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Does anyone at the barn ride chariots?
It’s not exactly a chariot, but for Christmas Leo and Beckendorf made there own Santa’s Sleigh. The “sleigh” was the hay cart painted red with white stuffing glued to the sides, and pulled by Festus the champion of our hearts. Leo dressed up as an Elf, Beckendorf was Santa and he asked Mrs Claus (Silena) for a kiss. Leo asks if he can get a kiss too and Silena gives him a kiss on the cheek. Leo promptly faints. Beckendorf laughs saying that he had the same reaction when Silena first kissed him. They took kids on hay rides around the neighborhood to see the Christmas lights. Percy’s baby sister, Stella, especially loves it. Percy puts Stella on his shoulders so she can pet the “horsie”Annabeth thinks it’s adorable. It’s one of the really fun Holiday things the riders do, it keeps them from getting “too” show focused. Focused is good but they like to have fun and not make it all about the competition. Speaking of fun, they have loads of other silly and fun traditionsFor Halloween they dress up their horses which always gets squeals of delight from the kids who come to see the show.
A/N: thanks for the wonderful asks! I know it sounds cheesy but they make me smile. If you have any more requests don’t hesitate to ask. I don’t get a lot of asks, so when I do I get extra excited and have super long replies that are probably annoying, oh well. Thanks again for loving this au like I do! In the word of Leo Valdez, adiós muchachos!
Percy: Annabethhh, help! I’m trapped under the tree and the star is tangled in my hair.
Annabeth: Why were you under the tree, Seaweed Brain?
Percy: .... because I am a gift to this world?
The more I think about Victorian Christmas traditions and Spike, the more I wonder whether this may’ve been a Christmas party. It probably isn’t, given the lack of Christmas decorations, and I suppose there are plenty of other occasions for which Victorians might throw a party, but I still enjoyed the thought of it being one as I imagined it yesterday. (Also, even if it isn’t one, I’m quite sure Mr. William Pratt would’ve also gone to Christmas parties, and they probably would’ve looked a lot like this but perhaps with a few more pine boughs and red ribbons.)
I also recently discovered this podcast from the Weird Christmas blog, which has fit well with the cravings for Victorian Christmas traditions Spike's awakened in me. I already talked about Spike and Christmas ghost stories, in this post and a bit more in my tags on my reblogs of that podcast on blagueofchaos, but another thing mentioned in that podcast was Victorians playing hide and go seek at a Christmas party. I would just like you to join me in imagining sweet little William the Bloody playing hide and go seek at a fancy Victorian high society Christmas party.
I just... I really love pre-turn Spike and thinking about him and Victorian-ness and Christmas things.
William “Spike” Pratt | Fool for Love (5.7)