
The best gift he ever received however was like nothing he had ever been given before.
It happened on the day he received a wooden nutcracker soldier from the grocer in town. She smiled to him as she handed him the nutcracker, saying he was more handsome than it was. Of course he smiled and thanked her, he was a polite boy after all, but when he followed his mother out of the store he couldn't help but to stare at it. The nutcracker resembled him, and it kind of freaked him out. He wrinkled his nose at it and continued on, choosing to stay outside of the bank as his mother paid bills.
While he was waiting, a kalon with hair as white as his own slid beside him on the bench.
"Did you know that it is good luck? Your soldier I mean." the older gentleman smiled at him as he indicated the nutcracker. Sergei shook his head.
"Never take that for granted. The things people give you. You never can know their true value sometimes."
The man stood up, leaving young Sergei to ponder over his words.
If you were to ask Sergei, to this day, what his favorite gift of all time has been, he would probably tell you he didn't know if it was the nutcracker that sits on his mantle to this day, or the knowledge he received that day that changed his point of view on almost everything.

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