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It’s Christmas time, which for many will include shopping, family, and an empty city. But it also means it’s a time to reflect on what this season really means.

Overheard of the Week

Friday night near Metro Center:

First drunk bro-dude: “Christmas is the United States of holidays.'”
Second drunk bro-dude: “No, it’s the ‘Murica of holidays.”

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After the jump, lots of Metro fun, needs, frogs, and more.

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Maybe she needs to photosynthesize

A group of girls is walking and talking outside the Foggy Bottom Metro station:

Girl 1: “No, I need to go.”
Girl 2: “You don’t need to, you want to.”
Girl 1: “No, I really need to go.”
Girl 2: “Seriously, you don’t need to, you just want to!”
Girl 1: “No, I need to. I need to go see Zoolights.”

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This actually sounds pretty fun

On the last Red Line train of the night, around 3 a.m.:

A guy walked through the car asking everyone if they wanted to play trivia.

Guy: “Alright y’all! We’re playin’ Metro trivia!”
People in car make slightly enthusiastic noises.
Guy: “Here’s your first question: Name five body parts above the neck that only have three letters.”
A couple minutes of guessing pass.
Other guy shouts out: “Boobs!”
Guy: “Naw man, I said above the neck!”

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This is how commuters feel most days

At L’Enfant Plaza Metro station:

A mother and father board the train with their young daughter, who is throwing a tantrum.

Daughter, screaming: “I don’t want to get on the Yellow train. I hate the Yellow train.”
Father: “Why do you hate the Yellow Line, honey? We’ll get home faster this way.”
Daughter, still screaming: “Because Yellow isn’t my favorite color.”

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The X2 bus, the source of endless interesting stuff

Around 8 a.m. at the X2 stop at 14th and H streets NE, heading west:

Commuters are getting on the bus.

Little boy yells: “Where’d all these white people come from?”

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Metro employees: often funny

In the Columbia Heights Metro station on Wednesday evening:

A Metro employee and a patron are walking to the door that leads to the bathroom.

Metro employee: “It’s through here, you just have to swipe your Smartrip card.”
Guy: “To pee!?”
Metro employee: “I’m just messing with you. It’s on your right.”

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They do have super cheap beer

Lunchtime in the West End, at 23rd and M streets NW:

Tourist: “Excuse me, do you know where the Metro is?”
Bystander: “Which station are you looking for?”
Tourist: “Froggy Bottom”

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Dealbreakers

Outside near the World Bank:

Foreign-sounding 20-something on the phone: “Yes, we made out once but it’s not going to work out. She’s a Republican and she tweets.”

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Yeesh

In the D.C. Department of Transportation building during the Navy Yard shooting lockdown:

Office worker in the hallway: “So, no food trucks today.”

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