Episode 151
If you are a new reader, you might want to subscribe to “Holiday Wars” as well as start reading it from the beginning.
Flashback time! This takes place about 17 years ago. Basically it’s the winter before the War started. Also this is the quick cameo of Thanksgiving I mentioned awhile back. It will be the only time we see her in Volume 1.
Very interesting! I wonder what that has meant for Father Christmas. Did he retain the personality of the saint he was patterned after or spend a good chunk of his life as a mischievous little elf? Was Valentine's day once a man? Did national Monkee Love Something Ugly Day suffer when the New Monkees debuted? The implications boggle the mind!
You're in luck! We have two upcoming "ToHP" stories that deal with this directly. One focuses on Santa (before he was Santa) and the other shows the first meeting of the Big Six (except Thanksgiving wasn't around yet so it's only five of them).
I must admit, when I first stumbled upon Holiday Wars, I thought this was a completely goofy idea. But this is some quality fantasy, and it's getting goooood!
Thanks!
It's designed to be fairly gimmicky/marketable in concept. The first time you stumble upon it you go "What in the world is?" to get you reading. Then (if I've done my job right) the characters and story make people realize there is more to it. …that's the goal anyway. Hopefully it's working.
It is working! what's up with thanksgivings hat though?
Don't look at me. She's the one who picked it out.
I… was honestly expecting a giant Turkey…
Thanksgiving looks nice though! Certainly a surprise, and a pleasant one for sure!
We'll get to see more of her in ToHP and then in Volume 2. I wish I could've done more than just a quick cameo, but the cast is already so huge there just wasn't room without taking away screen time from someone else.
At this point in the story, I'm wondering how things like possible changes to their appearance affect the holidays. Does the easter bunny miss his old form? curiouser and curiouser