[video] the most punderful time of the year

[punful]

[Sans is out at his hotdog stand, apparently oblivious to the growing cold. His black cat, 4, is a lot less oblivious, considering he's curled up in Sans's hood. He's peering dubiously at the camera while Sans fiddles with condiments. This is the first time Sans has really been out in public since the last event.]

probably only a couple more days till wonderland throws the holidays at us, huh? gonna be my third one, personally. wonder how bad it's gonna be this time. last year we didn't sleep and kept waking up in a wonderland where everyone was brainwashed. year before that, i almost froze to death. despite, yanno, bein' a skeleton.

[Sans sets about toasting a few hotdog buns on the grill behind him.]

hey, so...indulge me. if you could have any one thing for gyftmas, or christmas, or whatever you celebrate--what would it be? no limits. could be purely conceptual or intangible. just any one thing.

...and hey, if you wanna give a sarcastic answer, feel free. think we've all had enough truth or dare where you can't pick dare lately, after all. i'm just curious.

Comments

[punful]

it doesn't have to be a human thing. i'm not human.

friendship and such is pretty universal

[ssmisery]

I just mean tell me about the holiday.

[punful]

oh haha

gyftmas for us started because some people were bullying this one monster called a gyftrot

so to make up for it the whole town pitched in to give the monster presents

and then people just decided to give gifts to everyone else as well

and we kinda ended up using a bunch of christmas symbolism

like the christmas tree, christmas lights, santa and all that

personally i have no idea what the origin of christmas stuff is

i know there was some guy who was born that day so it's like a birthday thing, but religious?

we always had a bunch of christmas junk ending up in the dump and monsters just kind of interpreted it however they wanted to

so it's pretty much just about family and friends and being nice to people

and presents

[ssmisery]

[Lapis doesn't really care about getting all the details, which is a lot of why she rarely asks that sort of question in the first place, but she can easily follow a gist. Some things stand out more than others.]

wait
Your holiday is garbage?

[punful]

[He is absolutely laughing.]

pretty much

most of what we understand of human culture is garbage

[ssmisery]

In some weird way, that almost makes sense.

[punful]

doesn't it just?

[ssmisery]

Well, if they're not using it, you might as well do whatever you want with it.

[punful]

exactly. one man's trash is another man's culture.