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As with Christmas, there are many questions that remain unanswered.
Why was that baby pledging his fealty to that bird? What were they planning? How DID that frog get his medical license? And who was that beetle spying on?
Not everyone handled their alcohol that well though. Some adults fared about as well as the insects. That said, having opposable thumbs and size on their side, they couldn’t be easily kept away.
Because Santa had to leave town so quickly after Christmas, his elves were finally free to let loose and party in the days between Christmas and New Years. (There are rumors that the elves actually paid children to drive Santa out of town early, but that’s unconfirmed)
The pigs that made it past midnight celebrated their good luck with music and drink.
(Counting down to the new year originally comes from counting down to see if the reanimated dinners would make it to the new year or not)
Ham being one of the most popular dishes for Christmas dinner meant there were pigs roaming EVERYWHERE.
Desperate not to be slaughtered a second time, the pigs would carry clovers for good luck, and as much gold with them as possible to bribe humans not to cook them again.
Santa would leave town and venture back to his hidden shack, deep in the woods. He knew that if he stayed around past Christmas Day, he ran the risk of being attacked by greedy children wanting more gifts.
This eventually led to him moving to the North Pole for year round safety
As Christmas time wrapped up, the previously discussed sentient snow men became less violent and more melancholy. They knew their time would be up soon.
These two snow parents didn’t have the heart to tell their poor doomed snow child of their impending fate.
But they knew.
Pigs resorted to idol worship to pray for their safety, while moths tried their hands at witchcraft. Lobsters were seen walking in miles long processions. No one knew to where or exactly why, but I’ll tell you this, lobster was never a main course at Christmas dinner after that.