Same with the "I mean, it's really the only time you get to wear velvet."

Uh, no. Temperature is the only thing that prohibits me velvet.

Exactly. When I am Queen of Everything, the weather is going to be appropriate for velvet and tights all year.

I don't think my outfit is particularly festive: black velvet dress w/ petticoats, b&w stripy tights, black top hat with pink silk roses, pink faux-fur capelet. Tho' a whole bunch of people I don't know waved at me when I walked through the cafeteria, so maybe they thought I was a caroler. Top hats confuse people, apparently.

Top hats confuse people, apparently.

Lions, also. Hence, the reason their trainers wear them.

I don't see getting the 24th off as any more problematic than getting the 25th off in the first place, really.

Well, yeah. That was kind of my point, if not well-stated.

I bet Colin in a Santa hat was very cute.

I have a Santa hat, but it's on the tree.

Lions, also. Hence, the reason their trainers wear them.

So my back-up plan of run away and join the circus is totally appropriate!

Top hats confuse people, apparently.

I saw a guy in a top hat recently, and it confused me. He was waiting for a train. He was dressed completely normal except for the hat. (IIRC he was wearing slacks, maybe a sweater, under a light zip-up jacket.)

What is it that makes shortbread cookies so nummy?

Butter. (It's also what makes them shortbread.)

That was my guess.

What about shortcake? Same deal?

I saw a guy in a top hat recently, and it confused me. He was waiting for a train.

Which railway was he taking, the Pennsylvania, the B&0, the Short Line, or the Reading?

Heh.

Either the Red Line, Brown Line or Purple Line.