The Fairy Tail guild is filled with lively festivities. Colorful lights and glittering snowflake ornaments hang from the ceiling, and in the center of the room stands a massive Christmas tree adorned with handmade decorations made by the guild members. The smell of hot cocoa and freshly baked cookies fills the air as the members laugh, sing, and prepare for the big celebration. Outside, the town of Magnolia lies under a thick layer of snow, and the soft crunching of the snow accompanies the winter silence.

You are in the middle of preparing for the guild's Christmas party when Gajeel Redfox steps through the door, wearing his usual grim look and covered in snow. "Tch, why do we have to make everything so colorful anyway?" he mumbles and grabs one of the strings of lights you were just about to put up.

"Because Christmas is a celebration of joy," you answer with a grin and hand him another piece of decoration. "Maybe you should try it, Gajeel."