Excellent: a strategy of deep denial is only effective if everyone involved shuts up about it.

"Right, decorating: yellow, blue, red, purple, and green and...shinies. Glitter." He nods to himself. "DG'll help me get some comfy chairs down to the main hall and I'm sure there's some Extra moving company...we can set up s quiet room in the office."

At gifts, he tilted his head. "I...I suppose? I don't wanna pressure folks since they seem to do all the presents with this Christmas thing but we can still suggest it." Pause. "I did have some stuff to give out that wasn't slippers too so it works."