#disney holiday celebration 2023

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Disney Parks and ABC Reveal Stars, Schedule for 2023 Holiday TV Specials

How to Watch “The Wonderful World of Disney: Magical Holiday Celebration”: ABC on Sunday, Nov. 26 (8:00-10:00 p.m. EST) and stream next day on Hulu and Disney+ How to Watch “Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day Parade”: ABC on Monday, Dec. 25 (10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. EST/9:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m. PST) and stream next day on Hulu and Disney+ The joy of the season shines even brighter when mixed with a…

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Sanderstober 2023

Upon request, I’ve provided new art prompts for this year’s month of October!! As always, feel free to do all or some of these, pick and choose whichever stands out to you! If you missed a day’s prompt but still wanted to do art for it, absolutely do that and post it whenever you want, no worries whatsoever. It’s all completely laid back and just for fun! I’ve added to this list without consulting old ones, so if I used a repeat idea, it’s possible that I just was interested in seeing more of it again this year!! Hope you all enjoy! If you’re wanting me to check them out at all, you can use the tag, #Sanderstober2023 🎃

Oct. 1st: Give me a spooky or Halloween-y figure and how he looks on Sep. 30th (their off-time, go as comical as you’d like) and then how they look Oct. 1st (traditionally how they are known to look!).

Oct. 2nd: Give me a flower design inspired by a type of candy of your choice!

Oct. 3rd: In celebration of the awesomeness that is Fionna and Cake, I’d love to see you take a character, or characters from your fave series, and give them a multiverse makeover (what they’d look like in a different universe, under different circumstances)

Oct. 4th: Take any historic landmark, and give it an autumn or Halloween-y makeover

Oct. 5th: Since I’ve been on my D&D kick with Roleslaying with Roman, what would any Halloween- or spooky-themed character be in a D&D world? What would be their race? Their class? Their backstory??

Oct. 6th: Google a Random Color Generator and use it to give you three colors. Then use those three colors to create a new Halloween creature or character.

Oct. 7th: Along the lines of Spiderman Noir, take any character you want from some sort of fiction, and depict how they might look like in any other time period!

Oct. 8th: In the spirit of having fun with both Halloween AND Christmas, take a Halloween story/character and draw what they might appear as if they were actually a character talked or sung about in a Christmas story.

Oct. 9th: Take a group of characters from one of your favorite pieces of content and create tarot cards featuring them. Google tarot cards to get inspiration if you need!

Oct. 10th: Take a musical (one that I would suppose wouldn’t already be scary) and create a poster for it as if it were the title of a scary movie

Oct. 11th: Google a Disney character generator, pick out two characters, and create what a mash-up of those two characters would look like!

Oct.12th: Pumpkin spice latte obviously has its spotlight during the fall, but could you come up with another special coffee concoction for another season/holiday of the year?

Oct. 13th: Take a Fall/Halloween concept or character and use it as inspiration for a fashionable outfit

Oct. 14th: As a tribute to Barbenheimer this year, take any character from Barbie or Oppenheimer and depict how they’d appear in the other movie

Oct. 15th: Take the last text you received. Use all or part of it to base a whole movie off of it of any genre, and create a poster for it

Oct. 16th: Take one of the names of your current pet, old pet, or friend’s pet, and use that name as the inspiration for a superhero. What would that superhero look like?

Oct. 17th: Is there a phrase that one of your parents or friend says all the time? Take it and imagine it’s the name of a children’s book. What would that children’s book cover look like?

Oct. 18th: Take a Disney villain, and depict them as a Disney princess

Oct. 19th: Take a Disney Princess and depict them as a Disney villain!

Oct. 20th: Take any Greek god and imagine what their preferred activity might be on an average Fall day.

Oct. 21st: Take a board game (one that I would suppose wouldn’t be scary) and create a poster for it as if it were the title of a scary movie

Oct. 22nd: This is an annual favorite of mine - take take any character(s) from a piece of content of your choice and depict them like a Tim Burton character

Oct. 23rd: Take a famous brand logo (Toyota, Playstation, Campbell’s Soup, Facebook, literally any logo from anything) and design a Pokemon inspired by the logo and color palette! Bonus for naming it and giving it stats!

Oct. 24th: In the spirit AGAIN of having fun with both Halloween AND Christmas, now take a Christmas story/character and draw what they might appear as if they were actually a character talked or sung about in a Halloween story.

Oct. 25th: Another favorite of mine: take any character(s) from a piece of animated content you enjoy, and draw them in the style of another piece of animated content!

Oct. 26th: Go to the latest playlist you were listening to, put it on shuffle, and see what song it plays. Take the title of that song and use it as inspiration for a Halloween/Autumn themed drawing of your choice.

Oct. 27th: Take a favorite pair of characters from a piece of content you enjoy and depict what their matching Halloween costumes would be!

Oct. 28th: [Random event from this past year] … and Zombies!!

Oct. 29th: Every town’s got some local businesses with interesting names (Jerry’s Tire Barn Emporium, stuff like that). If you know of one in your local town, take that name, and imagine it to be the name of a Haunted House. Depict what that location may look like. I wanna learn about some funny local business names.

Oct. 30th: Take one item from your desk/workspace, anything you want. This item is now the inpiration of a brand NEW cryptid (like Sasquatch, Loch Ness, El Chupacabra, just some legendary creature we have yet to find hard evidence of). Depict what this cryptid would be!

Oct. 31st: And, of course, in typical fashion for the big day, give me any character(s) of your choice, from any piece of content, enjoying Halloween in whatever way seems appropriate to them!!

Hope you all have a WONDERFUL October! And hope you enjoy these different art ideas! Looking forward to anything it may bring about!

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[parasolyaa]

Hi!! How are you doing?

I saw your post inviting asks and something I've been wondering is, if you could tell me about some things from Misha's childhood that are unique to Ukraine which he might feel nostalgic for as a young adult (snacks, toys, kids tv shows, etc)?

Thank you for the informative posts you make, you're awesome ☺️

hi!! i'm doing good tysm!!! couldn't be otherwise after getting an ask from the most legendary artist in this fandom, i adore your ricky art!! i'll use this post as an excuse to yap endlessly about random media that will mostly be irrelevant, but also a peak into that time and place. sort of.

the epithome of ukrainian childhood nostalgia is zhyvchyk: both a drink and a tv show (which is just an advertisement for that drink). it’s a bubbly apple soda, in other words - a drink of gods.

(also fun fact: after russia occupied crimea, they tried to make their own version of zhychyk there. they called it zhyvunchik and the only design change was that they ??cut off the arms of the mascot?? since zhyvchyk basically means “lively guy”, it was kinda ironic)

other drinks he’d definitely miss would be kvas and kompot (obligatory laughing and giggling when he calls it cumpot).

starting off with more traditional snacks, i envision young misha with a necklace of booblycks (obligatory laughing and giggling when he calls it booblicks)

also any roshen candy! (obligatory laughing and giggling when he mentions the nut out chocolates) (they indeed are called that) (they are pretty recent tho). the undying classic is crazy bee and shypuchka/fizzy boom (the darker green design is the older one).

also there are some fancy sets, associated with holidays or family gettogethers. strila/arrow, kyiv evening and kyiv cake

the thing misha would DEFINETELY love and miss is flint ?bread chips?, this is an unmatched snack. once again, darker green design is the older one, and also with a pretty wild taste. there is a big variety of those.

ukrainian childhood cartoons were mostly distributed among three channels - pixel, plusplus and malyatko tv (disney, nickelodeon and cartoon network were here too, but no point in talking abt them now). the first two usually broadcastered whatever cartoons from around the world were relevant at the time (ukrainian dub for ducktales was unmatched!!), and also a few ukrainian things. i will highlight "abetka tivi" (alphabet tv) from pixel. it was, well, a show about learning the alphabet. "auntie owl’s lessons" was another one, and there were much more episodes, usually about famous art, world history and etiquette.

on plusplus, there was a show called "fairytale with dad", in which male celebrities read out fairytales to children. something about healing daddy issues with this one. also there is a whole plusplus cinematic universe, because this show sometimes intervened with another original show of theirs about ??shapes going on adventures??. and there was a show called useful suggestions, which was universally disliked by kids for being too on the nose about the life lessons they were trying to teach.

and then there was malyatko tv. when it stopped broadcasting in 2023, everyone weeped and so did i. there were vibrant music videos, eg "turtle aha", "helper boy" (self PR for my fic with that name. sorry.) and other. and, even though this wasn’t original ukrainian content, i feel the need to mention this: malyatko tv often showed some old anime cartoons - "haidi", "pocahontas" and others. ukrainian opening dubs were ethereal. to me.

there also were old cartoon classics (broadcasted on a creepy channel called children's world, an ugly sibling of malyatko tv) - the “how cossacks” series and “there once was a dog", but there were tons more.

(also this made me remember another long-gone channel called Qtv. basically what the cool kids watched, it also shows up in every tiktok #ukrainechildhood #nostalgia #2000s video. it's showed simpsons and stuff and had cheeky editing, eg in an advertisement for death note they only showed spongebob clips to make it look like he was kira. pretty funny imo)

peak nostalgia is the show "країна у" (country u? krayina u? untranslatable title), which is a dumb sketch show consisting of shows on its own about people from different regions of ukraine. bringing this up because odesa was one of them, and, no matter if misha disliked this show or not, this definetely impacted his childhood. the schtik about "once upon in odesa" was that there were four guys in odesa and uuuuh that's it? i don't remember much about it tbh ...

there were also popular reality tv shows and stuff, i really really wanna highlight "the world inside out". it's a travel show about this dude dmytro komarov getting to most remote an unique places in the world. don't get me wrong, he was being an idiot half the time, but it was peak entertainment. he uploaded old episodes with english dub on youtube and now does charity work. props to him

back to cartoons, "fox mykyta" was a nice, more modern cartoon. it's vaguely based on ivan franko's book with the same name, which in turn is vaguely based on "the blue jackal". speaking of books, ukrainian school literature programe is traumatising asf, and i just need to mention "fedko-brigand". it's a short story about a young boy who misbehaved but only lied once, when he took the blame for pushing a rich boy in the river, which he didn't do. it's also the reason why ukrainian 5th graders all spent at least one night crying, and since rereading it, i just keep thinking about misha. i feel like he'd relate

i'm convinced every ukrainian child had this specific "abetka"(alphabet) book with rhymes to every letter. the "а-ба-ба-га-ла-ма-га" publishing house never fails with their illustrations.

also probably the most popular children's books are the ones by vsevolod nestayko, eg "toreadors from vasyukivka" and "wonderful adventures in the forest school".

about games and toys, i honestly can't recall any ukraine specific ones except "this thing but slavic!" (monopoly ukraine, stuff like that). motanka dolls count as an original toy. out of computer games, maybe the most popular one at the time - "stalker: shadow of chornobyl"? some irony in that. real life games tho? the only difference between the games of tag and kvach is the name. "сossacks and bandits" maybe... there's a bl comic with the same name btw, and i also think that's the only place where you can find the rules for it in english lol. or google translate the wikipedia page.

misha lived by the sea, so he probably played a lot of games on water, other than that - all the same things american kids experience. generally my main advise when thinking about misha's childhood is to remember he had all the same things people in uranium did, excluding canada specific media. after auntie owl's lessons came ninja turtles, and after eating flint bread chips it was only natural to sip coca cola.

also i can advise to just look up "ukraine nostalgia"/"дитинство ностальгія" on tiktok. half the time it will be uncomprehensive stuff, and the other half might be something that'd help shape the view of what it was like. this is an invitation to ask more specific things and also for my ukrainian mutuals to add on because i only scratched the surface. hope it was useful or somewhat interesting xd

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Top 5 Appearances of Jack Skellington

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! I decided to use this opportunity to dedicate a short countdown to a film I’m very thankful for: the stop-motion animation classic, “The Nightmare Before Christmas.” Why today? Several reasons: first, Thanksgiving falls right smack dab in the middle between Halloween and Christmas, as far as major American holidays go, so it seems a decent date, given the subject matter. Second, recently the movie enjoyed its 30th Anniversary, so that’s definitely something to celebrate. Third, its producer - and the man many agree is most responsible for the feature’s existence, Tim Burton - got his long-deserved star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame this very year. Fourth and finally, it is quite possibly my favorite movie, and certainly my favorite Disney movie. By that measure alone, I am supremely grateful for its existence, and so a day of Thanksgiving seems a good time to talk about it…and its main character. Initially, I was going to dedicate this list to the film as a whole, but after some deliberation, I decided to focus this countdown specifically on the main protagonist of the feature, Jack Skellington. Jack is an anomaly for a lot of reasons; he’s one of the few times - especially in a movie that now wears the Disney brand like a badge of honor - where the main character of the story really is my favorite one. He’s become almost as recognized as Mickey Mouse around the company, as their resident face of both Halloween AND Christmas. And as time has gone on, his popularity has only continued to rise. What’s great about Jack, and makes him so unique, is the way the character is both so complex and yet so simple, just like the film he’s from. This is also not taking into account the many dualities inherent to the character. He’s the Pumpkin King, the scariest soul in Halloween Town…yet he’s also a sweetheart and finds a sense of childlike wonder in the Christmas season. He’s a dapper, charismatic, theatrical, somewhat grandiloquent fellow…yet he’s also a complete goober, showing a great deal of naivete and not always thinking things through. He’s typically a nice guy who acts polite and friendly to most anyone he meets…but if you cross him the wrong way, or dare to hurt those he considers his friends, he’ll whoop you in a second without mercy. It’s this constant contrast of darkness and light, of the intellectual master of horror and the childlike innocent, that makes him so engaging and interesting. That, and the fact that - unique among Disney heroes especially - Jack kind of creates his own conflict in the story. Yes, Oogie Boogie is the nominal villain of the movie, but even he really only becomes a problem in the original film BECAUSE of Jack’s bad decisions. If you took Oogie out of the equation, Jack could ALMOST be considered a villain in his own right; thankfully, he realizes and learns from his mistake and is quick to make things right. I thought it would be fun to look at some of Jack’s appearances since the film, much as I have done with some of the great Disney Villains (coincidentally) in the past. Now, I can only count appearances I’m personally familiar with to some degree or another, so if any that YOU like are left out of the running, it’s most likely just because I haven’t read, seen, or played them yet. With that said, let’s celebrate Thanksgiving by looking at a character known for its surrounding holidays…forever proving, by extension, that this holiday is the middle child of the yuletide family. Ha Ha. These are My Top 5 Favorite Appearances from Jack Skellington!

5. Pumpkin King AND The Battle For Pumpkin King.

Not only are the titles of these two pieces similar, but so are their purposes. “Pumpkin King” was a video game tie-in to TNBC, which acted as a prequel to the movie. It was released in 2005. Nearly two decades later, in 2023, Disney would release ANOTHER prequel spin-off, in the form of “The Battle For Pumpkin King;” a comic miniseries later reformatted into a graphic novel. Both of these prequels tell the story of how the rivalry between Jack and his arch-nemesis, Oogie Boogie, got started, each with their own unique twists to the concept. As far as the game goes, playing as Jack Skellington - using a variety of crazy gadgets to defeat Oogie and his goons - is obviously a major part of what makes the title appealing. The comic, meanwhile, goes even further in showing how Jack became the Pumpkin King to begin with, and presents a more dramatic and tragic arc for the two enemies, in my opinion. Having read and re-read the comic a couple times now, and compared it to the game…I don’t think either is really a perfect prequel. Each has their own pros and cons, in terms of how things started between the two and how they tie into the film itself. However, one thing I like about both is that each has a different spin on presenting Jack and setting up the character we know from the movie: in each tale, the conflict with Oogie results in some subtle foreshadowing and parallels to the misadventures Jack faces in the film. I’d recommend checking both out, in some form or another, and deciding which you prefer yourself.

4. Twisted Wonderland.

Well, if you know me, you knew this had to be coming. I was over the moon when this Event was announced for the mobile game “Twisted Wonderland”: a game that is admittedly an acquired taste, but which I absolutely love to bits. For those who don’t know already, the premise of the game has the main character - the Player - being transported to an alternate universe, where they find themselves at a school of magic inspired by seven famous Disney Villains. Throughout the game, we encounter various characters based on these villains, along with other Disney characters…but it’s rare that we actually meet any of the original Disney figures themselves. When the Nightmare Before Christmas-themed Event for Halloween of 2024 - entitled “Lost in the Book with Tim Burton’s Nightmare Before Christmas” - was announced, it wasn’t too much of a surprise to learn that a new character would be introduced in the event: Skully J. Graves, based on Jack Skellington. What was much more startling was when we found out that not only would we get this new addition to the cast…but that the player and their allies for the outing would be traveling to Halloween Town itself to meet the ACTUAL Jack Skellington AT THE SAME TIME. For me, this was just mind-boggling: getting to see both the actual Jack AND a new character inspired by him in the same Event at the same time was never something I anticipated. The result did not disappoint: Jack is totally and completely in-character for the Event, and his interactions with the students of Night Raven College are a lot of fun. Skully, as well, is a very interesting character, and the twist about his true identity at the end was, I will confess, certainly unexpected. This isn’t an example that I imagine a lot of TNBC fans would place among their absolute favorite appearances for Jack, but it’s definitely a big one for me.

3. Haunted Mansion Holiday.

This was Nightmare’s big arrival at the Parks, and it’s still one of the best things to come out of the film’s ever-rising popularity. In the early 2000s, Imagineers at Disneyland considered making a “Nightmare Before Christmas” attraction, but they weren’t sure how to go about it. The answer came in the form of a holiday overlay for the popular “Haunted Mansion” ride: ever since then, for a whole third of the year (almost half a year, if you count the time it takes to set it all up and then take it all down again), the Haunted Mansion is invaded by Jack Skellington and the denizens of Halloween Town, as they bring their own twisted Christmas delight to the home of the 999 Happy Haunts. While some people seem divided about this since-then-annual change to the famous attraction, most seem to enjoy both versions of the Haunted Mansion, and I am in agreement: the original ride is great on its own, and deserves to be enjoyed on its own terms (it’s my favorite ride at Disneyland), but the Holiday version with the TNBC cast is really fun and charming, too. Arguably the biggest highlight of the ride is Jack himself, most notably in the form of a magnificently-made animatronic of our favorite “Sandy Claws” that greets guests as they enter the graveyard for the ride’s finale. I used to be OBSESSED with this overlay, and I still love it a lot. I’m not the only one, either; the Holiday version remains popular, and has even been adopted into the Tokyo Disneyland Park. Japan has a huge following for TNBC…speaking of which…

2. Oogie’s Revenge.

Released at the same time as the aforementioned “Pumpkin King,” this game (originally made in Japan, hence the segue) was a SEQUEL to the movie. And, just like “Pumpkin King,” it was considered canon by a lot of people for a long time, until recent printed work left that more ambiguous. (In this case a novel called “Long Live the Pumpkin Queen,” which I’ve yet to read.) The plot begins a little less than a year after the events of the film: Jack still feels dissatisfied with Halloween, but he’s thankfully learned that taking over other holidays is not a good idea. So, he instead ventures forth into the real world for a couple of months to basically do some brainstorming and find some inspiration to make his own holiday more interesting. When Jack returns (on Christmas Eve, what a shock), he discovers that Oogie Boogie has been resurrected and has taken over Halloween Town! When he learns that Oogie has plans to get revenge on Santa and become “The Seven Holidays King,” Jack has to find a way to take back his throne and undo all of Oogie’s evil schemes before Christmas morning. As far as Jack himself goes, the great boon this game has is the option of actually playing as Jack Skellington himself, and getting to use different forms of him with different powers to combat Oogie and his minions. Chris Sarandon - who has provided Jack’s speaking voice since the original film, and gets to SING for him, too, in this game (he ain’t half bad, either) - delivers all of the moods and sides of Jack throughout the story with his usual enthusiasm, and the chance to explore Halloween Town in such wild depth is really fun. The game itself seems to be one people love or hate; most agree it’s not the greatest game in the world (though most agree it’s also not terrible), but it seems to be a 50/50 split between people who overlook its flaws and enjoy it, and people who feel it’s a lackluster and overly bizarre spin-off to a classic picture. Personally, while I do see some issues with “Oogie’s Revenge,” I’ve always had a soft spot for this game, and I still do. It’s definitely one of Jack’s shining moments, in my personal opinion.

1. Kingdom Hearts.

Given my love of the KH series as a whole, a lot of you probably saw this coming. However, I actually had a really hard time choosing between these games and “Oogie’s Revenge.” The greatest pro of “Oogie’s Revenge” is that Jack is the main character: you spend a lot of time with him, it’s all his story, and Chris Sarandon gets to sing as well as provide the voice in general. However, I think that - despite the fact Jack and his pals in Halloween Town (and Christmas Town) are only one small part of a much grander puzzle - the Kingdom Hearts series actually handles the character and his world slightly better…mostly just because of the writing. (And because they are better games, in general, when you really get down to it.) As far as Jack himself goes…honestly, I love how absolutely ADORABLE Jack is in the Kingdom Hearts universe. (How many undead skeletons can you call “adorable,” anyway? At the moment, I can only think of maybe four others…which is still a surprising number, honestly!) The games really lean hard into Jack’s childlike, exuberant, impulsive personality, but they also still give him elegance, charisma, and even touch onto a philosophical side we really haven’t seen anywhere else. Some of my favorite lines and moments in the games come from Jack, and of all the Disney allies Sora makes along the way, I think I enjoy his interactions with the Pumpkin King most of all. (He also isn’t too bad of a Party Member.) Sarandon delivers here just as powerfully as in Oogie’s Revenge, and a lot of the story-based elements I love about Jack’s character arc in OR are just as present in these games. Overall, while he may not be the star of the show, Jack is certainly a major highlight of these games. For me, and hopefully for many others, Kingdom Hearts will always be a shining moment in the King of Halloween’s career. It’s not an easy call, to be honest…but I’m gonna name Kingdom Hearts as My Favorite Appearance from Jack Skellington.

HONORABLE MENTIONS INCLUDE…

James and the Giant Peach.

While this is a totally non-canon appearance, Jack cameos as the leader of a band of skeleton pirates in this cult classic adaptation of the Roald Dahl story. I have no idea if this decision was made because of budget reasons or because Henry Selick (director of both TNBC and this film) was in a whimsical mood, but either way, it’s such a weird but fun one-off return.

Disney’s Not-So-Spooky Spectacular.

A fireworks show performed around Halloweentime at the Magic Kingdom in Walt Disney World. Jack acts as the host of the event, portrayed by a life-sized and absolutely immaculate puppet, crewed by multiple performers. This puppet has appeared in several other places since, including one of the “Nightmare Before Christmas Live” concerts!

What’s This? The Nightmare Before Christmas Sing-Along.

Performed every Christmastime at Disney’s Hollywood-MGM Studios, this combination of stage pantomime and sing-along concert to some of the songs from the film is hosted by Jack. Our favorite Pumpkin King is played by the same great puppet that appears in the “Not-So-Spooky Spectacular” fireworks show!

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🎆 Han x Leia Holiday Exchange 2023 🎆

As Carrie Fisher would say... ladies and gentlemoons, welcome to a new edition of our classic Holiday Exchange!

This is an anonymous exchange where each participant will write and receive a Han/Leia fanfic (min.: 500 words, max.: ~5k words).

Who can participate? Anyone and everyone who loves Han and Leia! Whether you prefer Legends, Disney canon or AUs; whether you've written 100 fics, 5 or none; whether you’re a new fan or an older fan; whether you even celebrate any holidays or not... this event is for you if you like writing and presents!

Schedule:

Sign-ups open: December 1, 2023

Sign-ups close: December 8, 2023

Assignments go out: December 10-11, 2023

Half-point check-in: December 26-31, 2023

Deadline to request a beta-reader: January 8, 2024

Submission deadline: January 15, 2024

Works revealed: January 16, 2024

Authors revealed: January 31, 2024

How does it work?

This exchange will take place both on Tumblr and on Archive of Our Own, which means having an account in both sites is a requisite for participants (If you don’t have an Ao3 account, please contact the mods. They can send you an invite and help you if you have any questions about it!)

You will need to sign up via the link to Ao3 below and will upload your work to the collection there whenever you’re finished. We will post it for you on Jan. 16, and it will remain anonymous until Jan. 31.

On Tumblr, you will be contacted by the mods and send/receive anonymous messages to/from your recipients/writers, so make sure you have anonymous messaging turned on. We ask you to please reach out to your recipient at least once: not only is it a great way to find out more about what kind of gift they would enjoy, but it’s also a really fun part of the exchange!

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Yes indeed, here we are, at the cusp of MOANA 2's opening weekend.

Gigantic $57m opening Wednesday take, a little below INSIDE OUT 2's $64m opening day take from this past summer. INCREDIBLES 2 ($71m) and LION KING Remake ($77m) still hold the top spots.

Has a curious A- CinemaScore, which WISH also had. Not terrible, but not particularly great for an animated family movie title. Could go either way now because of that. If my shift on Thursday was anything to go by, audiences dug it. Heard two ovations when doing my theater cleans, and some of the crowds seemingly enjoying it. May not go down like WISH did. We'll see. Reviews tended to be generally okay, with many noting that it definitely feels like a patch job of TV show episodes, as it was suspected by some to be.

Does it set a bad precedent for Disney? To just hastily turn something into what it was not meant to be at first, and then crunch the living heck out of the animators (if recent rumblings are to be believed, I mean c'mon they're likely true) at both studios after such a significant overhaul? In this era, MOANA 2 is the only project to have evolved from a halfway-finished Disney+ show. As far as I know, TIANA will remain a TV series. WDAS, to my knowledge, has no other Disney+ shows in the works. That whole rush from all of Disney's film divisions to churn out content-content-content for D+ has slowed to a crawl. ZOOTOPIA 2 was a movie from the word-go, so I don't know about that.

From my perspective, they had an original movie lined up for this fall, and I guess after how badly STRANGE WORLD and WISH went over (the latter, to my eyes, an also obviously rushed product to meet the Disney centennial)... And because they just had to have a new WDAS movie out for Thanksgiving 2024 (annual tradition at this point, only stopped once by COVID, as RAYA left Thanksgiving 2020 for March 2021), they hit the panic button and movie'd MOANA: THE SERIES into MOANA 2... That's my guess, and a lot of Jennifer Lee's stepping down from the studio CCO position was one of the big fallouts of that. A tell-all I'd love to hear. I think the smart thing would've been to take that SNOW WHITE thing and swap that with MOANA 2. It probably still would've been huge anyhow, and SNOW WHITE could've benefited from the holidays if it's a stinker. Maybe not. I know at the end of the day that that juicy opening day take and likely massive weekend gross matters *much more* to Disney in the end... Plus this will probably help make back what the previous two features lost... But I'm that uncool person who thinks of the people actually making these things. I think a spring 2025 debut would've given the filmmakers more time to sort things out. It all seemed very last minute, and that's not cool. Especially amidst the negotiations going on between the Animation Guild and the wider industry.

Also, we could've gotten a complete repeat of 2016, the year both the original MOANA and the original ZOOTOPIA came out... Just back to front this time, MOANA 2 as a March release, and ZOOTOPIA 2 as a November release. But, MOANA 2 will likely make its budget back by the end of next week or the week after. It'll chug to $600m very soon, it'll probably easily surpass the $640m+ take. Unless it's actually really bad, which it doesn't seem to be to most family audiences flocking to this film... So yeah, $600-800m in sight, maybe even a billion. They'll likely greenlight a third movie, as I hear the film itself explicitly sets one up?

Funny how in the WDAS realm, FROZEN and MOANA - two movies from this past decade - get a trilogy before FANTASIA gets a proper third film. FANTASIA almost got a third film, did you know that? FANTASIA 2006 would've contained THE LITTLE MATCH GIRL, ONE BY ONE, LORENZO, and DESTINO, but it ultimately did not happen. I feel FANTASIA 2023 would've been the proper way to celebrate Disney's centennial last year, not WISH. I'm sayin', they should make another FANTASIA, don't mind me over here wishing for another FANTASIA movie.

Anyways, big waves ahead for MOANA 2. I'll be curious to see how high this thing goes, pun sorta shamelessly intended.

[she-karev]

Baby’s First Birthday (Andrew DeLuca x Alex Karev’s Sister Imagine)

Age Rating: 12+

Chapters: One of One

Fandom: Grey’s Anatomy

Ship: Andrew DeLuca x Amber Karev (Alex Karev’s Sister)

AN: Hey guys, so I’ve been posting less because I just started fall classes and you know how those can go so I’m gonna try to do holiday chapters for my blog. And one of those is a birthday party so enjoy, reblog, let me know what you think.

Summary: Andrew and Amber celebrate their daughter Lucy’s first birthday with a small party attended by their family and friends.

Words: 1003

October 20th, 2023

“Tanti auguri a te.” Andrew DeLuca sings as he walks towards his daughter carrying a plate of pancakes with whipped cream topped with a lit single birthday candle.

His now 1 year old daughter is inside her highchair looking at her birthday breakfast with a wide smile. Meanwhile his wife and mother of his child, Amber DeLuca nee Karev, is by the chair filming everything on her phone with a smile for the birthday girl.

“Tanti auguri a te, tanti auguri a Lucia, tanti auguri a te!” He finishes the Italian song and places the plate in front of Lucy who looks at the candle mesmerized.

Amber chuckles while still filming, “And in case you were wondering your daddy was singing Happy Birthday in Italian even though you don’t speak it yet.”

“Oh but she shall.” Andrew says with confidence before leaning down smiling at their daughter who is staring at the pancakes, “Si, lo farai. You shall.”

Amber shakes her head amused before turning her attention to their daughter, “Make a wish sweetheart.”

Andrew helps Lucy blow out the candle on top of the pancakes causing Amber to yay before putting her phone down. Lucy scoops up whipped cream on top with her hands before putting it in her mouth to eat. Amber and Andrew smile at the sight overcome with love for their little girl who is growing up before their eyes.

“How did a year go by so fast? It feels like only yesterday I was holding her in my arms after the 8 hours of labor and pain.”

Andrew grins knowing the feeling as well, “I think the crying and diaper changing sped up time somehow. You’re a year old now bambina how does it feel?”

Lucy is too busy eating the whipped cream to give her dad the time of day to her mom’s amusement who cuts up the pancakes so her one-year-old can safely eat them.

“And there’s plenty more to come tonight at your birthday party yay!”

“Yay! You get to see everyone, your uncles, your aunts, your cousins and you get to eat cake, aren’t you excited?”

Amber smiles helping Lucy feed herself, “I think she’s more excited about all the toys she’s gonna get from doctors who don’t have a budget. I know we are.”

“Amen bella.” Andrew kisses the top of his daughter’s brunette head happy to celebrate this momentous occasion with his family.

That Night

Kiddie music plays throughout Andrew and Amber’s house that is decorated with a fairy tale theme. There are streamers, balloons and plates with Disney princesses on them and colorful sweets that the guests enjoy as they wait downstairs for the party girl to come with her parents. Alex and Jo are talking to Maya and Carina on the couch while their kids, Liam and Luna play with each other by their feet.

The sound of stairs descending snaps the guests’ attention as they watch the happy parents bring the birthday girl down to her party. Amber DeLuca smiles at their friends and family wearing a white dress while Andrew has a beige suit with a while shirt under. In Andrew’s arms is their daughter who is looking especially pretty with her short wavy brown hair pulled back with a pink headband that matches her pink silk mesh dress.

Andrew and Amber approach their respective siblings on the couch where they each give Lucy a birthday hug and kiss. Lucy giggles and waves her little chubby hands around as she’s passed around by her uncle and aunts. Maya gives a painful chuckle as her baby niece pulls her long hair down making Carina laugh before gently extracting Lucy’s grip. Alex makes a playful fart noise against his niece’s cheek causing her to giggle. Jo does the same unable to resist before giving her a big fat kiss on her chubby little cheek and handing her back to her parents who smile at the attention their daughter is getting so far.

They carry Lucy from person to person who all greet the small and happy girl with smiles and happy birthdays. All of their friends and colleagues from the hospital are at this party mingling and celebrating this milestone of Lucy DeLuca’s. The only people absent are Jackson Avery and April Kepner who more than made up for it with a mini ball pit that arrived yesterday along with a check for 5000 dollars for the college fund that Amber and Andrew started for Lucy.

After posing with Lucy for the cake and watching her scoop it up and shove it in her face, Amber picks up the 1-year-old from the highchair allowing the guests to mingle again. She approaches Andrew with a very happy, cake faced baby in her arms who ruins her moms expensive dress with pink frosting. Amber doesn’t care as the only thing that matters right now is ending her daughter’s birthday with the father of her child who also made sure this party would go off without a hitch.

Andrew chuckles at his messy daughter who smiles at her daddy and leans in to give him a big hug. He grins warmheartedly at the sight before wrapping his arm around his wife’s waist and pulling her closer. Amber smiles up at him thankful her daughter has a father who loves her and wants to give her the happy childhood neither of their fathers gave them.

“We love you.” Amber says softly, “Thank you for today.”

Andrew kisses the top of her head pulling back with a grin, “I love my girls.”

Lucy stretches her arms out to her dad wanting him to hold her which of course he can’t resist. Amber helps her daughter giving her to her daddy who opens his arms ready to take the bundle of joy. Lucy wraps her chubby arms around his neck and leans her cheek against his, which melts her parents’ hearts. They hold their daughter happy to give her a perfect first birthday.

[sparklermun]

Hey there everyone, and welcome to night sixteen of the tenth annual Wreck-it Ralph Pin Post Month!

Tonight we've got the DLR/WDW, National Princess Day 2023, Vanellope Von Schweetz, Wreck-it Ralph pin. LR.

On November 18th of 2023, for a limited time the Disney Company released this little pin in celebration of National Princess Day. Which of course took place on that very same day, making it the tenth pin released for a set known as the 2023 Special Days series. A small collection of pins released for eleven unique holiday pins, such as the National Pancake Day pin I showcased last year. For Princess Day we see Vanellope standing with her arms raised while wearing the pink, poofy princess dress she was briefly seen in at the end of the first Wreck-it Ralph movie. The pastel pink pin itself is made in the shape of a crown, with the words "Celebrate National Princess Day" in pinkish red displayed in a border of pink peppermint candy beneath Vanellope. While the year of this pin's release, 2023, is written in small print right above her head.

I can't help but feel a sense of humor emanating off this pin when I look at it. After all, Vanellope appeared quite uncomfortable in the puffy gown, and more at ease in the role as President rather then Princess at the end of the first film. Ditching both the title and dress not even five minutes after having them returned to her. As a result I can't help but feel that Vanellope got dressed up as a joke rather then to truly represent a Princess on the holiday. The more I think of it however, perhaps it was a good idea to have Vanellope crash this holiday rather then having to pick favorites among the other Disney Princesses. Joking or not, the pin itself contains a great deal of detail in Vanellope's hair and dress. (An outfit choice that collectors have requested to see her in for at least one pin, and finally gained through this pin). Then there is the choice of a glitter in the background; which gives it a shiny, silvery look that pairs well with the pastels of the rest of the pin. A well put together pin that looks like a dream to young girls desiring pink princess days of their own.

[ducktoonsfanart]

Lion King and Aladdin Crossover - Disney Santa 2023

Zazu and Iago share gifts with each other - Lion King and Aladdin Crossover - Disney Santa 2023

That I don't just draw exclusively ducks (although I love them the most), I certainly drew other birds, so I started with other Disney cartoons. This time related to the Disney Secret Santa held on Deviantart every year and my first time doing this. Yes, I am also posting about National Bird Day, which is celebrated on January 5th every year.

I'm already late, but let me say right away that I did and this is my first time drawing these characters and it's really a pleasure to draw them. I did this related to Disney Santa 2023 for Disney Dreamers on Deviantart and this is my belated Christmas and New Year's gift to @Gotapenname from Deviantart and I'm Secret Santa for her, and I did what she loves the most. I drew her favorite characters Zazu the bird and Iago the parrot sharing gifts (vases or bowls that hold the birds' favorite bugs) and this is part of a crossover of one of my favorite Disney movies, Aladdin and The Lion King. Apart from them, there are also Timon and Pumbaa, Abu the monkey, Rafiki the baboon, Genie, Aladdin and Jasmine. I wanted to add Simba and Nala as well, but unfortunately I wouldn't care for all of them, so I'm sorry. Yes, since it is strange that they celebrate those holidays in those countries (Africa and the Middle East, primarily Arabia, but we are referring to the pre-Muslim period), so I did it this way. Yes, I still need to practice drawing human characters as well as animal characters. I hope you like this drawing and this crossover and I wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2024!

Yes, this year is also the 30th anniversary of The Lion King, as well as the 30th anniversary of the Aladdin series.

Iago, Zazu, Timon and Pumbaa, Abu, Genie, Rafiki, Aladdin and Jasmine, all created by Disney (C)

[brookstonalmanac]

Holidays 12.3

Holidays

Advocate's Day (India)

Alka Seltzer Day

Be a Blessing Day

Cedar Tree Day (French Republic)

Community Day (Navarra, Spain)

Day of the Secretary (Chile)

Day of the Unknown Soldier (Ukraine)

E-Discovery Day

Family & Consumer Sciences Day

Flag Day (Saba)

Flamenco Guitar Day

Heart Transplant Day

Inflatable Pig Day

Intellivision Day

International Baboon Day

International Day of Persons with Disabilities (UN)

International Day of the Basque Language

International Disabled Day (Nepal)

Jazz Day

King Tupou I Day (Tonga)

Lawyer’s Day (Russia)

Let's Hug Day

Make a Gift Day

National Doctor’s Day (Cuba)

National Dorothy Day

National Harley Day

National Heather Day

National Isaac Day

National Lisa Day

National Phenylketonuria (PKU) Awareness Day

National Pig Tail Day

National Ronald Day

National Roof-Over-Your-Head Day

Reinvigorate Your Brain by Reading Something Day

ROC the Day (Rochester)

Rocky Day (Philadelphia)

Saba Day (Saba)

San Francisco Javier (Navarra, Spain)

Takata no Inoko (Peace & Good Harvest Festival; Japan)

Telescope Day

3D Printing Day

Tinsel Day

Tree Dressing Day (UK)

Walt Disney World Day

World Coati Day

World Disable Day (India)

World Loyalty Giving Day

World No Pesticide Use Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

International Trappist Beer Day

National Apple Pie Day [also 5.13]

National Green Bean Casserole Day

National Ice Cream Box Day

National Peppermint Latte Day

Peppermint Bark Cheesecake Day

Roquefort Day

Independence & Related Days

Edenia (a.k.a. Imperial Union of Edenia; Declared; 2017) [unrecognized]

Illinois Statehood Day (#21; 1818)

1st Tuesday in December

Crypto Giving Tuesday [Tuesday after Thanksgiving]

Giving News Day [Tuesday after Thanksgiving]

Giving Tuesday [Tuesday after Thanksgiving]

Taco Tuesday [Every Tuesday]

Takeout Tuesday [1st Tuesday of Each Month]

Target Tuesday [Every Tuesday]

Tater Tot Tuesday [Every Tuesday]

Throw Out Your Leftovers Day [Tuesday after Thanksgiving]

To-Do List Tuesday [1st Tuesday of Each Month]

Tranquil Tuesday [1st Tuesday of Each Month]

Travel Deal Tuesday [1st Tuesday]

Trivia Tuesday [Every Tuesday]

Two For Tuesday [Every Tuesday]

World Trick Shot Day [1st Tuesday]

Weekly Holidays beginning December 3 (1st Full Week of December)

Clerc-Gallaudet Week (thru 12.10)

Holiday Ale Festival Week (Portland, Oregon) [Begins in late Nov/early Dec] (Postponed for 2023-24)

Festivals Beginning December 3, 2024

Amarillo Farm & Ranch Show (Amarillo, Texas) [thru 12.5]

Greater Peoria Farm Show (Peoria, Illinois) [thru 12.5]

Night of the Proms (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) [thru 12.4]

Feast Days

Abbo of Auxerre (Christian; Saint)

Abraham of Alexandria, Pope (Coptic)

Adrian (a.k.a. Ethernan; Christian; Saint)

Birinus (Christian; Saint)

Bodhi Season, Day 3 (Buddhism; Secular Date) [Leading Up to 12.8] (a.k.a. ... 

Principles: The Three Jewels

Secular: A Bodhi Day Carol

Eightfold Path: Awakened Speech

The Heart Sutra: Space

Bogatir Svatogor Day (Asatru/Slavic Pagan)

Bona Dea Festival (Roman Goddess of Good)

Cassian of Tangier (Christian; Saint)

Clarkson Frederick Stanfield (Artology)

Constantin Guys (Artology)

Copernicus (Positivist; Saint)

Cu Roi Mac Daire (Celtic Book of Days)

Daniel Seghers (Artology)

Emma (of Lesum or of Bremen; Christian; Saint)

Fairy and Goblin Taunt-and-Tease Saturnalia (Shamanism)

Feast of Cybele (Ancient Greece; Everyday Wicca)

Festival for Serket/Selket (Scorpion Goddess; Ancient Egypt)

Francis Xavier (Christian; Saint)

Gilbert Stuart (Artology)

Godzilla Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

International Say No to Selfies Day (Pastafarian)

Johann Nepomuk von Tschiderer zu Gleifheim (Christian; Blessed)

Joseph Conrad (Writerism)

Kate O’Brien (Writerism)

Lucius (Christian; Saint)

Max Meldrum (Artology)

Mengloth’s Day (Pagan)

Motorettes (Muppetism)

Pompaia (Procession to Zeus; Ancient Greece)

Power of Three — Musical Magic Day (Starza Pagan Book of Days)

Sola (Christian; Saint)

Vibrator Day (Pastafarian)

William Gropper (Artology)

Zephaniah (Christian; Saint)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Prime Number Day: 337 [68 of 72]

Sensho (先勝 Japan) [Good luck in the morning, bad luck in the afternoon.]

Premieres

The BBC Television Shakespeare (UK TV Series; 1978)

The Big Shrink, Parts 1 & 2 (Underdog Cartoon, S1, Eps. 21 & 22 1964)

Black Swan (Film; 2010)

Brown Sugar, recorded by The Rolling Stones (Song; 1969)

Bullwinkle Cleans Up or The Desperate Showers (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S5, Ep. 236; 1963)

Camelot (Broadway Musical; 1960)

The Chanukah Song, by Adam Sandler (Song; 1994)

Concerto in F, by George Gershwin (Piano Concerto; 1925)

Confess, by Patti Page (Song; 1947) [1st Recording with Overdubbed Vocals]

Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground, recorded by Blind Willie Johnson (Song; 1927)

Do They Know It’s Christmas? (Charity Song; 1984)

Elvis (Comeback TV Special; 1968)

High Note (WB LT Cartoon; 1960)

House of Flying Daggers (Film; 2004)

A Leak in the Lake or The Drain Maker (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S5, Ep. 235; 1963)

I Love You Phillip Morris (Film; 2010)

Justify My Love, by Madonna (Music Video; 1990)

Machine Head, recorded by Deep Purple (Album; 1971)

My Generation, by The Who (Album; 1965)

The Oregon Trail (Video Game; 1971)

The Playful Pest (Phantasies Cartoon; 1943)

The Power of the Dog, by Thomas Savage (Novel; 1967)

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (Christmas TV Special; 1964)

Rubber Soul, by The Beatles (Album; 1965)

Spud (Film; 2010)

A Streetcar Named Desire, by Tennessee Williams (Play; 1947)

Symphony #1 in A, by Edward Elgar (Symphony; 1908)

A Taste of Catnip (WB MM Cartoon; 1966)

Thanks to the Saint, by Leslie Charteris (Short Stories 1957) [Saint #33]

The Town Santa Forgot (Hanna-Barbera Animated TV Special; 1993)

Unknown Soldiers, by Väinö Linna (Novel; 1954)

The Weapon Shops of Isher, by A.E. van Vogt (Novel; 1951)

Wild (Film; 2014)

You’re Sixteen, by Ringo Starr (Song; 1973)

Today’s Name Days

Emma, Franz Xaver, Jason (Austria)

Franjo, Lucije, Sofonija (Croatia)

Svatoslav (Czech Republic)

Svend (Denmark)

Leiger, Leino (Estonia)

Meri, Vellamo (Finland)

François-Xavier, Xavier (France)

Franz Xaver, Jason (Germany)

Glykerios (Greece)

Ferenc, Olívia (Hungary)

Francesco, Saverio (Italy)

Daile, Evija, Jogita, Raita (Latvia)

Atalija, Audinga, Gailintas, Ksaveras (Lithuania)

Svein, Sveinung (Norway)

Franciszek, Kasjan, Ksawery, Lucjusz, Unimir (Poland)

Gheorghe (România)

Oldrich (Slovakia)

Francisco, Javier (Spain)

Lydia (Sweden)

Javier, Malcolm, Malcom, Malik, Xavier, Xaviera (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 338 of 2024; 28 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 2 of Week 49 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Ngetal (Reed) [Day 10 of 28]

Chinese: Month 11 (Bing-Zi), Day 3 (Xin-Chou)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]

Hebrew: 2 Kislev 5785

Islamic: 1 Jumada II 1446

J Cal: 8 Black; Oneday [8 of 30]

Julian: 20 November 2024

Moon: 7%: Waning Crescent

Positivist: 2 Bichat (13th Month) [Halley / Kepler]

Runic Half Month: Is (Stasis) [Day 12 of 15]

Season: Autumn or Fall (Day 72 of 90)

Week: 1st Full Week of December

Zodiac: Sagittarius (Day 12 of 30)

Calendar Changes

Jumādā al-ʾŪlā (a.k.a. Jumada I) [جُمَادَىٰ ٱلْأُولَىٰ] (Islamic Calendar) [Month 5 of 12] (First of the Parched Land; Pre-Islamic Summer)

[kate-m-art]

This is silly but finally found one of my dream dolls, Aine from Barbie's 2008 Legends of Ireland collectors line and like I love her so much and wanted to show her off 😅💕

But then like lowkey just really love the little collection I have, still growing slowly but don't get to show people v much so like akdkf other dolls under the cut cause I just think they're pretty TvT

Harpist Angel (1997) and Fairy of the Garden (2001) still looking for Fairy of the Forest

Then Legends of Ireland Aine (2008) and Princess of Ireland (2001)

Princes and the Pauper's Anneliese and Erika (2004) and Sugarplum Princess Clara from Barbie's Nutcracker (2001)

Liana and Alexa from Barbie & the Diamond Castle (2008)

Margot Robbie in the Return to Barbieland outfit from Barbie (2023.) (Preordered "I am Kenough" Ken too because he made me laugh so much, he'll get here sometime this year lol)

Mostly collect Barbie and a few Disney dolls but these two girlies are my exceptions. On the left is ICY Fortune Days Virgo doll from their twelve constellations line (want to get the Cancer doll too eventually) and on the right is Rainbow High's Victoria Whitman (2023.) I love her freckles so freaking much

Maggie beloved is my ooak doll, I think I've shared her with you guys before

Rosella from Barbie as the Island Princess (2007.) She was my favorite doll to play with growing up and couldn't believe I found another in box.

Then Rapunzel is from the 2001 movie and Elina is from Mermaidia (2006.) You can see Serafina peeking out there too, forgot to move her next to Anneliese.

Snowflake Ballerina (2000) and the Swan Queen from Swan Lake (1998)

The first version of Peter Rabbit Barbie (1997). I'm still looking for the second one in the blue dress.

Austrian Barbie (1999) and Prominade in the Park Barbie (1997)

Then the 2000 Celebration Holiday doll and a Flynn and Rapunzel wedding set from the Disney store that I bought a long time ago, but looks like they're selling this set again so akdkf nice! (Plus a 17" Rapunzel I want to repaint someday and a little Miraculous movie Marinette from last year.)

And then the 2022 Holiday Barbie with red hair (she was a Walmart exclusive and hard to find because very unique face, I lucked out and found one at a TJ Maxx for cheap 😅) and 2013 Holiday Barbie (she, 2000 holiday doll and one other i have in a drawer somewhere were my first display and not play dolls actually)

Think that's about it, I've been rambling for a while now but if you made it this far thanks for letting me show and tell ♡

[ladylooch]

i miss the fialas!!!! Can we get a christmas or new year celebration blurb ☹️☹️☹️

OPE!!!! THE WAY TO MY HEART!!! Missing the Fialas 🥲

How about some key moments for the end of the year holidays?

Sam is currently pregnant with Luca. So Kevin addressed all of her VERY expensive presents to Mama from Daddy. She swears he gets more and more outrageous with gifts every year.

Sam and Kevin hosted Christmas for the first time in their home! Kevin’s family came from Switzerland. It was exhausting, but amazing. They left on the 29th of December and Sam slept for about 13 hours afterwards. Kevin only woke her up twice because he was nervous she wasn’t okay. Kudos to Sam who only smacked at his face one of those times. 

Kevin had a few crazy games with the Wild (yep, I hate it too. RIP to my feelings). He was in and out of the box. While Sam mostly kept her comments to herself, she sassed him about his time in the box. “You could charge rent to the other players because you’re in there so much you basically own it.”

Although winter in Minnesota had been warmer than usual, it is still dry. Three times a day, Kevin lathers up Sam’s belly with special pregnancy oil to help prevent stretch marks. Sam is pretty sure she saw one growing the other day, but daddy Kev paid extra attention to the area to soothe his wife’s worries. “You are so beautiful.” He kept murmuring. “Buddy, I can’t wait until you’re here to we can both hype your hot mama up.” Sam pulls Kevin down for a heavy, hot kiss.

Over the brief break, they went shopping for tons of baby things. They finally have Luca’s crib, changing table, dresser, and the most comfortable chair for him. His closet and dresser are filled with clothes and Sam hasn’t even had her baby shower yet. Luca’s room is almost complete, but mom and dad are disappointed with how much longer they have to wait for his arrival. They feel so ready for this next chapter.

On NYE, they both skipped the champagne and danced around the living room to their favorite songs of 2023. Then they went to bed, dreaming of all the big things sure to happen in 2024. 

New Years Day began with breakfast and morning snuggles in bed. The snuggles continued as they took down a movie marathon of Disney movies, including some Kevin had never seen before. Pasta was made for dinner. Kevin swirled some red wine in his mouth and kissed Sam so she could get a safe taste. “When he is here, I want a bottle of wine brought to me in the hospital.” Sam insists. “And sushi!” She points at her husband, squinting. “I got you, baby.” He confirms. 

[disneytva]

Mickey Mouse Funhouse Opens Doors to Season 3 Next Month With Huey, Dewey and Louie

The third season of the whimsical animated preschool series Micky Mouse Funhouse will premiere Friday, February 23 on Disney Junior (9:30 a.m. EST/PST) and Disney Channel (10:30 a.m. EST/PST) before rolling out onto Disney+ later this year.

In the new season, Mickey, Minnie and their friends embark on more imaginative journeys through the magical doors of Funny the Funhouse (voiced by Harvey Guillén), returning them to places like the Enchanted Rainforest and the Old West and taking them to new locales like Movie Magic Land, as well as culturally rich locations like Armenia, Korea and India. Along their adventures, they make new friends and meet up with beloved Disney characters like Huey, Dewey and Louie, unknow if they will be their regular versions or their DuckTales 2017 versions. The new season also includes an epic camping trip special and sees Mickey and the gang celebrating an array of holidays, including Noche Buena, Chuseok, Arbor Day and Hanukkah.

Since its premiere in August 2021, the series has amassed nearly half a billion hours of viewing across linear, streaming and Disney Junior YouTube and consistently ranks as a top 10 monthly series on Disney Junior YouTube. In 2023, the series ranked among the Top 5 most watched series on Linear TV for preschoolers.

[nerdgirljen]

Want a candle based on your favorite celeb?

So, I’m going to shamelessly self-promote my shop here, so please bear with me.  in 2020, I picked up a hobby of making candles, and soon afterward people started calling me to make some for them. Fast forward to 2023, and I’ve multiple collections tailoring to fandom, fangirls, fanboys, gamers, and swifties.

I have Avengers inspired candles, Disney World inspired candles, D&D inspired candles, Taylor Swift inspired candles, celebrity inspired candles, Harry Potter inspired candles, everyday scents, and during the year I have spring, summer, fall, and winter/holiday scents as well as a special Pride scent each June.

Why am I posting here? Because marketing is expensive, and I’m not too good at it anywhere else. 

The shop is Jen & Jute Candle Co., LLC and can be found by clicking the shop name or right HERE.

(PS I can’t post all of my candle images here because Tumblr will not let me submit that big of a post, so, if you would like to see all that I have to offer, please visit the website.)

And there’s SO MANY MORE!

[wavesoutbeingtossed]

I am a gossip lover (work gossip, family gossip etc are all catnip to me) and celebrity gossip is no different because I am shameless. It is so interesting to figure out how it all works and the PR of it all. You can see who has good PR and listens to them, who is just a major human going through a mess (even if they have good PR), who is new to this etc. Watching JLo and Ben Affleck, I think their PR is waiting for a certain piece of news to drop and the moment it does, they will be hitting send on the divorce news.

Aside, but the initial handling of Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner's divorce was like...PR 101. Joe was all over the place in his messaging thinking that hit pieces would work while Sophie was deadly quiet for the most part, finished her job, got situated in NYC, and let legal channels do their job. When she did do an interview, it was detailed, touched on her personal and professional life, did not throw any mud, and let people in on how things went down. Like it is hard while it is happening, but you can see how a well-handled story can really help someone long-term.

oh DUDE you are speaking my language!!! I used to be a gossip junkie and while I am decidedly not anymore mostly because there are no legitimate, reliable sources of entertainment news anymore it's all ad-filled clickbait and cesspool forums like reddit and also I've grown up and realized I don't really have room in my mind to care about these people (other than Taylor lol), I still have an interest in pop culture in general. But ALSO, I love this kind of behind the scenes stuff and I LOOOOOOOVE looking at it from a PR/comms lens. Not just because it's, um, slightly professionally relevant to me, but also I just love strategy and words and whatnot.

The rumoured JLo/Ben divorce is PR 101, waiting for either a holiday weekend and/or a major news event to drop your bad news to get it buried in the news cycle. (A classic example is Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt's separation announcement I believe shortly after New Year's back in the day? Or was it July 4th? Anyway, something like that.) It's very likely JLo and Ben (assuming the rumours are true given the planted stories of late) are waiting for July 4th and/or... other news to drop theirs too. I feel like a lot of people are waiting for a certain announcement to drop all their stuff too LOL.

The Joe Jonas vs. Sophie Turner thing is such a good example too. It was total amateur hour vs. pro. He thought he could handle it like it was 2005 and he had the full Disney machine behind him but in 2023 where he is a legacy act with less cover and also celebrities' moves are so much more transparent to the public than they were 20 years ago, it just reeked of desperation. I'm glad the two of them have found a way to be cordial in public for the sake of their kids and that the shenanigans have ceased. I'm sure it was really hard on Sophie, but she played the long game and it worked brilliantly.

I could talk about the logistics/strategy side of this stuff for DAYS lol.