"What's Christmas?" I ask – not to anyone in particular – as Will, Christina, Uriah, Tobias, and I hang up decorations in the hallway.
"Tris! You've never celebrated Christmas either?" Christina prods.
"No, Abnegation-born, remember?" I retort.
"Every time you talk about it, I start to like it less and less. Now I understand why you switched."
"Yeah, I switch because of Christmas… even though I have no idea what it is."
"Oh, right. Christmas is a holiday-"
"Figured that out already."
"I wasn't finished. It represents the time centuries ago when a man named Jesus was born. He sacrificed himself and gave us the gift of life, therefore we give gifts on this day – December 25 – to honor what Jesus did for us." She says.
"Wow, you do you're research. You are either oddly obsessed with holidays, or you were born in Erudite and you're not telling us," I say, narrowing my eyes in mock seriousness.
"Shut up and just hang stuff." I smile.