#holiday creep

[asktailikku]

Since the Internet seems to be pushing Halloween months in advance...

The Skeleton War has officially been cancelled.

Besides, here's your next holiday:

[jlilycorbie]

I love the seasons. I love all of them. I love living seasonally, tracking the year as it goes by with the foods that become available, by the sprouting and growing and fading of the plants, by the length of the days and the temperature.

I'll be honest, seasonal things getting out of their season kind of bums me out. Christmas is a notorious offender, but my beloved Halloween is almost as bad these days.

Fall has at least three distinct phases, starting with September and apples and the temperatures (here) are usually still pretty warm, but you can feel that first cool promise in the air.

October, of course, is spooky season, followed by November, which is full harvest and cold days and feasting.

Halloween is showing up in July these days, which is fully summer, swallowing the end of summer and the beginning of fall whole. Christmas, of course, shows up before Halloween has even come and gone, overwhelming the late fall and bringing winter too early.

(And for spooky things and just loving them--spooky does not depend on a season. Give me deep autumn with the falling, crackling leaves and the thinning veil. Give me fear surrounded by blooming flowers and death against the promise of returning life. The veil thins in the time between autumn and winter, and it thins again in the turning between spring and summer. Give me blood in bright daylight and heat. Give me terror in the ice and snow. Spooky is a way of life, not a season.)

I'm not here to rain on anyone's joy, which is why I hesitate to say it, but it's still time for melons and stone fruits. It was well over 110 degrees here today. It's time to splash in the water and hide from the punishing sun, even while the days are noticeably shorter. It's getting close to time for apples and cider, for the nights to finally cool off, for the autumn spiders to start weaving their webs. Then it'll be time for falling leaves and pumpkins and a real chill in the air.s I want to savor each thing in its time.

[berl-balagula]

Israel, Adar the First started. One and a half months to Purim. A chain bakery: this.

ישראל, אדר א' התחיל. חודש וחצי לפני פורים. ברשת מאפיות לא אלמונית: זה.

Holyday creep is real.

זחילת מועדים זאת תופעה קיימת.

[nawilla]

What Aisle Is This?

Its October 28, the Saturday before Halloween. This is the view in the Target Bodega. One aisle. Stocked with Halloween, Fall/Thanksgiving, Chanukah and Christmas. What the heck am I supposed to be shopping for?

I walked away humming "What Child Is This?" but as "What Aisle Is This?" and trying to remember it wasn't even Halloween yet.

Then I bought tree ornaments in the seasonal section.

They were technically all ornaments in memory of the dead, so that's kind of appropriate. I got a photo 'in memory' frame for M the Cat, a stylized yarn ball with knitting needles for my knitter friend who passed last week, and a train locomotive for my Dad who set up his Lionel trains at the foot of the tree every year.

But yes, this was a weird convergence of Holiday Creep.

[white-throated-packrat]

No, this year everyone is pushing Black Friday 2 to 3 weeks early and it's annoying

Query: Do Canadian stores just not know when American Thanksgiving is, or is it normal for Black Friday sales to start 1-3 weeks early?

[linterteatime]

Like a deer caught in headlights

[hyakunana]

Sponsor Switch!

[itbeaheadcannon]

hc that merlin and Gwen (who are besties btw) are absolutely running shit. Got a problem? Go to them - always to them. They're the ones who know the most about the castle and have full control of the royal schedules.

Uther does not know about this and neither does Arthur - however whenever either one of them pisses Merlin or Gwen off or they just do something like seriously fucked up (looking at you Uther you absolute ass) they bury them in work.

and I mean like bury them: making them wake up at like first light for an 'emergency' (apparently someone thought they saw a sorcerer) straight to training the Knights, to a meeting with the council to deal with the non-existant sorcerer, to confirmations of a celebration

they don't know what the celebration is for. (in truth it's not for anything, the castle just wanted an excuse for a party, and it's funny gaslighting the royals into thinking they approved some random ass celebration a few weeks ago)

The servants know and 100% annoy them with inane shit because their "input" is needed (no the fuck it's not, but getting to fuck over royalty is fun for them)

random servant #1 to Uther: Apologies for interrupting Sir, but the seamstress wanted to confirm time for your fitting for your outfit for the celebration tonight?

Uther, baffled asf running on 5hrs sleep: celebration? there is no celebration??? and what colour scheme

Servant #1 trying not to cackle: yes sir there is? you advised of it just last month - the seamstress just wanted to take last measurements

Servant #2 elbowing #1 to get their shit together: and the blue and purple scheme? You approved it over a month ago, and Prince Arthur confirmed last week before preparations were made.

(all the food is stuff Arthur and Uther barely tolerate and mildly hate and their alcohol is weak asf - meanwhile the knights and everyone else are eating amazingly, drunk off their asses)

more in the tags lol

[classycreeps]

Classy Creeps

[newkatzkafe2023]

Wukong Verse incorrect quotes #14 Christmas 🎄

(Y/N) texting her mother when MK Netflix wukong came up to Her and Said

(Netflix Wukong)(Horrified) Hey Y/N Mk reborn Wukong just asked if we wanted to.....Fell the mighty before their Time and display it's Carcasse in our home😨😨😨😰😰😰

(Y/N)( Translating the text) He's asking if we want to Cut down a Christmas trees😑

(Netflix wukong)(Understanding) Ohhhh!!!!! That makes more Sense😲😲😲😅😅😅

Feel Free to Reblog 😊👍

[nametakensff]

Today's mood

[sugaredparchment]

its lore rant time but it's late and I'm sleepy and also had two breakdowns so there's no brain function!!! but I have. so much about my religions teehee under the cut because I fear it will be long (it is. it's so long. I have so many thoughts and Feelings)

Gods

okay so the first thing to know is my world is broken up into. I think 6 major continents (the 7th is a country made entirely of floating islands)!! Erreliuma, the continent divided into the most countries (6; Rethan, which El, roh's mc is the third princess of; Regallia, where most of roh takes place; Auvovia, where Zircon is from, Cerrin, Koran, which Flare is from, and Tashen, which is Astraea's homeland once upon a time) is where the Actually existing gods are mostly associated with!!! all of my notes actually call them Erreliuma's Gods because originally that's what they were

As of now, there are 33 of them, divided into four categories:

Celestials, which are the sun, moon, darkness, and light

Heralds, which are nature, life, death, and time

Majors, which is a rather long list but includes war, wisdom, love, magic, alchemy, etc.

Minors, which is also a long list but includes mischief (Calixto moment!!), nightmares, dreams, both hunts, the arts, strategy, etc.

Astraea is technically counted as a minor god, as she is judgement, but she is kind of undefined by the gods themselves

But basically, these gods are the ones that are really Real!! If you mention a god in my world, these are the ones that Will Hear, even if they're not the ones you're explicitly mentioning! Multiple other countries follow these gods beyond Erreliuma, including 2 other continents (3 countries between them) and the nation of floating islands :)

Entities, Unfathomables, Chaos

There are also technically 2 other "real" things; the only beings everyone believes in, and the Unfathomables :> the Beings include The Cosmos, from which everything came, The Skies, which is sort of like the underling of the Cosmos and just watches this planet more closely, and The Guardian Star (who is technically the narrator of all the stories I write in this world!! teehee)

the unfathomables are. the horrors. The Infinity, The Eternity, and the Dream Eater! Infinity and Eternity are very similar, but basically Eternity is more rooted in reality, and Infinity is more weird and shifty! Dream Eater does very little other than Haunt People, so not exactly part of a religion, but...

Infinity is where an oc I mentioned kind of vaguely (I think), Knave, gets his ability to alter reality! The Infinity is also the being which created dragons in my world, so Pallas also technically gets her reality shifting from it, although hers is more diluted!

The Eternity has a cult that follows it. it's currently nameless but they send a member to go burn books in the woods every year cycle and it's kind of fucked, because typically the person is also sent as a sacrifice they expect the Eternity (or y'know. The fire they start) will claim the person. The Eternity doesn't really accept this but also has no way to stop it because it doesn't like to leave

And then there's Chaos! Chaos is. undefinable but weirder. technically it created all 3 unfathomables and has also existed since the dawn of time, but The Cosmos ignore it and no one else knows how to categorize it

The Musician

One country in my world, known as Citruine, has a. a thing. that j call The Musician. It is kind of like a worm in the sense that in myth, it was cut in half by chaos but not all the way??? So it split down the middle and one Not Quite Half is male (Aranos) while the other is female (Aranosia) it's. it's weird. I don't know why I came up with it but now I did and I'm keeping it (it was because I'd already named landmarks and didn't feel like fixing it)

Fae Worship Cult

my last religion is technically not even real. the fae in my world are Not Gods, and actually have their own set of Concepts they tend to call on (Fate, Fame, and Fortune) although they are more likely to reference the Skies than anything :]

Now, my fae are very very connected to The Weather. This is actually part of how most of their magic is set up and how my court division system works (weather events and types)!! now psople. People see that Fae can control the weather (not true) and go damn I need this rain to stop. what can I do? let me sacrifice a person!

And so at every Major Change Needed this cult known as Beacon Lighters throw someone off into Faerie, which is a feat in itself! Faerie is beneath a continent like. hell but physical. real. why not screw witg reality more? but yeah they sacrifice a person hoping to appease the fae even though the fae themselves are not gods and it's Strange

Anywyas yeah that's what I have going so far I have a lot of moving elements and it's weird and hard to follow cause I'm not naming very many countries but like!!!! these ideas do spread around as well I just have them mainly region focused for basics for now :D

if you read all that thank you I am just cheerfully yapping away lol!! none of this is completely finalized either I am just being Silly in my natural habitat

[greengargouille]

A probably unintented(?) but very funny thing resulting from the Welcome Home update happening in March:

You know how popular holidays are replaced by made-up similar holidays that are each associated with one of the characters? Sally with Halloween/Macabre Menagerie, Wally and/or Home with the Homewarming... And we know from the Merchandise page that Eddie was associated with "Mail-in-Time" Day, the equivalent of Valentine's Day. You know. The one that happens in February. Which just got skipped over. Very funny considering the whole deal with Eddie being ignored and out of work.

[daughterdroplet]

lonely needy baby who just wants to sit on daddy’s lap and fall asleep in his arms

[trifoliate-undergrowth]

Christmas creep is a special menace but every holiday and time of year is like this now and it drives me crazy. Beach stuff appears in the stores in late winter. Valentine's stuff chases Christmas stuff off the shelves. God forbid you need something for the time of year you're currently experiencing bc you were supposed to buy it 3 months ago and it's now been replaced with junk for whatever the next Big Holiday in a couple months is. And every big box store follows the same pageantry. You WILL celebrate Christmas while you're in this store between mid October and early December. That means depictions of snow. Not in a place with snow? You're getting snow. Fuck you. Look at the depictions of something foreign to you which we're trying to market as nostalgia.