[ Julie knows that the dates don't exactly line up, and that Geralt still doesn't understand exactly what Christmas is, and also that she is skirting her own line of comfort in terms of clearly defined affection. That's the odd thing about their situationship, she finds -- the longer it goes, the harder it is to determine what might be too much, too close to a label. Christmas presents, or at least this one specific one, makes her feel like maybe she's putting too much of herself out there; she is keenly aware that she is going to feel like shit if he hates it, if only because she put a lot of effort into it.
But she can't just not give him a gift, considering she got everyone else gifts. And she really did spend a lot of time on this, on working it out and creating it. So she puts it in a box and wraps it along with the others, but she doesn't deliver it alongside Jaskier's and Ciri's.
Instead, she makes him come to her, in her living room where there is a real, traditional Christmas tree she conjured, lights and all. The smell of balsam is somewhat stark in the middle of the desert, and the sun is harsh for the winter. The only thing under the tree is a box wrapped in gold paper, which she hands to him before she sits back down. ]
I know it's not a holiday for you, but merry Christmas.
christmas morning; you have to thread with me to get the present, non-optional
But she can't just not give him a gift, considering she got everyone else gifts. And she really did spend a lot of time on this, on working it out and creating it. So she puts it in a box and wraps it along with the others, but she doesn't deliver it alongside Jaskier's and Ciri's.
Instead, she makes him come to her, in her living room where there is a real, traditional Christmas tree she conjured, lights and all. The smell of balsam is somewhat stark in the middle of the desert, and the sun is harsh for the winter. The only thing under the tree is a box wrapped in gold paper, which she hands to him before she sits back down. ]
I know it's not a holiday for you, but merry Christmas.