After Brainiac had completely replaced the administrative staff at every level, administrative efficiency increased severalfold. But that also meant that unless it was highly specialized technical work, everyone had to take on some extra administrative duties.
Schiller was responsible for the Christmas decorations in the Psychology Department's two classrooms and public office. Put simply, he had to set out the decorations Brainiac had delivered, make some bulletin boards, and prepare all kinds of things for the celebration.
Even during wartime controls, Brainiac had not delayed humanity's holidays. More accurately, he had insisted on celebrating them for humanity. Humanity had practically begged him: Please, do something useful! A crisis that could destroy Earth at any moment was hanging over the planet, and you still had time for holidays?!
But Brainiac was a super artificial intelligence. That meant he had an extremely comprehensive understanding of humanity's physical and mental needs. He believed collective celebrations helped reduce humanity's psychological stress, so even when the war was at its fiercest, he allocated some surplus capacity to let humans celebrate holidays.
However, there were too many different holidays across countries and regions, and there really had been no time to celebrate them separately. Usually, an entire continent picked one representative holiday to celebrate. Asia celebrated the Mid-Autumn Festival, the Americas celebrated Thanksgiving, and so on. There were no days off, but at least mooncakes and roast turkeys were handed out.
After victory, there was even more reason to celebrate properly. Preparations began ten days in advance, and since everyone had to participate, the Christmas atmosphere was even stronger than before he came.
Schiller had never celebrated Christmas in the past. He had never hosted a Christmas dinner, exchanged gifts with anyone, or accepted gifts from students. At most, he accepted greeting cards. It could be