Julien has some money saved up. Usually he's wary of spending too much - he has a lot of friends - but he's got a feeling of approaching doom, and some time on his hands, plus he knows a lot of people and can usually buy or trade for non-illegal things he wants. So!
He's clipped tiny purple roses from his potted rosebush, trimmed the thorns, and affixed one to each package, which is likely to be colored tissue paper. Each also comes with a handwritten card that has a bit of lighthearted poetry in it, not necessarily his own. Mostly people get generic gifts - semifancy soap bars (sea-salt!) or body wash, patterned socks or gloves, lotion. Useful things. He'd know more about that than me.
Banagher gets a unicorn sticker and that phone-photo Jules took of them, printed out and in a simple frame. Also earmuffs that to human eyes are pretty close to Haro's color.
Colette gets a colorful dreamcatcher with pigeon feathers and one of those ear-covering winter headbands. This one's in pale blue with snowflakes on it. Also a second unicorn sticker, because when he got the one for Banagher it was in a two-pack.
Lyall gets a resin apple keychain and a sheep hat like this but not sparkly. Your basic white hat with cute ears. He may notice that Julien's scent on this is no longer human at all.
Luci gets a red Beanie-baby style bear with clothing made of tissue paper.
Axalex gets an old department store dummy, repainted orange, with a bullseye T-shirt reading TARGET PRACTICE. It's legless and on a stand but still kind of a hassle to move around.
Suzaku gets an assortment of tea mixes bought from Colette, and some catnip toys.
Kilian... Jules found a jeweler who was getting rid of some stuff and moving out of the city, so he get a box of the little metal loops that hold stones for rings and so on, lengths of coiled wire, a handsaw.
Ravi gets a sort of utility apron thing, lots of pockets, soberly colored.
Emmanuel gets a coupon to a halfway decent restaurant with a note like "We should eat together". His poem is an original about loneliness and sheltering from the storm.
Alex gets a a big plush giant squid with some little rings on it, so it can be mounted on a wall or hung from a ceiling. it's regifted Also, the rest of the catnip toys.
Aaron gets a white tree-and-stars patch made, the kind you iron on. It's simpler than the Gondor tree. Jules also took measurements on the hilt bit of Narsil, since it's usually been in the lost and found, and has a "scabbard" (it's more of a stiffened tough bag with a lot of layers inside and a drawstring) on a belt. It's less convenient than a real scabbard - the drawstring pulls tight over the crossguard, so just the handle shows, and it takes a moment to loosen that and get it out - but the whole thing would be hidden pretty well by his coat and well, if Aaron's gonna keep using that thing...
Also I want to say he just corners Aaron and bullies him into agreeing to have dinner together. "Maybe I just don't want to be alone or on Skype on Christmas Eve. And maybe I don't want you doing that either."
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He's clipped tiny purple roses from his potted rosebush, trimmed the thorns, and affixed one to each package, which is likely to be colored tissue paper. Each also comes with a handwritten card that has a bit of lighthearted poetry in it, not necessarily his own. Mostly people get generic gifts - semifancy soap bars (sea-salt!) or body wash, patterned socks or gloves, lotion. Useful things. He'd know more about that than me.
Banagher gets a unicorn sticker and that phone-photo Jules took of them, printed out and in a simple frame. Also earmuffs that to human eyes are pretty close to Haro's color.
Colette gets a colorful dreamcatcher with pigeon feathers and one of those ear-covering winter headbands. This one's in pale blue with snowflakes on it. Also a second unicorn sticker, because when he got the one for Banagher it was in a two-pack.
Lyall gets a resin apple keychain and a sheep hat like this but not sparkly. Your basic white hat with cute ears. He may notice that Julien's scent on this is no longer human at all.
Luci gets a red Beanie-baby style bear with clothing made of tissue paper.
Axalex gets an old department store dummy, repainted orange, with a bullseye T-shirt reading TARGET PRACTICE. It's legless and on a stand but still kind of a hassle to move around.
Suzaku gets an assortment of tea mixes bought from Colette, and some catnip toys.
Kilian... Jules found a jeweler who was getting rid of some stuff and moving out of the city, so he get a box of the little metal loops that hold stones for rings and so on, lengths of coiled wire, a handsaw.
Ravi gets a sort of utility apron thing, lots of pockets, soberly colored.
Emmanuel gets a coupon to a halfway decent restaurant with a note like "We should eat together". His poem is an original about loneliness and sheltering from the storm.
Alex gets a a big plush giant squid with some little rings on it, so it can be mounted on a wall or hung from a ceiling.
it's regiftedAlso, the rest of the catnip toys.Aaron gets a white tree-and-stars patch made, the kind you iron on. It's simpler than the Gondor tree. Jules also took measurements on the hilt bit of Narsil, since it's usually been in the lost and found, and has a "scabbard" (it's more of a stiffened tough bag with a lot of layers inside and a drawstring) on a belt. It's less convenient than a real scabbard - the drawstring pulls tight over the crossguard, so just the handle shows, and it takes a moment to loosen that and get it out - but the whole thing would be hidden pretty well by his coat and well, if Aaron's gonna keep using that thing...
Also I want to say he just corners Aaron and bullies him into agreeing to have dinner together. "Maybe I just don't want to be alone or on Skype on Christmas Eve. And maybe I don't want you doing that either."