Her basement?
How creepy. Nothing says happy holidays like a basement.
Maybe it is her mom’s basement and her online ‘friends’ are just datamining foreign scammers.
My Grandparents had a small double-bungalow. Bedroom, bath, kitchen and small living room on street level. The basement had one large room and then I think a small bath and perhaps a small laundry room.
The large room had a large dining table and chairs and we had a few parties there. I was just a little kid, but I seem to recall it was poorly lit. Later on in years the parties were always at our house (larger) - but I’m guessing that was due more to my grandparents getting older, and not being able to throw a party like before.