Christmas isn't Christmas 'til you get here 0:-)

Now, I know what some people are thinking! Obviously, we can rule out Santa Claude avenging mom's blasphemy toward Kylie.


However, the decision is still on, that Santa Claude is needed anyhow - that is, as his visits necessitate the use of Kylie's Christmas album. I will see about reserving a game (again, obviously one which inspired one of Cammy's alternate costumes, if not one featuring an appearance from Cammy herself) for when that time comes.

Time for Kylie to shine

Feel bad for those that have to work on Christmas

Raven wrote:

Time for Kylie to shine

Amen, sister!

One reason I chose Street Fighter EX Plus Alpha as the first achievement, is it was one of the games I picked for my birthday EBaying - this one in particular, as it was the origin of Cammy's Blair costume in Street Fighter 5. I think that qualifies it for the current priorities, no?

Limey Man wrote:

Feel bad for those that have to work on Christmas

As indeed do I. Thank god, though, that mom dealt with her party-pooping then-co-worker who disrupted my 29th birthday!

But I respect the wishes, of those who choose to work on Christmas. Hell, don't forget I myself was a Christmas baby.

Chatot

Limey Man wrote:

Feel bad for those that have to work on Christmas

Essential service workers have no choice

Tetsu wrote:

Limey Man wrote:

Feel bad for those that have to work on Christmas

Essential service workers have no choice

That's true - something which I unfortunately experienced firsthand, with the Mute For Coal Incident...

Kylie shall be happy and grateful

But then again you get paid almost double to work on holidays

Again, we can rule out Santa Claude avenging mom's blasphemy toward Kylie.

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But obviously, the next step is that we need to pray to Santa Claude. As always, prayers will 'officially' begin on November 13, as that was Yoshimoto's birthday.

However, yes we can still prepare for that in the meantime - not least, as yes there is a chance that I could still have airings over the next few months. I know the shops in my local town may make a generous donation or two, when I do my grocery shopping!


Firstly... if Santa Claude does come to town this year, then again I'm placing my bets on 5Action (the channel responsible for my latest celebration;
as well as the airings in Vega Month, while still under their previous name Paramount Network) as the channel responsible. I knew that channel would grant me airings - again, most of all as it's a subsidiary to channel 5, whose annual single airings of yore included my first ever Santa Claude visit (in 2004, and when I avenged the Mute Incident)!

If yes, then this won't be the first time when I guessed which channel would summon Santa Claude. I did accurately guess, about the respective channels who would grant me all of Santa Claude's previous visits - including that, in 2007, the channel responsible for the airings resulting in April being Airing Month would, themselves, grant me my second Santa Claude visit (the one which Kunzite 'predicted').


Now I think about it, I wonder if those Resident Evil games I picked up as airing gifts were, in fact, being sold... because Welcome To Raccoon City premiered on Sky right after I had the airing announcement? It can't be a coincidence - heck, to add to the Capcom theme, I wonder if that's why my airings happened now too?

I still have Resident Evil (the original, and the REmake) and Resident Evil 3 on the cards, out of the games I picked out in the few months up to my big news... but because of me having Resident Evil Survivor (the one with the Cammy poster) and Resident Evil 2 (PS1 version) as airing gifts for getting justice for Kylie, yes I would certainly consider them on the priority list, for when Santa Claude comes to town. And yes, I will certainly consider using some (if not all) of my Resident Evil rubber ducks, especially the Jill one!

The only game I can't really promise for, is Super Puzzle Fighter 2 Turbo. That was the third PS1 game I picked out, among my birthday EBaying in the wake of mom's blasphemy...


And of course, let's not forget the 'exclusive' decorations! As well as the Street Fighter baubles and all, there is also the matter of my Disney Christmas ornaments - in particular, any ornaments I have of Disney characters whom Capcom have made games about, as well as Mulan (who was voiced by Ming-Na) and her dragon Mushu. I still haven't found a Princess Jasmine ornament, and yes I would love to add Chip and Dale to the collection.

And I would love for my lucky cat ornament with the 'nodding' paw, to make its debut!

Limey Man wrote:

But then again you get paid almost double to work on holidays

Have to otherwise no one will work on the holidays

Of course, even before we officially begin our prayers to Santa Claude... naturally, we can begin preparing for Christmas -and of course Halloween- at the start of Balrog Bashing Month. Again, remember that's the start of the so-called 'ber months' - and when we're in the ber months, the shops will start on their Christmas and Halloween stock, gradually increasing as the weeks draw on.


As well as anything exclusive for Santa Claude (and, yes, if I have any airings shortly after Halloween!), I will certainly check out this year's Christmas and Halloween stock, and choose any crackers, Halloween candy et al I like the most. I may EBay for one or two items, if so needed.

Mom may also want to take us to that Christmas warehouse shop again, though there's no promises about that. If so, I hope I can get more of that lucky cat ornament like I had last year - obviously, that cat is exclusive for Santa Claude;
and I'm a little spoiled for choice, over their Halloween stock LOL


The Lego shop may also sell any items for this year's Street Fighter mandate, and I hope they can make more baubles again! They too know, if Santa Claude comes to town... then that means I get to use the Lego Street Fighter baubles they made for me, in 2019 0:-)

Gin wrote:

Limey Man wrote:

But then again you get paid almost double to work on holidays

Have to otherwise no one will work on the holidays

I still don't want to work on certain holidays

Last Quincy wrote:

Gin wrote:

Limey Man wrote:

But then again you get paid almost double to work on holidays

Have to otherwise no one will work on the holidays

I still don't want to work on certain holidays

I respect that wish, just as I respect the wishes of those who do want to work on certain holidays.


Another guesstimate I'm having, about if Santa Claude comes to town this year... is should the Sky movie channels (who were responsible for my 2019 and 2020 Santa Claude visits, in contribution to their being responsible for the majority of when I had airings coming out of my ears) summon him this year, then would it do a 'Sky Cinema Games' channel, should they premiere Sonic 2 this year? As well as simply premiering one game movie, why not do another 'exclusive channel for a week' thing?

I had previously guesstimated that, with my 2020 Santa Claude visit. Because of the first Sonic movie coming out, I suggested that it should premiere in my special month... and that the Sky movie channels should do a 'Sky Cinema Games' channel for a week, with Street Fighter being one of the movies on offer. I was only half-right - Santa Claude did indeed come to town, but the more general (no M Bison pun intended) movie channels issued the summons;
and no there wasn't a 'Sky Cinema Games' channel, but yes the Sonic movie did premiere in that Spanish Deadeye Month!

Not to mention, also because of Welcome To Raccoon City having Damme well premiered on Sky... yes, there was an exclusive 'Resident Evil' channel for a few days, which screened a bunch of the Resident Evil movies! So we can't rule these possibilities out, no?

Last Quincy wrote:

Gin wrote:

Limey Man wrote:

But then again you get paid almost double to work on holidays

Have to otherwise no one will work on the holidays

I still don't want to work on certain holidays

Would be bad if you have a manager that won't let you choose

Let the prayers be successful starting now

Biyomon wrote:

Let the prayers be successful starting now

Oh bless you!


I am debating, on a few Disney-themed Christmas ornaments - including a Haunted Mansion one (that'd actually do better for Halloween! LOL), which would be on the 'exclusive' list because the Haunted Mansion was one of the rides which Capcom included in their Disneyland-inspired NES game, Adventures in the Magic Kingdom. Ditto for good old Pirates of the Caribbean, actually - there are some ornaments for that, but that ride also featured in Adventures in the Magic Kingdom so that too would be exclusive.


And for anyone who might ask, about how I'm going for preparing Resident Evil 2... yes, I have unlocked the 4th Survivor and Tofu Survivor modes! I can see what that YouTube video was taking about, with Tofu Survivor being a 'bastard' to unlock LOL As such, I am now preparing the individual storyline routes - Claire A/Leon B (apparently, the most recommended for the unlocking process) is all sorted, so I'll prepare Leon A/Claire B now.

I do have a few tricks (besides cheating - I only want to hear the dreaded words "
Game over"
, when they come out of Raul Julia's mouth! LOL) to deal with the unlocking, including that yes you should blow the alligator's jaw off in the A route. Skipping the cutscenes where possible, and not reading any of the files you are given, is also a must with regard to the need to beat both routes within three hours apiece - although I managed to get them done within two hours!

And no promises if I can complete it... but for anyone who might suggest about playing Trick'N Snowboarder (the one with Claire, Leon and a zombie cop as player characters), yes I can tell you I have that game on the way. I sold some games in town this morning, and some of that money went toward a new airing shirt with Vega on it - it's one of TixieLix's artworks, actually, and yes let's hope I can wear it soon, if not for Santa Claude.

But when I called to see my parents this afternoon (this was when I watched Chip 'N' Dale Rescue Rangers, of course!), I used some of the remaining money to get dad to EBay for a copy of Trick'N Snowboarder for me. It's due to arrive by Ryu's birthday at the latest, and I'm not entirely confident about the game... but yes, I'm willing to give it a chance because of the Resident Evil characters featured therein.

Those ornaments will make any tree look cute

Neo Senshi wrote:

Those ornaments will make any tree look cute

Well that's the magic of Disney for you! I mean, who else here has been on a Disney binge, since I even merely announced I was to have my kitty Jasmine?

Hope you can choose the ornaments

Mod Soul wrote:

Hope you can choose the ornaments

Well, fingers crossed! I can have another look at the Christmas ornaments in town, when the shops start on their Christmas stock... and if they still don't have any more of the Disney characters I'm looking for, then I'll again consider about EBaying for a few.

Remember, the ones I found last year were Belle and Ariel - which, I realise, would be good news for the Kingdom Hearts fans here, because of Beauty &
the Beast and The Little Mermaid making appearances in that franchise. Ariel would be exclusive for Santa Claude, because of Capcom having made a game about The Little Mermaid.

Have fun thinking of how to decorate your Christmas tree this year

Green Ninja wrote:

Have fun thinking of how to decorate your Christmas tree this year

Thank you for that, Green Ninja. I am open to discussion/ideas on this, as well as for Halloween - as such, yes any figure/statue of the CastleVania version of Count Dracula is now 'exclusive', however any other version of our favourite vampire can be used any time.


Also, while I dug out my Count Dracula Funko, so I could put him on the shelf for 'exclusive' decorations... I found another decoration I bought last year, but I forgot about it (apologies everyone): Chip the teacup, from Beauty &
the Beast. I can use him any old time, so, well, be our guest (sorry, that's Lumiere the candle isn't it?)!

Santa Claude will be greeted to a beautiful Christmas tree