Advent 2025: Day 11, Ravi and Patrick with Dev!

 

Patrick: Ready for our turn at the Advent Calendar?

Ravi: Boy, am I ever.  Dev has been pestering me to watch 

the movie DDLJ with him again for the umpteenth time.

Patrick: He's really into that one, isn't he?

Ravi: You have no idea.  The worst part is when he sings along!

Patrick: Well, we're here now.  Let's open 'er up and find our prize.

Ravi: I like the way you think.

Patrick: What do we have here?

Ravi: It's only two pieces.  Its construction should be exceedingly simple.

Patrick: Indeed.  Too bad Luke and Oliver didn't pick today;

they may have had a chance with this one.

Ravi: And the cat says, "If I fits, I sits."

Dev: A-ha!  There you are!  Do you guys want to watch a movie?

Ravi: Dev.  We. Are. Not. Watching. DDLJ.  Again.

Dev: Actually, I was thinking of The Sound of Music.

Dev: ♫ High on a hill was a lonely goatherd,

Layee odle, layee odle, layee hee hoo ♫ 

"The Lonely Goatherd" music & lyrics by Rodgers and Hammerstein

Advent 2025: Day 10, Farrah and Chance Victor

 

Farrah: Looks like there's a new sheriff in town.

Chance Victor: >Okay, I'll play along<

Chance: Howdy, ma'am.

You're lookin' as fresh as mornin' dew on a cactus blossom.

Farrah: >Tee-hee<  Think you can reach the door for today?

Chance: Sure as shootin', ma'am.

Farrah: Hmm...looks like another car or such.

Katy did mention that this year's calendar seemed a bit car-heavy.

Farrah: And it's another one with a lot of pieces.

Chance: Don't you worry yer purty little head over it, little missy.

The big bad sheriff'll sort out this here vee-hickle.

Farrah: 'Little missy?'  Don't bury yourself in the part, Keanu.

Chance: >Ahem< Yes, er, it's a remote-controlled race car.

Farrah: Someone can run it around on Christmas Day.

Advent 2025: Day 9, Caroline and Natalie

 

Caroline: Are you excited to open our day on the Advent Calendar, Natalie?

Natalie: Yes!  I can't wait to open the door to a piece of chocolate!

Caroline: Oh, sorry, this isn't a chocolate calendar.

Natalie: Candy?

Caroline: Um, no candy.

Natalie: Turkey leg?

Caroline: >Sigh<

Caroline: It's not that kind of Advent calendar.  It's Lego.

Natalie: Pffft.  I haven't eaten a Lego block since I was three years old.

Caroline: There's our door, right above the polar bear boy.

Natalie: Oh, sure, and he's next to a donut food truck.

Caroline: Excuse me, Mr. Polar Bear.

Caroline: Oh!  Natalie, you might like this prize.

Caroline: It's a little kid in a reindeer costume.

Natalie: So?

Caroline: And they've got a cookie!

Natalie: At least someone is getting fed around here.

Natalie: May as well put him next to the lucky kid.

Caroline: If you're so hungry, why don't we go into the kitchen?

Natalie: Better not; I hear Uli's is wound up about something.

Advent 2025: Day 8, Nathan and Dan Ryan

 

Nathan: Oh, it's you! >Whew!<  I thought I was going to get stuck with Holly Belle!

Dan Ryan: Now, now, she's not as bad as all that, is she?

Nathan: She's my best frenemy.  What does that tell you?

Dan Ryan: It tells me that it's holiday time and you have to be nicer 

to her or Santa + your stocking = coal for days.

Nathan: Aw, just open the door.

Dan Ryan: Whatever you say, Nate.

Nathan: That's a lot of pieces

Dan Ryan: On the plus side, it looks like a snowmobile or something

Nathan: That's so cool!  It also matches my sweater!

This day keeps getting better.

Nathan and Dan Ryan: A snowplow!

>High five<

Nathan: Someone can drive it to clear the patio.

Meanwhile...

Uli: You are the house prankster.  I know this.  Vhere is mein mixing bowl?!

Kirwan Mahoney: I swear I don't know what you're talking about!

Uli: Remember, I do haff Father Christmas on the speed dial!

Advent 2025: Day 7, Sylvia and Eric

 

Sylvia: Hi Eric, ready to open our door on the Advent calendar?

Eric: As ready as a Lever Bee!

Sylvia: Uh, okay then.  Here's the door, way down in the corner.

Eric: This may be an easy one.

Sylvia: Oh, good.  I don't like the ones with a lot of pieces.

Sylvia: A little dog with his food and water dish!

How cute!

Eric: I think it's a chihuahua!

Hey, how does a chihuahua wish you a Merry Christmas?

Sylvia: >Sigh< I don't know, how does a chihuahua 

wish you a Merry Christmas?

Eric: Fleas Navidog!  Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha! Get it?

Sylvia: Yes.  Can I give it back?

Eric: Awwww...

Advent 2025: Day 6, Katy and Harriet

Harriet: One day closer to Santa coming!

Katy: It is exciting, isn't it?

Harriet: There's our door, on the high rise.

Katy: I wonder how Santa gets down a high rise's chimney.

Katy: And here's our prize!

Katy: What is it?

Harriet: I'm not sure...

Harriet: There are wheels, so a vehicle of some sort?

Katy: There are an awful lot of transport toys this year.

Harriet: I guess it's a toy tractor.

Katy: It can go on the floor; there will probably

be a Lego boy or girl to play with it.

Katy: What'd you do with the extra pieces?

Harriet: I put them in the blue thing over there.

Shall we go see if Uli has made some hot chocolate?

Katy: We'd better steer clear of the kitchen for a while.

Uli has it all torn up; she's searching for something.

Harriet: What is she looking for?

Katy: No idea.

Advent 2025: Day 5, Kirwan Mahoney and Noah Conrad

 

Kirwan Mahoney: As I live and breathe, Noah Conrad!

Noah Conrad: Hmmph.

Kirwan: Whatever got you out of your woodshop dungeon?

Noah: Oh, hush.  Let's get this over with.

Kirwan: Ready when you are, Scrooge.

Kirwan: And don't look at me like that.  I'll be good.

Holly Belle made me sign a contract that I would not hide pieces, swap pieces,

or in any other way disrupt the Advent Calendar.

Noah: Hah!  Good for her.

Noah: There's the door, right in the center.

Can you reach it?

Kirwan: Oh ho!  What do we have here?

Noah: It looks like Daddy John in an ugly Christmas sweater.

Kirwan: Actually, he looks rather sharp.

Kirwan: But your mention of an ugly sweater gives me 

a fabulous idea for a Christmas present for you.

Noah: >Sigh< Please don't.

Kirwan: We'll put Dad and his camera right here in the middle;

ready to take photos of all the Christmas activities.