I guess that Santa's busy
Cause he's never been around
I think of him
When Christmas comes to town
December 18
3:49 PM EST
"Hey, Supey! Wanna go Christmas shopping?"
Conner shrugged. "No."
"Aw, come on!" Robin pulled on Conner's arm. "You're going to need to buy gifts for everyone at some point."
Conner yanked his arm from the younger boy. "Why?"
"Wha-Why?" Robin sputtered. "It's Christmas, Supey!"
"So?" Conner did his best to ignore Robin.
"It's Christmas," Robin repeated.
Conner stood up and walked away from the Boy Wonder. Robin crossed his arms over his chest, staring off at the clone. "Psh, fine." He turned on his heels, stalking toward the other end of the cave. "Wally!"
A few hours later, Conner emerged from his room, where he had taken refuge from Robin's antics. Everyone else had gone home, but M'gann should still have been in the kitchen. When Conner walked into the living room, he was nearly attacked by a flurry of red and green decorations. Ribbons hung from the ceiling, embroidered with gold threads. Multiple wreaths were placed at random intervals, each embossed with a matching red bow. The sofa, which was normally bare, was covered with holiday throw pillows, and there were multiple odds and ends lying about, depicting images of Christmas cheer.
M'gann was in a corner of the living room, putting up a giant Christmas tree. Boxes full of ornaments surrounded her feet.
"What are you doing?"
M'gann squealed, stumbling backwards. "Conner! You scared me!"
"What," he asked when he was sure she was okay, "is all of this?"
"It's Christmas!" M'gann said, repeating the phrase that the two of them had heard much too frequently in the past few hours.
Conner shook his head. "Not you, too."
Megan frowned. "What's wrong?"
Conner shrugged. "I don't see what the big deal is." His response shocked M'gann.
"This is the biggest Earth holiday of the year! It's a big deal! The decorations! The parties! The shopping! The-"
"You've been hanging out with Robin." It wasn't a question.
M'gann sighed, calming down. "Yes. He helped pick out the decorations. Apparently, for his family, it's a very big deal. Wally, too. Even Artemis helped decide what decorations would go where."
"Decide what would-oh." Kaldur walked into the living room. "I see Robin has been decorating."
"He picked out the decorations, yes." M'gann said. "But he had to leave, so Artemis and I put them up. And then she left. Wally was here at some point," she placed a finger to her chin, in thought, "But I'm pretty sure it was just for the cookies." Neither boy was surprised. "Kaldur," M'gann continued; "You're used to Robin's decorations?"
"Yes," the Atlantean smiled. "Last year, he tried to convince me to decorate the observatory. I declined, since my people do not celebrate the holiday. However, spending as much time on the surface as I do, I have become quite accustomed to the holiday, and what it entails."
"Will you be celebrating with us this year?" M'gann asked with hope in her eyes. "Robin says we should have a Team party on Christmas morning."
"I shall." Kaldur said. "Do I need to bring gifts?"
M'gann squealed with excitement. "Of course! I'll be working on my gifts soon, too." She turned. "And you, Conner?"
Realizing he had no other choice, he just shrugged. "Yeah."