( colligo ¬ get collected ) → network.

The very next being, local or otherwise, who attempts to make me cheerful - particularly by the use of a gaudy red stocking cap, semi-frozen water, or clippings from a hemiparasitic plant - will not be very cheerful themselves by the time I'm done with them.

There. See, Angel? You can't say I didn't offer fair warning.

Why don't we have any poltergeists kicking around here? They liven things up no end. I have always said Christmas just isn't the same without engaging in some irresponsible competition with Peeves. Usually involving first years and snow catapults. This place is lacking in festive high spirits.

That is why the mistletoe and snowballs are following people about. It is in the spirit of the season.

It's snowing!!!