"It sounds like a beautiful gift. The perfect balance of useful and sentimental." She hesitates for a second, wary of going into the topic too much given that the detective is away from her loved ones. It might help in some way to talk and if not, she's fairly sure the other woman will let her know in one way or another.

"Do you do a lot of celebrating at home?" she asks lightly. "It seems that one is either very Christmassy or not that Christmassy at all."