Advent 2025: Day 20, Pete Dakota and BR

 

Pete Dakota: >Sigh< 

Benjamin Roy: Why so glum, chum?

Pete: I overheard Nicholas and Scot-Michael talking about

that darned elf.  I haven't seen him yet and I'm really nervous.

BR: Look, it's only 5 more days until Christmas.  

You haven't seen him yet?  I think you're golden for this year.

BR: Look at the scene this year, so many people and things!

Pete: A crowded Lego playset is the perfect place 

for the elf to hide in.

BR: Let's open our door and find our prize then

I'll treat you to a hot chocolate.

Pete: Uli does make great hot chocolate...

Pete: Whoa--this is a bit intense.

BR: We just need to channel the 'now', as Edith would say.

Pete: >Hee-hee<

Pete: A cookie and cupcake cart!

BR: That's pretty cool.

Pete: I wonder if Uli has made any Christmas cookies 

to go with her hot chocolate.

BR: Speaking of, have you heard the latest 

about Uli and the missing mixing bowl?

Pete: No! Tell me everything!

BR: Add the cookie cart to the set and I'll spill the tea.

Pete: Here you go, Lego Mom, you can share cookies

with your little family.

Advent 2025: Day 19, Christian and Sabrina

 

Sabrina: This is kind of exciting.  We've never done this before!

Christian: We never do anything.  People think we're snobs.

Sabrina: We're not snobs.  We're aloof; there's a difference.

Christian: If you say so. 

Sabrina: That Edith is kind of goofy, but she's right about these big bags.

Christian: Maybe Daddy Steve can use them in his garden.

Sabrina: As what?

Christian: Uh...greenhouses for ants?

Sabrina: Mmm.  These pieces aren't going to assemble themselves.

Christian: On it!

Christian: A snowman!  No self-respecting yard goes without one!

Sabrina: C'mon, Frosty, let's find you a place on the board.

Advent 2025: Day 18, Emma and Edith

 

Edith: Sorry I'm a little late.  I was meditating and was on another plane.

Emma: Uh, oh, I see.  Ready to open our door for the Advent calendar?

Edith: Oh, yes!  Since we're so close to the winter solstice, 

I'm manifesting good vibes for our prize.

Emma: That...that's, um, wonderful.

Emma: Our door is pretty high up.

Edith: A lofty goal, indeed.

Edith: And the goal is achieved!

Emma: They sure use big plastic bags for these prizes.

Edith: Such waste! These Lego people need to think of the environment.

Emma: So many pieces!

Edith: If we focus on the now, we can put it together.

Emma: Oh, sure.  I'm... focusing.

Edith: See?  We did it!  It's a little truck.

Emma: I guess Santa sub-contracted out to UPS for present delivery this year.

Edith: Even reindeer deserve a vacation now and then.

Comet and Cupid are getting on in years, you know.

Advent 2025: Day 17, Blake and Jack

 

Blake: Hi, Jack!

Jack: Hi, are you ready?

Blake: You bet your fur I am!

I'm even dressed in purple, the traditional color of Advent!

Blake: Wow, the place is getting a bit crowded.

Jack: Well, we are closer to Christmas so the more Legos the merrier!

Blake: I'll just move a couple aside to open the door.

Jack: I think it's another Lego person.

Jack: Yes!  It is another little guy in a costume!

Jack: It's a little guy in a tree suit, with a present.

Blake: We should dress up in costumes for Christmas!

Blake: Here you go, Tree Man.  Right next to the other tree.

Jack: Okay, I'm ready for the main event.  Bring on the cake!

Advent 2025: Day 16, Midori and Kenzo

 

Midori: I'm a Buddhist, so I don't really get this whole Advent thing.

Kenzo: Well, uh, I'll explain it as we go along.

Kenzo: Our door is there, behind the little bear boy.

Midori: And what is behind the door?

Kenzo: To know what is behind the door, one must open the front of the door.

Midori: Very sensible and ethical.

Midori: I do not understand this representation.

Kenzo: It's a diagram to show us how the pieces

are interconnected to result in our prize.

Midori: I see.

Midori: There are certainly a lot of pieces to this 'prize.'

Kenzo: Think of it as an 8-fold path to achieving Advent.

Midori: We have at least achieved a toy prize.  And some extra pieces.

Kenzo: It also means we are one day closer to Christmas!

Midori: And just what is this toy?

Kenzo: Looks like a space explorer thing.

Midori: Mm.  And what about the extra pieces?

Kenzo: We put them with the others in this mixing bowl.

Midori: ...did you say a mixing bowl?

Isn't Uli missing a mixing bowl?

Kenzo: I think we have attained an enlightenment!

Advent 2025: Day 15, Holly Belle and Meghan

 

Holly Belle: Hello, dear.

Meghan: Oh, Holly Belle!  I'm so glad you're here!

I didn't think we'd get a turn at the calendar this year.

Holly Belle: That's what Daddy John said, but I soon set him straight.

I didn't put on this nice dress to sit around like a piece of furniture.

Meghan: Here's our little door.  I wonder what the prize will be.

Holly Belle: Hmm.  I'm not sure I approve of this.

Meghan: What is it?

Holly Belle: Probably one of those horrible Pokeyman things.

Meghan: Oh my!

Meghan: Let's put him down next to his little green friend.

Holly Belle: I guess that's as good a place as any.  Hmmpf.

Meanwhile...

Noah Conrad: Hey, Uli.  I heard you were missing a mixing bowl, 

so I brought up something you can use until you find it.

Uli: Vas...ein bucket?

Uli: Ach!  Cannot use bucket!  How do I get der spatula down in deep bucket?!

Also, is dirty from nuts und bolts und vhatever else you keep in bucket--

I cannot make food in dirty bucket!

Noah: Hey!  I'll have you know I keep a clean woodshop!

Noah: If you don't want my bucket, I will just take it back down to my woodshop.

Uli: Ja, ja!  Back to cave with rest of bats!

Special thanks to Aunt Marti for the bucket!

Advent 2025: Day 14, Scot-Michael and Nicholas Sahara

 

Scot-Michael: There's my little Christmas elf!  Ready--

Nicholas Sahara: Sssh, Scout, sssh! Peter is in the next room!

You know how that word agitates him so, bless him.

Scot-Michael: What are you...oh, yeah, the ee-ell-eff.

Nicholas: >Sigh< He can spell, you know.

Scot-Michael: Oh, never mind him.  Let's find our door 

and find the prize.  It's past the half-way point...

Nicholas:...which brings us closer to a visit from Father Christmas!

Nicholas: Great Richard III's ghost, whatever can this be?

Scot-Michael: Whatever it is, it sure has a lot of pieces to it.

Nicholas: It seems to be some sort of celestial module.

Scot-Michael: >Snort< D'you mean a spaceship?

Nicholas: >Sigh< Yes, a "space ship."

Scot-Michael: It resembles a ship from that old sci-fi show 

Auntie Diane D chunters on about now and then.

Nicholas: Well, before we place it on the play board,

let's deposit the extra pieces...in...this...receptacle...?

Scot-Michael: You know, there's something familiar about this bowl.

I feel like we've seen it before.

Nicholas: I quite agree.  Hmmmm...

Scot-Michael: Let's put the 'module' here, on the tracks under the tree.

Nicholas: But the Zamboni thing is on the same track.  There'll be a collision!

Scot-Michael: The crash will give Tyler and Mikko a thrill.