Short bit of holiday fluff. Enjoy!
Pairing: Superboy/Miss Martian
"I'm still not sure I understand this holiday," said M'Gann as she floated a bit to reach some of the higher branches of the tree. "I heard that Christmas is about the birth of a god, but that god isn't the same as the overweight man in red who everyone seems to worship."
"Christmas is based on cultural syncretism, where one conquering culture would appropriate things from another one in order to make the transition easier for the conquered culture. When Christianity was spreading, the church made a compromise with the Germanic tribes and other people they conquered so that they could keep their cultural holidays, but Christianize them. Santa became part of it much later on." Conner recited this information as if he were reading it from a textbook. It was just one of the many things the G-Gnomes had thought would be relevant for his education. He was just about to hand M'Gann another ornament, when a shrill beeping caught his attention. "Your timer's going off."
M'Gann smiled and flew off to the kitchen while Conner followed behind her. While she was getting better at cooking, she had decided setting a second timer to go off before the oven one might help remind her that they were in the oven when she was busy with other things.
She excitedly switched on the oven light to stare at the nearly finished cookies. "I can't wait how these gingerbread men will turn out! The ones I saw on TV were so cute with the way they were decorated. Want to help me decorate these?"
Conner had never considered any food 'cute' in anyway, but he just smiled and nodded at his girlfriend. He just hoped that Wally or anyone else on the team would show up at some point because M'Gann had already made at least four dozen holiday cookies so far and that was a bit too much for even a half-Kryptonian stomach to handle.