#Holmes for the Holidays

[julienbakerstreet]

Christmas in the Sherlock Holmes canon

[finalproblem]

Sherlockian New Year’s Celebration in The Giant Chat of Sumatra!

Don't have New Year's Eve plans? Now you do—it’s our 13th Annual Very Casual New Year’s Eve Party!

As always, we’ll talk, play games, and hang out as we count down to the New Year in London.

The party begins Tuesday, December 31, 11:00 pm UTC (London time) / Tuesday, December 31, 6:00 pm US Eastern (New York time). [Convert to your time zone.] You can drop in any time—though remember we’re counting down to midnight in London so it’s best to arrive before that!

Everyone’s invited, even if you’ve never joined the chat before. 

We’ll see you in the #giantchat channel of The Giant Chat of Sumatra Discord server! 🥳

BONUS: To kick off 2025, we'll also be having a New Year's Day Basil-A-Thon of the classic Rathbone & Bruce Holmes movie series! Full details will be posted here on Tumblr as well as pinned in the #giantchat Discord channel.

[contact-guy]

"It is indeed, a fearful place. The torrent, swollen by the melting snow, plunges into a tremendous abyss, from which the spray rolls up like the smoke from a burning house. The shaft into which the river hurls itself is a immense chasm, lined by glistening coal-black rock, and narrowing into a creaming, boiling pit of incalculable depth, which brims over and shoots the stream onward over its jagged lip. The long sweep of green water roaring forever down, and the thick flickering curtain of spray hissing forever upward, turn a man giddy with their constant whirl and clamor."

THE FINAL PROBLEM - part 7 of many - part 1 - part 2 - part 3 - part 4 - part 5 - part 6. Another scene I've had written in some form for months. Getting close now...

This is in the Watson's Sketchbook series!

[elinordash]

SHERLOCK HOLMES (1984 - 1994) ↳ 5x04 | Boscombe Valley

[holmosexualitea]

Merry Christmas and happy holidays!

[mycroftholmesian]

Happy Holmes Holidays Everyone! 🎄🔍

[detectivejay]

It's a little under a week until Christmas, for those who celebrate, and so please enjoy this hastily put together holiday poll, fellow mystery fans. Happy holidays!

Some of these aren't specifically Christmas-themed, but wintery or feel fun to watch during this time of year, so I added them in. I'm sure there are plenty of other Holmes pastiches and stories written for the season, so feel free to shout those out in the comments and tags!

As always, please reblog for a larger sample size, thank you and again happy holidays and happy New Year! ❄️

(Side note: I'm behind on Sherlock & Co, so if there's a more recent holiday ep, my apologies to the fans. I also couldn't find a holiday episode of Elementary, but I'm only on season 3 so let me know if I missed one.)

[barachiki]

Sherlock has to hurry to decorate all the cookies in time for Christmas. He does not appreciate the interruption.

[bluebellinbakerstreet]

100/100 Sherlock in black and white (+ a little bonus)

[finalproblem]

Holmes for the Holidays Watchalong

A tradition back for its fifth year!

Want a little company while you’re staying cozy and safe at home this Christmas? Meet some new friends and enjoy a watchalong of the low-key, low-time-commitment, brimming-with-silly-fake-mustaches crowd favorite that is the 1954 Sherlock Holmes TV series.

BEGINS: Monday, December 25 at Midnight UTC (London) time / Sunday, December 24 at 7:00 p.m. US Eastern (New York) time

ENDS: Tuesday, December 26, at 3:00 p.m. UTC / 10:00 a.m. US Eastern time

Instructions for taking part (it’s easy!), a detailed schedule, and time zone conversion links are at finalproblem.tumblr.com/sh1954.

All episodes of the Sherlock Holmes (1954) series are available for no-cost, totally-legal streaming at the @sherlockholmes1954 Tumblr.

⏰ Want Discord to remind you this is happening? ⏰ Just tell it you're interested in the event, and make sure you have event notifications enabled.

[1895locktva]

Sin Takes a Holiday (1930), but make it literal

Reference:

I was watching this movie and realised it had Basil Rathbone in it. So I thought I'd do a little retelling of this scene.

[friday411]

So much craftsmanship and labor in these tiny treasures!

Sources, row by row:

Christopher Radko 2020 Storytime Series

De Carlini Ltd

Joy To The World Collectibles; Unknown

Bridgham and Cook British Goods; Silk Road Bazaar Fair Trade Figure

Gladys Boalt

Hallmark 2000 Keepsake Ornament; Determined Productions 1975

Kurt S Adler - Polonaise Collection

Felt So Good; Pinnacle Peak Trading Co

[meandhisjohn]

Sherlock's journal:

Italy with John part 2:

We attended a former client's wedding in Rome.

Got me some ideas.

I should make a decent man out of my doctor.

Well, not too decent.

[holmosexualitea]

Day 2. "Biscuits"

Trying out an other prompt list this month! I was horrible with the last one back in October, I wont guarantee anything but I saw @notjustamumj 's prompt list and I got inspired! We'll see where this goes <3

Wishing you all a lovely December!

[fictionalheroine]

VHS CHRISTMAS CAROL: LIVE!

[consult-sherlockholmes]

Joyous Ides of March to all the backstabbers out there.