<div align="center">(https://i.imgur.com/kW7yzuM.jpg)</div><br/><div align="center"><em>Late December, the holiday season is upon us and it's a cool winter evening at the Xavier School For the Gifted. <br/>Outside the snow is gently falling, everything is capped in white, <br/>here and there the stars twinkle as they peak out from behind the passing clouds.<br/>Brewing outside the winds will soon whip a wild sea of white as flurries turn to blizzard.<br/>Unaware our happy little mutants continue their festivities...</em><br/></div><br/><div align="center">(https://i.imgur.com/3N36cVG.jpg)</div><br/><div align="center">Setting...<br/>🎄 <span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;"><strong>DECEMBER 24 - CHRISTMAS EVE</strong></span> 🎄<br/></div><br/><div align="center"><em>At the Xavier School For the Gifted some of the residents are decking the halls with boughs of holly. <br/>Someone is hopefully bringing in the oversized Christmas tree that Wolverine left outside for them.<br/>Seasonal treats are being prepared in the kitchen, the smell of hot cocoa is everywhere. <br/>The classes are out, many have left for their outside homes and others have gone on vacations. <br/>Still a few remain at the Mansion for the season and get ready for festivities.<br/><br/>Charles Xavier, otherwise known as Professor X has been undergoing treatments for an unknown illness.<br/>Assuring the students it's nothing to be concerned about, he's retired to his room for bed rest.<br/>He has some work to do but he'll be heavily medicated and resting comfortably in his room in deep sleep soon.</em><br/></div><br/><br/><span class="bbc_u"><strong>Thread Links</strong></span><br/><br/>OOC (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=338124.0)<br/>Cerebro:  Approved Characters (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=338125.0)<br/>Mansion: IC (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=338147.0)<br/>Santa's Naughty List: IC<br/><br/><br/>Please use the tag below for your posts:<br/><div class="codeheader">Code: <a class="codeoperation" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="return smfSelectText(this);">[Select]</a></div><pre style="margin: 0; padding: 0;"><code class="bbc_code">[floatleft][img height=200 padding=8]&lt;image here&gt;[/img][/floatleft]<br/><br/>[size=14pt][b]ALIAS NAME HERE[/b][/size]<br/>[b]Name:[/b]<br/>[b]Age:[/b]<br/>[b]Gender Identity:[/b]<br/>[b]Location/Time:[/b]<br/>[b]Description/Wearing:[/b]<br/><br/>[hr]<br/><br/></code></pre>