Sam had everything figured out. She would have a party at her house. She made lists and checked them twice. Only then did she go out shopping. She had bought a variety of food; a frozen turkey being the main course. She also bought crackers, a few fireworks, and all those little accessories that you need for a complete Xmas.

It was an exhausting day. She would shop for gifts tomorrow.

Vala was shopping. She figured that it would make for a good holiday if she bought really expensive gifts.

She had it planned out. She'd buy a new laptop for Sam, some sort of artifact for Daniel, and maybe some beer for Mitchell. But she couldn't figure anything else out, so in the end she decided to simply wrap up some cash.

It didn't work out. Trying to 'raise money' for the 'Mal Doran Helping People Thing' didn't really work. The answer?

Vala walked into the department store and came out twenty minutes later. She didn't use cash. Or credit. Or anything. She walked out with over five thousand dollars worth of merchandise.

She did have a little issue though...

Vala was about to leave when a guard stopped her.

"Were you trying to walk out?" he asked.

"Well, yes darling."

"Please no silly talk. Come with me!"

Uh oh! she thought. "All right darling- hey, what's that?" As the guard turned around to look she pulled out a stun gun and shocked the guard. It sent him flying across the room and into a wall. She left promptly to steal a nice artifact from a museum (for Daniel of course!).

As it happened Teal'c and Jack were shopping together. Jack had picked out a book.

"Hey Teal'c, do you think this would be a good book for Carter?"

"What is it O'Neill?"

"Uh, it's 1200 pages long... Advanced Quantum Physics. And it's all technobabble."

"It is probably a wise choice."

"Great." O'Neill said and he threw it into the basket.

Sam was shopping too. Sitting at her desk, she stared at the screen in front of her. She was bidding on a lock pick kit on Ebay. From what she could tell all fifty-five pieces were made of quality stainless steel, hardened and still shiny. It also included a book. Sweating with anticipation, she hit the refresh button.

Sam smiled at her success. This was only the third time and she was already winning big.

Daniel had decided to go shopping on his own this year. His first stop was a mall. While passing by a bookstore on his way to the electronics store something caught and eye. It was a book titled 'Antarctica- An Ancient Civilization?'. He bought it then continued on his journey.

Mitchell had not remembered to shop until the evening. He went to a grocery store for some food then proceeded to the same mall Daniel was at.

The two literally bumped into each other. Mitchell, distracted by a stack of cheap movies walked straight into Daniel, who was pushing a cart full of items. "Sorry, can- oh hello Cam."

Mitchell dusted himself off. "How's the shopping?"

"Fine, I'm almost done actually. I just need to figure out something for Teal'c."

"I'd say some movies. I can help you pick some if you want." They headed into the movie store.

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