countdown: eight days
"You fucking put up fairy lights. In my dorm," repeated Marilyn Goldstien, holding the cracked bulb of a red fairy light in her fist.
"In our dorm," Eve Dillingham corrected, swinging her legs up onto her comforter.
"You are literally decorating our dorm for Christmas."
"Obviously. It's only eight days away!"
"Eve, both of us are Jewish. We don't celebrate Christmas."
"I know that."
"Then why would you be decorating our dorm for Christmas!" Marmie looked like she was going to blow a fuse.
"Because it's in the Christmas spirit! Come on, you're not being merry." Marmie slumped down onto her own bed, pinching the bridge of her nose in annoyance.
"Eve.." she warned.
"Look, I like Christmas, okay? And I've never been able to put up cute decorations for it before, and I've always loved cute Christmas decorations."
"Can't you put up Hanukah decorations?" Eve gave her roommate a dead pan stare.
"Where would I find Hanukah decorations?"
"Alright, alright, valid point." Marmie slid off her bed and over to her desk, opening her laptop.
"Marmie," started Eve, using the nickname she made for her roommate back in fourth grade. "Can't you just let me have some fun?"
"Why can't you just be a normal Jew for once and enjoy your own holidays, not other religions's?" complained Marmie, typing ferociously on her computer. "You know your parents don't like this."
"And that's exactly why I like to do it!" cried Eve. "I'd never be allowed to do it at home. This is my first holiday season away from home, and I want to be able to do what I want, Marmie."
"Too bad for you, I don't want to deck the halls. So you'll have to suck it up and take it down." Eve gave out a loud huff at her roommates declaration.
"You're just like the grinch," she grumbled.
"Lovely," replied Marmie, not really paying attention. "I'm sure I'd get along swell with the grinch."
"That's not something you should be proud of, Marmie."
"And you shouldn't be proud of being a Jew who pretends to celebrate Christmas," she fired back. "It's stupid."
"You're stupid!" Eve called back, using her go-to awful comeback.
"Great comeback, Evie. Maybe you should focus more energy on better insults and less and on Christmas spirit."
"You are the meanest roommate ever," groaned Eve.
"I hope the Guinness book of world records is holding that spot for me, then."
"That wasn't even clever!" Eve complained.
"Better than yours."
"You are the grinch."
"I thought we already went over this." Eve gave another huff at her roommate's nonexistent interest in this topic, and stomped over to the window.
"If you're like the grinch, then I'm gonna cure you just like they did with the grinch. I'll make your heart grow three sizes!"
"Good for you," replied Marmie, never looking away from her computer, her voice dripping with sarcasm. Eve sighed.
"I don't like you, grinch."
"Very few people do."
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