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This is kinda related to the last Twilight Time; it's about PCs
indulging in a little celebration now and then. Tonight was Christmas
Eve and Christmas Day in my Wraith (Risen) campaign; the characters had
a fairly harrowing time with some Heretics in Portugal before getting
what they needed and fleeing back to London.

Upon returning to safety, the youngest character (12 yrs old) presented
his friends with presents that he'd found time to secretly buy while
abroad. The player had been planning this for three weeks. Everyone was
surprised and touched, and I had Tori Amos' "Have Yourself a Merry
Little Christmas" play softly in the background. The characters later
had a snowfight.

As well as making the game seem more "real" to the characters, this
brief episode gave the characters a bit of happiness and fun. I think
that they needed it - god knows they've seen lots of nastiness. And it
might even bring the characters to trust each other a lot more. Although
advice on creating character backgrounds that mesh well is great,
nothing binds PCs together quite so well as a little trust and
affection.

It also made the shocking psychological revelation that we ended the
game on a bit more intense, which was nice.

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Steven Marsh, wrote a great article this week about the fact that it's
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