When it comes to winter weather, wind isn't something that immediately comes to mind. Sure, wind is what causes snowy weather to become blizzards/snowstorms, sometimes you have one without the other. In this particular case, while there was a good amount of wind, there wasn't any snow, which made the first four days of December in Lyre and Animalia warm and windy. While some were focusing on getting their larger outdoor Christmas decorations up, there was also some people, especially Animalians, who were taking advantage of this with some other things.
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One thing that Animalians did, because of the warm, windy weather, was indulge in some last-minute kite flying. While there were some that would think of this as an odd thing to do in winter, most of those who took part in this were Animalians with thick fur and said fur was coming in thicker due to the changing seasons, so it made a bit of sense, though some were still confusing.
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Another thing that was coming with the winter season was various bird Animalians departing on "migratory flights" to other colonies in warmer climates, particularly Vilcabamba and Mieni Atoll. While many were still getting on airplanes for flights to locations such as Mieni Atoll, there were some that were heading to Vilcabamba the "old-fashioned way", i.e., via wing power. These were mainly among the long-distance fliers, the two most well-known being Ollie and Leslie. However, this year they were being joined by Quetzal and her bondmate, Fred Timm. While Fred had made great progress in his flying lessons, he still had to do work on his long-distance flying, so this was considered his first real "test". While there were those who were calling a flight like this "extreme", or "ambitious", There was still Animalia's big plan for an "Around the World in 80 Days" Challenge, which was one of the most ambitious flying stunts of all time. Of course, the long-distance flyers were still some ways off from flying across the Atlantic Ocean, flying to Vilcabamba and back via wing power could be considered practice.
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Another, rather amusing and rather "naughty", thing actually came from Trixie, Dixie, and Vixi. After Trixie's porn shoot with the Wolf Animalian from BARA House, Dixie and Vixi also started doing shots there, much to everyone's chagrin. In a way, it helped the BARA house overcome their aversion to women, while also allowing Trixie, Dixie, and Vixi to get the "fun" they wanted. Their shows often included things like "predator in prey relationship" or "role reversal". Of course, this didn't help the fact that they seemed to irritate everyone they met with their low intelligence. Fortunately, they'd be heading "back to school" next school year, and were taking a correspondence course until then, so hopefully they'd be considerably less "stupid".
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The main thing that was going on, at least in many children's mind, was the coming of Christmas and their presents. Most of the time, they didn't seem to understand the "waiting" part, only that the more candles on an Advent wreath, or the less candy/prizes in an Advent calendar, the closer they were to presents. Fortunately, the Great Hall had both an arts and crafts activity room and a gift-wrapping room to help deal with the impatience.