A pair of hands takes the tray away from me, and my hands immediately fly up to push the hat away from my eyes. It's fuzzy on the bottom, and I know without looking it must be of the 'Santa' sort that's so popular on Earth this time of year.

"Ah, thank you, Kurosawa-san," I say with a smile as I see him place the tray on the table. Thank goodness, it doesn't look like any of them were dropped. "I wanted to...well, I just wanted to contribute."

Mainly because I'm not sure what else to do at this sort of thing. We had a party last year, but...that was more of a regular celebration with Gai telling us of another Earth tradition every five minutes. I just remember losing track at the wooden shoes.