[tremolite]

username; tremolite
name; Sonia
gender; female
prompt; Sonia cheered, pumping her fist in the air. It was her first Christmas by herself, and she would be buying a tree and decorating her home on her own for the first time! When she was young, her mother couldn't afford an actual, live tree, so she always grew up with fake, plastic trees. There's nothing wrong with them, of course! Sonia has just always wanted a pine tree in her home for the holidays. I mean, she's never even seen a real pine tree!

Getting in her car, she drove into town and to the Christmas trees being sold. Parking, she threw open her car door and stepped outside, eyes shining. She was so excited, she couldn't wait to find the perfect tree! Skipping to the orange tent, she walked under it, immediately stopping in front of the trees. Leaning towards them, she began to look them over, before freezing. The smell was overwhelming, and brought tears to her eyes. Not good ones.

Rubbing her eyes, Sonia coughed, glancing at the trees in front of her. Backing away from the trees, Sonia caught her breath, waving her hand in front of her face. Excitement all but disappearing, she frowned, staring at the trees. She had no idea that she was allergic to the classic Christmas tree.

Sighing, she turned around and walked back to her car, covering her mouth while still coughing lightly. She opened the door and sat, eyes narrowed. She wasn't sure what to do now--frowning, she pulled out her phone, searching for an alternative that wouldn't trigger her apparent allergies. Scrolling through countless articles, Sonia read every one, before a certain one caught her eye. It detailed a tree called a "leyland cypress," a tree that produced no pollen and looked close enough to a pine in her opinion. Eyes lighting up once more, she began to look up tree farms around her, calling around to see if any had leyland cypresses. The first couple didn't, but the third did.

Starting her car, Sonia began the drive to the farm, a smile on her face. When she got there, she practically ran to the front, a giant smile on her face. Greeting the workers, she began to search for the cypress trees while she covered her face, glaring at the pines.

Finding what she was searching for, she began her quest to find the best cypress! Er, not before looking up how to properly choose a tree. Going through the steps listed on the website she found, she picked a perfect tree, beaming. Getting the help of the workers at the tree farm, Sonia loaded the tree onto her car and began the drive home, thoughts running through her head at how she could potentially decorate her tree. While it wasn't exactly what she wanted, and her original plans were completely ruined due to surprise allergies, she was still ecstatic, and couldn't wait to show off her tree to her mother.

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[nermal1999]

username; Nermal1999
name; Chester
gender; Male
prompt;

"Hehe, oh, oh no... That's a story I'll never forget. Well more like she'll never let me forget... Why me?"


Ah Christmas, that beautiful jolly time of year.
Colorful lights, merry filled songs, and freshly fallen snow.
There's a reason it's called the most wonderful time of the year!

Chester had already put lights on his house, and set out his lawn decorations, he even had a fresh wreath on the door, and put his holiday home decorations up. All that was missing was the tree!

And what a special thing it was, to be able to go and pick out his first Christmas tree since he'd been on his own.
So after unpacking his bags, Chester quickly grabbed his fluffy coat, mittens, matching beanie and scarf, before rushing out the door filled with excitement.

"Going to pick a tree🎶 Going to pick a tree🎶" as he skipped to his car Chester couldn't help but sing out with delight.
He was determined to find the most beautiful and perfect tree, so as he pulled out of his driveway his grand journey began.


(Pip's Christmas Tree Lot)

After a short drive he arrived, and already walking down the many lanes of beautiful trees.
Some were short, others tall, and some really really tall, like REALLY TALL!.
Some were... Well, let's say special, yes, some trees were special. There were even some that were so full there was no room for ornaments, let alone lights! But Chester continued on, for he knew that his Christmas tree was here.

For about an hour he continued to look through the many trees, and none seemed to fit the bill.
That is until his eyes rest on the horizon, sitting on its side in the glittering sun sat the most perfect, the most beautiful tree he had ever seen! It was exactly what he was looking for!
Rushing forward Chester grew a wide smile as looked the fallen tree over.

"Now why would someone leave a perfect tree like you on your side?" Bending down, Chester grabbed a hold of the tree before giving it a good pull.

"YEOW!!"

Suddenly in full surprise a female kalon came falling back crushing Chester in the snow.
Quickly the female pushed herself up and gasped as she looked at Chester.

"Oh my gosh, are you okay?"

"Yeah..."

As Chester pushed himself up he looked at the jolly looking kalon who stood before him, then his eyes rested on the beautiful tree that swayed from side to side.... "It... IT'S A TAIL?!"

Jumping back, Chester slapped his paw over his mouth as his face turned beet red.
The perfect tree was not a tree, but a girl's tail, and he just about ripped it off...

Well it's safe to say that Chester was pretty embarrassed after all that, and he ended up taking home some random tree that he just grabbed in the moment.

So that's the story of his first Christmas tree, that turned into a friend.

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[Discontinued]

username; Discontinued
name; Calvin
gender; male
prompt;

It started off a wonderful hot cocoa-filled week; light-up reindeer set up outside, lights strewn across the eve, a wreath on the door, and a beautiful hand-knit stocking placed over the false fireplace. One of the last things Calvin needed to complete his first Christmas was the true star of the decoration show; a beautiful evergreen tree. What he didn't need, however, was a snotty-nosed kit pestering him to buy a tree that looked as if it was drug through gravel for about three miles.

For three days this small gremlin refused to take 'no' for an answer. No matter how nice Calvin was being, this relentless kit would simply not give up.

"Sir, I'll have you know that this tree is imbued with holiday magic." the kit insisted, his tone and expression utterly deadpan. It honestly terrified the green kalon; how could something so tiny exude such an intimidating aura?

"Look, I don't want it... I'm sorry, but I'm just not interested in it."

"Okay, sir, but I'll have you know that you'll soon see things my way and buy it anyway. Mark my words. This tree was meant for you."
Was that a candy-coated threat??

On the sixth consecutive day, one day away from Calvin searching for his perfect tree, he had finally had enough. This wouldn't count as his first Christmas tree, he told himself. (But deep down, he knew he only had the funds for one tree.) He would simply buy the stupid $50 stick and be rid of this child that haunted his evenings.

"Hello again, sir, are you inter-"

The door swung open, a pawful of cash sticking out past the threshold.

"Oh my gosh, just give me the tree." Calvin groaned, rubbing his eyes as his tail wiggled furiously.
He refused to look up at the beady-eyed kit, knowing that those same eyes were probably aglow with greedy delight.

"Thank you for helping my little brother out," a feminine voice spoke, genuine gratitude ringing with each word. "I know it's kinda ugly, but hopefully you can still dress it up. Based off your decorating, I bet it'll turn out cute."

Calvin looked up in bewilderment as the kit snatched the cash from his paw. To his surprise stood a beautiful kalon, around the same age as him, helping to hold the very ugly tree upright. He was speechless as his head bobbed in acknowledgement, carefully taking his new burden from her. She giggled in response, wishing him well and a merry Christmas as she gracefully descended the steps.

The kit chuckled smugly as he took a step closer to Calvin, "Y'know, I brought my sister over hoping you'd buy it because of her. I about gave up on you. Guess my charming personality pulled through anyway!"

- - -
Despite the misery caused by that kid, Calvin can't help but laugh every time he walks into his living room and sees that pitiful tree standing there, haphazardly decorated with tinsel and popcorn.

"Merry Christmas, you brat."

[500/500]

[Broccoli_Bento]

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username; Broccoli_Bento
name; Natalie
gender; female
prompt;

Natalie was just a wee baby when she and her father moved to the states from their home in Scotland, just around this time of year.
Their first Christmas together was small but very memorable to her father, as she was too young to remember it.

Every year only became more special as Natalie got older, and Christmas became their favorite thing out of the whole year.
They didn't really celebrate any Scottish traditions, but they did set a mince pie out for Santa one year.

They couldn't do much through the years, as most ended up like Charlie Brown Christmases, with a small beat up tree.
One year they used a pineapple as their tree, but it didn't matter, as long as they spent Christmas together that was all they needed.



Last year in late January, Natalie's father had passed away, and she couldn't bring herself to celebrate Christmas knowing he was gone, so she skipped it altogether.
This year she had planned to celebrate the holiday season as she always had.

She put up the decorations and lights around the house, bringing life wherever she could.
Tears would soak her cheeks with every single reminder she unwrapped from cardboard boxes, but she still smiled as she reminisced all her dear memories with her father.

The whole house was ready, but was missing one last thing, the tree.
She knew that over the years that her father had always wanted to get her a big beautiful tree for Christmas, but never could afford it.

She felt it would only be right to buy a real tree this year, as her father would truly want her to.
So, she had saved up through the year a small but good sized sum for it.



When she arrived at the tree farm she had forgotten how much trees had gone up by since she was a child.
She hadn't enough to buy a live tree, so she planned to look at the artificial ones when she went grocery shopping.

She had looked them over, slowly pushing her cart when her eyes rested upon the tree of her dreams.
A simple tree, not too tall nor thin, a tree perfect for her to decorate without the worry of handling a heavy and messy real one.
It was on sale and almost fit right into her budget, but was torn on whether she could spend the extra bit on it.

An employee noticed her looking at the display and mentioned to her that if she wanted it that they would mark it down for her, as the display was the last one they had.
Natalie was overwhelmed with joy, knowing she could take home the beautiful tree standing before her.

Once she set it up in the window and decorated its branches with her old holiday decor, she stepped back and sighed smiling.
She could just hear her father saying in his scottish accent, "Why Nattie, what a bonny Christmas tree we have here!".

[500/500]

[crucifying.]

good luck everyone!! <3

[Schnuffel Bunny]

in process of judging...

HMs;
honeycreeper66
gorefest
Coraly
-wild-
KittyandCat
shadow9119
Lex.
trustides
Amplify
Ucanthandleme
tremolite
nermal1999
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Broccoli_Bento

Winner;
cozysaur

[Broccoli_Bento]

Big congrats to the winner and the HM winners, and thank you so much for the HM! :D

[zigazag]

omg! my eyes literally widened when I realized I won?? I was just gonna quickly check to see but. aahh! this baby has to be one of my favorite kals, I cant wait to use him!! thank you so much bunny! <33

[nermal1999]

Big congrats cozysaur on winning this cutie!!

And congrats to all HM winners! As well as thank you for the HM Schnuffel!
I had a lot of fun coming up with my entry :3

[Lex.]

Thank you so much for the HM, and congrats to cozysaur!