Christmas Spirit

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There is some debate within mystical circles if there is indeed such a creature as the embodiment of Christmas Giving known as Santa Claus. But whether or not there is such a being, the spirit of giving itself is very real, be it incarnated in a fat man in a red suit or not.

Throughout this small blue planet of Earth, people have brought trees into their homes, decorated them with lights and ornaments, and placed them in locations of honor. Stockings have been placed on the chimneys. But most of all -- in the spirit of community and giving -- people have placed gifts under the tree.

Some are looking forward more to the receiving than the giving. But for many, it is the act of giving which warms them, which fills them with the holiday spirit.

Each person, in their own way, becomes a part of this spirit of giving. Each person, in their own way, becomes Santa Claus.

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[http://users.livejournal.com/_darkknight_/]

Bruce's gift for Leslie is left on Christmas Eve, as night is just threatening to fall: an album of photographs, no doubt painstakingly assembled, of many of the patients that Leslie has helped over the years, starting with Thomas and Martha Wayne and ending with Selina and Leslie in London.

Christmas dinner at 4:00pm at Wayne Manor. Don't be late. Love, Bruce.

[deadmanbrand.livejournal.com]

Not much of a Christmas list when you're a ghost -- even one with a lot of friends and first-hand knowledge that, yes Virginia, there is a Santa Clause.

But there's one thing he can't pass up. Christmas morning, Bruce Wayne wakes up to a box of donuts and a bottle of single-malt Scotch on his kitchen table. The card reads "Rotsa Ruck in the New Year, bub. XXX000 Boston."

That'll really tick him off. Except for the donut part.

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On the contrary, when Bruce finds his way to the kitchen after his Christmas patrol, barefoot and disheveled, the sight brings the first smile of the day to his lips.

"Asshole," he laughs tiredly before shuffling upstairs to a shower and, he hopes, Selina.