While the classier Christmas party held most of the attention, so to speak, it wasn't the only Christmas party that was going on in Animalia. Due to the pandemic, however, most of them were a good deal smaller than usual, with a few that were only for a single family. Fortunately the "larger" ones weren't all completely abandoned, even if they did feel emptier than usual.
Two of the most well-known of these was the more "normal" party that was held at the Great Hall, and the more adult one at the Meat Market. Each one had their own surprises and differences, but they were still fun.
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The one at the Great Hall felt considerably smaller, mainly because of how many empty tables there were, but that didn't mean that there weren't people there. While it was still set up as an all-you-can-eat buffet, there were still a great deal of food. Fortunately, the GGAC were able to deliver "Christmas feasts" to both apartments and houses that were either unable to buy and/or cook said feasts themselves or were unable to leave the house. This was considered one of the most appreciated things during the holiday season, which often ended up with people giving $2 tips to the delivery person. While that was a little unexpected, they did decide to get a collective "tip jar" to see how much they were getting. What was clear as soon as they got started was the simple fact that it was easy to see that there was more than $100 in the very first jar.
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The more adult Christmas party held at the Meat Market wasn't too different from usual, it was still a little different. Part of the reason why that was was because the overall theme of the "outfits" were red satin bikinis with white faux fur trim, though matching heels were conspicuously absent. Not that that was too much to worry about, since Animalians were either digitigrade, plantigrade, or ungulate, which tended to make designing high heeled shoes for said feet rather tricky, not to mention Animalian's weight tended to cause a lot of those heels to snap, no matter the material they were made of.
Probably what was the (relatively) biggest thing was the simple fact that all of the new girls there, even though they were all different species/subspecies, they were all the formerly "pumped up, plastic" girls that had recently been looking to join Animalia, even though some of them had to get re-tattooed since their conversions erased their old tattoos. While she didn't go into details due to privacy restrictions and the PR-MD, Miss Fabina did mention this.
"While they were clearly all different races," she had said, "Apparently the old business they used to work for not only had a very specific shape in mind, but was wealthy enough to afford the top-tier modifications, not the black market stuff we dealt with before. I'm just helping them rediscover their identities.
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The Christmas party at Dino City was a little different this year for the sole reason that Penny Diamond had set up displays on the kinds of jewelry her father's company made, along with computer artwork on what she was planning. While earrings were (as a whole) out, due to Dinotopians having internal ear canals, there were digital artwork on things like horn, frill, and tail jewelry, though that last one was already generating a lot of "inappropriate memes", none of which made their way onto the website.
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While Christmas celebrations were winding down, the next celebration was New Years, especially since everyone was looking forward to 2021 as being better as a whole for everyone, not just America.