Merry Fishmas! To one, and everyone!

Cetaceans celebrate the holidays slightly differently, by sharing their hunt to creatures and podmates, regardless if they need it or not. It's a time to say thanks to friends, family, and podmembers, regardless of species, race, or social structure status.

Mmmh... Lemme tell you how it began. Quite a long time ago, a small bay-bound pod was having quite a difficult time grabbing fish. Their hunting territory was depleted so much, that there was absolutely no food left in the surrounding waters. The pod, try as their might, just couldn't migrate. They had too many sick, many from starvation, and much of pod refused to leave. The dolphins there didn't want to leave their family to die, they refused it.

The pod had sent several scouts out, searching for new and close-by fish sources, most of their members too weak to hunt further from home. But, a larger, neighboring pod had run into one of the scouts, many of the phins there wondering what the scout was doing all the way out to them. The scout, not wanting to beg, had simply tried to pass through, though they were concerned. He reluctantly gave them the news, and the pod immediately decided to assist. During their fishing that day, the pod had caught their usual share of fish, but instead of eating it, they simply carried their catch in their beaks, swimming several miles to the other pod, and sharing their daily feast to the weak pod.

Many dolphins were saved from starvation, and the pod was very grateful. The day has been celebrated ever since, every winter season, by a holiday we call Fishmas. A day where we all share our hunting spoils to everyone in need.

Now-a-days, there are fewer still in need than there were back then, so we just share our fish to everyone in spirit. Remembrance of that wonderful day of sharing. So, feel free to have some freshly caught fish, *hands a few salmon to you*, we have plenty this season. And please, share your own hunt to those in need, or if you have none to spare, spread joy, love, and well-being to everyone at least. And have a merry fishmas! ^^

- Mick