#it’s not Christmas season until dec 1st

[r0seb100d]

Mourning the end of witch season 🪦🐈‍⬛

[cloverandcrossbones]

So, I forgot that Americans celebrate Thanksgiving in November.

So when I saw this meme I assumed at first that it was just meant to be absurd or kind of making fun of manufactured "relatable" posts.

[yowyowyaoi]

Sasodei Christmas Headcanons

❄️ Deidara insists on a real tree, not artificial, every year. Sasori agrees and takes him out into the woods to chop one down. But once they’re out there Deidara fawns over how “perfect” each tree is and “feels bad” about cutting them down. Day ends with a trip to the store for a nice plastic tree. Sasori would prefer keeping the light and ornament scheme monochromatic, but Deidara prefers a helter-skelter of colors and ornaments and lights and tinsel. Sasori always lets him have his way because of how cute he looks when he’s excited.

❄️ They don’t really buy presents for each other, but they spend a lot of time picking out gifts for the others in the Akatsuki. Their “gift” for each other is planning a nice vacation to take together after the holidays.

❄️ Sasori doesn’t like Christmas decorations going up until December 1st at the earliest. Deidara starts sneaking things out of storage the day after Halloween.

❄️ Deidara starts a “tradition” where from Dec 1 to Dec 25 he and Sasori watch one Christmas movie a night. During this time they’re not allowed to check their phones or work on their hobbies or do anything at all other than spend time together. At first Sasori didn’t like this but he eventually grew into it when he saw how excited Dei would get each night when it was time for the movie to start. 

❄️ Sasori makes absolutely delicious Christmas cookies. He gets many special requests from other people to bake them for parties and get-togethers. He can’t eat but he remembers baking with his mother during the holiday season, and he has Dei there to taste-test all of his creations. His specialty are gingerbread men dressed up/made to look almost like carbon-copies of the person he’s making them for.

❄️ Sasori’s favorite thing in the world is to sit in a room that’s totally dark except for the lights of the tree, with Deidara’s head in his lap, as the two quietly tell each other about their days.

❄️ Deidara’s mother would make what she called a Christmas Scrapbook every year. It would start on December 1st and end on December 25th. In it would be pictures of the two of them together, and the different fun things they would do that month. Deidara’s mother died when he was around 12, and the scrapbooks stopped. He told Sasori about it when they had been dating for about 3 years, and thought nothing more about it. Then on Christmas of that year Deidara found himself unwrapping a beautifully put together scrapbook of the two of them together, and all the things they did that month. On the very last page Sasori taped a Diamond ring and wrote “To Be Continued?” underneath. Deidara sobbed. They got married 5 months later, a week after Deidara’s birthday.

❄️ Sasori absolutely loves wrapping presents. He likes making the packages look perfect and uniformed, and adding ribbons and bows to everything when he gets a chance. Deidara hates wrapping gifts; he’s all thumbs and most of the time more tape gets stuck to him than the wrapping paper. So he’ll usually convince Sasori to wrap up his gifts for him.

❄️ Both of them like Christmas music when they’re listening at home or in the car, but for some reason their love turns to hate when they hear it played in public places. If they’re in a store where that music is playing, they’ll purposely (and obnoxiously) talk so loudly that it drowns the tunes out. Or Deidara will change the lyrics of the songs to be “funny” aka inappropriate. They’ve been asked to leave several places due to this behavior. It becomes a bit of a competition with them, to see how many stores they can be kicked out of before December 25th rolls around.

❄️ The day before Christmas Eve is spent visiting/exchanging gifts with Sasori’s grandmother. She almost always knits them sweaters. Sasori hides his in the back of his closet but Deidara loves his, often wearing them until they fall off his body. 

❄️ Christmas Eve is spent with the other members of the Akatsuki. They exchange gifts with each other and they also do a Secret Santa on top of that, but the gift they get for the person they draw is supposed to be silly/funny. Sasori will give gifts according to each person’s tastes, but Deidara will give sculptures. Every time. Whether they explode or not depends on whether Deidara feels the person has been Naughty or Nice that year.

❄️ Christmas Day is just the two of them. They watch movies and Sasori makes Dei a lovely Christmas dinner. That he eats WAY too much of, and usually ends up with a stomachache. Deidara is a bit like a dog when it comes to food; he has a complete lack of self-control. If you put a whole turkey in front of him, forget taking a few slices, he will attempt to eat the. whole. turkey.

❄️When they have kids, Elf on the Shelf becomes like an Olympic event for the two of them. They take turns each night competing to see who can have the elf in funnier poses. Sasori’s best was filling the sink full of cereal, placing the elf sitting over the sink next to a jug of milk, holding a large spoon and a note that said “Sorry, I couldn’t find a big enough bowl!” Deidara’s best was the elf sitting on the kitchen counter next to a can of ginger surrounded by slices of bread, with a note that read “Surprise! I made you a gingerbread house!” Their kids love this tradition and can’t wait to wake up each day to see what the elf has done.

[flappyhappystim]

Our seasonal mystery boxes are now here! These boxes contain seasonal stim items!

We have a Christmas Mystery box which you can find here.

We also have a winter mystery box which you can find here!

Both are available in different sizes and will be available for sale until Dec 1st. They also both contain items that are not available on our site.

There are limited quantities of each size, so if they sell out, they may come down before then.

FlappyHappy is a small stim toy business run by autistics. Please help spread the word about us! We really hope to be successful and be able to make stim toys affordable and accessible to those who need them.

[redlegumes]

Dec 1st: Open Mic Night

Written for @steddieholidaydrabbles

prompt: Open Mic Night | AO3: link | wc: 474 | rating: T | cw: none | tags: open mic, karaoke, queer bar, holiday season, Christmas

Summary: Eddie is captivated by an singer on a holiday themed karaoke night at his favorite bar.

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Eddie had bundled up and headed to his regular, small, queer friendly spot that evening. The place mostly did open mics and community anchored birthdays. It didn't have a huge presence in the city which was fine by Eddie, just dingy and dark enough that it felt home-y. Even on karaoke night.

He chatted with his buddy Gareth who was also there to take in the holiday singing spectacle. Neither of them were going to perform, they did that enough part time with their band, but Eddie watched a spirited Mariah and then some Wham!

Just as the bar was at it's fullest (for this kind of event anyway), a gorgeous boy in a dark green sweater and light wash jeans stepped up on stage. The sound booth guy announced him as Steve, and the lights on the back half of the shallow stage flicked on. Eddie recognized the piano that lived back there even if he didn't recognize the performer. Visiting one of the locals maybe?

More after the cut

Steve had voluminous hair, styled to look like effortless. His cheeks were pink, and Eddie couldn't help but imagine that blush that spread over his skin probably sported a deeper tan in the summer months. Steve began picking out a tune on the piano, and Eddie's eyes shot to Steve's even sweeter pink lips as he began to sing.

♫ Have yourself a merry little Christmas Let your heart be light Next year all our troubles, will be out of sight ♫

The bar had slowly quieted; the live piano drew in everyone's attention.

♫ Have yourself a merry little Christmas Make the Yuletide gay ♫

Steve winked at the brazenly at the audience, drawing laughs and a smattering of cheers. Shit. He knows he's cute.

♫ Next year all our troubles, will be miles away ♫

As quickly as he'd smiled, Steve's lips pressed tightly there. No troubles next year? Wouldn't that be something, Eddie thought in sarcastic agreement with the sentiment on Steve's face.

The crowd began to sing along with the last two verses, a sway settling over the mismatched queers gathered their to celebrate the season with cheap drinks and other outcasts. Steve sang the last lines wistfully. Eddie supposed they all did.

♫ Someday soon we all will be together If the fates allow Until then, we'll have to muddle through somehow So have yourself a merry little Christmas now ♫

His chest ached when Steve finished while the whole bar seemed to applaud. Eddie wasn't ready for Steve's voice to stop filling his ears. He worked his way toward the edge of the stage without a plan, and waited for Steve, holding out hand to help him down. Steve took it and met Eddie's gaze with the warm eyes of a man Eddie wanted nothing more than to muddle through with.

2023 RedLegumes Steddiemas 1 2 3 4 5 6 10 SteddieHolidayDrabbles 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 10

[leafs-lover]

Which of the OCs are fake/real tree girls? What are their Christmas aesthetics?

Tia could never have a real tree. The thought of needles everywhere makes her skin itch.

She definitely goes all out for Christmas, every holiday/ season really. Auston tells her she should launch home decor line because she has “such strong opinions” about it, but she is too busy.

For Christmas they hire someone to do the exterior, hanging lights it’s not something Auston wants to do. Inside, Tia has decorations for every room. Pictures that go up for the season, specific blankets, pillows, pyjamas. Normal decor items get packed up to make room for the Christmas decorations.

Every December 4, Tia has Auston driving to their storage locker (because they couldn’t fit it all at the house) to get tote after tote. She does prefer a clean look, white, greys with red and gold mixed in. She isn’t a fan of too much sparkle, and even though she buys stuff every year she stays away from trends so it can be used year after year.

Auston hates the decor in the bedroom (to be fair he hates the 700 pillows and throw blankets she has on year round). The entire house looks like it’s from a magazine, special towels in the bathroom he can’t use etc. The only thing that is not “clean” is the tree. It is littered with homemade decorations, crafts from the kids. She buys tinsel and lets them toss it on in clumps and candy canes hang everywhere, instead of plain warm lights there are coloured ones that change patterns and flicker. Every year there are more ornaments on it and she absolutely loves it.

The kids can decorate their own rooms however they want. Quinn always wants to decorate November 1st and to have a tree in her room. While Auston and Tia don’t decorate the rest of the house until after Benjamin and Taylours birthdays, they do let her decorate her room early.

All the kids have trees in their rooms. And this is the general vibe for what Taylours room looked like this year, except he has a giant fluffy tree covered in Toronto maple leaf and SpongeBob ornaments and a giant Santa shaped pillow.

Hadley has a mixture around the house. She likes to keep it warm, and in the front room that the neighbours can see she has a large fake tree that looks like something out of a magazine. But in the back, off the kitchen is the living room where they spend their time, and that’s where the real tree goes.

As you move around the house you start to really notice Hadleys taste mixed in. That while the decor appears to be a lot of white and cream, there are pops of black, or items that some people wouldn’t consider to be “festive.” It’s not an overwhelming amount, just a little over subtle, but the perfect blend. These are the types of ornaments on the real tree up in the living room, and an idea of the different kinds of stuff you’ll see on tables, shelves etc

Nicole has very mixed feelings of the holidays, and it’s not always enjoyable as painful memories come up. She has a few decorations she’s bought over the years, a fake tree, wreath garland and some other bits and pieces, but the decor is isolated to one area. Many parts of the house are not decorated, some years the decorations are up early November other years it’s Dec 20 and they still aren’t up. She tends to be simple and doesn’t have a theme to her items. If she saw it, liked it, and was in a festive mood, she bought it and found a home for it.

[brookston]

Holidays 12.24

Holidays

Adam and Eve Day (Hungary)

Barahimizong (Sikkim, India)

Calendas (Mexico)

Chil’a (Elder Scrolls)

Christmas Eve (a.k.a. ... 

Aðfangadagskvöld (Iceland)

Apollo 8 Dark Side of the Moon Day

Bonfires on the Levee (Louisiana)

Declaration of Christmas Peace (Turku, Finland)

Drunken Synod's annual beer bash feast

Feast of the Seven Fishes (Italy)

Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols (Cambridge, England)

Fishmas [Also 1st Day of Trout Season]

Julaften (Norway)

Julafton (Sweden)

Juleaften (Denmark)

Last-Minute Shopper’s Day

Mistletoe Time

Nittel Nacht (Judaism)

Noche Buena (Spain, Latin America)

Quviasukvik (Inuit New Year; Alaska, Canada, Greenland, Russia)

Remember to Read the Instructions First Night

Silent Night Holy Night (Austria)

Super Saturday [Saturday before Xmas]

Tolling the Devil’s Knell (West Yorkshire, England)

T’owd ‘oss (North Yorkshire, England)

Weihnachten (Austria)

Wigilia (Poland)

Zerowork Season begins

Day of Military Honour — Siege of Ismail (Russia)

Heiligabend (Germany)

Helvetica Day

Jólabókaflóðið (Christmas Book Flood; Iceland)

Modresnach (German, Scandinavian)

National Roof-Over-Your-Head Day

Phonograph Patent Day

Sakewa (Sikkim, India)

Santuranticuy (Peru)

Utter Day

Yap Constitution Day (Micronesia)

Yuletide Lad #13 arrives (a.k.a. Aðfangadagskvöld; Kertasnikir or Candle Beggar; Iceland)

Food & Drink Celebrations

National Chocolate Day

National Egg Nog Day

4th Saturday in December

Super Saturday [Saturday before Christmas]

Independence Days

Libya (from Italy, 1951)

Feast Days

Adam and Eve (Christian; Saint)

Adela and Irmina (Christian; Saint)

Badnja Vece (ceremony where oak branches are blessed with barley)

Dauntless Dragon (Muppetism)

Egg Nog Day (Pastafarian)

Hanukkah Day #6 (Judaism) [thru Dec. 26th]

Harvey (Positivist; Saint)

Kolada begins (Asatru/Pagan/Slavic)

Krishna Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Mōdraniht (Anglo-Saxon Pagan)

Orgies for World Peace Day (Pastafarian)

Paola Elisabetta Cerioli (Christian; Saint)

Gregory of Spoleto (Christian; Saint)

Sol Invictus (Birth of the Unconquered Sun)

Thrasilla (a.k.a. Trasilla) & Emiliana (Christian; Virgins)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Lucky Day (Philippines) [70 of 71]

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

Premieres

Aida, by Giuseppe Verdi (Opera; 1871)

The Aristocats (Animated Disney Film; 1970)

Don’t Look Up (Film; 2021)

The Interview (Film; 2014)

I Think We’re Alone Now, recorded by Tommy James & the Shondells (Song; 1966)

Silent Night, by Franz Xaver Gruber and Joseph Mohr (Xmas Song; 1818)

The Truth About Father Christmas (UK Radio Play; 1922)

Tombstone (Film; 1993)

Today’s Name Days

Adam, Eva (Austria)

Evgeni, Evgeniya (Bulgaria)

Adam, Delfina, Eva, Irmina (Croatia)

Adam, Eva (Czech Republic)

Adam, Alexandrine (Denmark)

Aadam, Eeva, Eevi, Eva, Eve, Eveli, Evelin, Evi, Iivi, Ivi, Ivika, Tammo, Tamur (Estonia)

Aatami, Eeva, Eevi, Eveliina (Finland)

Adèle (France)

Abend, Adam, Eva (Germany)

Ahmet, Evgenia (Greece)

Ádám, Éva (Hungary)

Adele (Italy)

Ādams, Ieva (Latvia)

Adomas, Girstautas, Ieva, Minvydė (Lithuania)

Adam, Eva (Norway)

Ada, Adam, Adamina, Adela, Ewa, Ewelin, Ewelina, Godzisława, Grzegorz, Grzymisława, Hermina, Herminia, Irma, Irmina, Zenobiusz (Poland)

Eugenia (Romania)

Adam, Eva (Slovakia)

Delfín (Spain)

Eva (Sweden)

Eugenia (Ukraine)

Adan, Adana, Adam, Adamina, Addison, Ava, Eva, Eve, Evelyn (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 358 of 2022; 7 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 6 of week 51 of 2022

Celtic Tree Calendar: Secret of the Unhewn Stone [Day 1 of 1]

Chinese: Month 12 (Dōngyuè), Day 2 (Xin-Hai)

Chinese Year of the: Tiger (until January 22, 2023)

Hebrew: 30 Kislev 5783

Islamic: 30 Jumada I 1444

J Cal: 28 Zima; Sixday [28 of 30]

Julian: 11 December 2022

Moon: 3%: Waxing Crescent

Positivist: 22 Bichat (12th Month) [Harvey]

Runic Half Month: Jara (Year) [Day 15 of 15]

Season: Winter (Day 4 of 90)

Zodiac: Capricorn (Day 3 of 30)

Calendar Changes

Secret of the Unhewn Stone [Celtic Tree Calendar; 1 Day Outside Months]

[maireadralph]

Entrapdak Secret Santa 2022 - Update 24/12

Now that I’m on my Christmas Holidays from work (my holiday time just happened to fall on Christmas week and even though they let me off early yesterday and didn’t need me today as it was quite I couldn’t relax until now just in case someone else called in sick…anywaaaay) I finally have time to follow up on everything.

Oh wow Fellow Entrapdak Fans, you are just SPOILING each other this Holiday with all the amazing Secret Santa gifts.  I’m genuinely blown away by the quality and LUV gone into each and every single gift. And the speed too, did I mention the speed?? 

At my current count:

Wave 1 -> 12/18 Santas have sent their gifts

Wave 2 -> 0/1 Santas have sent their gifts

I understand some gifts have have been sent privately if a Santa was shy and some people like myself may only have free time now.  That’s okay - Santas don’t forget you have until Dec 31st (any timezone) to send a gift. Once it’s January 1st in all timezones then the gift will be considered LATE.  Let’s please try to avoid this  

So let’s continue doing our very best to send the remaining gifts within the time limit please.

There is no need to post the gift in a public online space but please note I have been ticking off Santas as I’ve seen gifts posted online.  I may send a polite message just to check in with Santas I’ve not seen post their gifts.  I just want to make sure everyone gets a gift, that’s all.

Keep doing your best everyone and please have a wonderful Holiday/Christmas Season whatever way to choose to celebrate it. 

[brookstonalmanac]

Holidays 12.24

Holidays

Adam and Eve Day (Hungary)

Barahimizong (Sikkim, India)

Calendas (Mexico)

Chil’a (Elder Scrolls)

Christmas Eve (a.k.a. ... 

Aðfangadagskvöld (Iceland)

Apollo 8 Dark Side of the Moon Day

Bonfires on the Levee (Louisiana)

Declaration of Christmas Peace (Turku, Finland)

Drunken Synod's annual beer bash feast

Feast of the Seven Fishes (Italy)

Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols (Cambridge, England)

Fishmas [Also 1st Day of Trout Season]

Julaften (Norway)

Julafton (Sweden)

Juleaften (Denmark)

Last-Minute Shopper’s Day

Mistletoe Time

Nittel Nacht (Judaism)

Noche Buena (Spain, Latin America)

Quviasukvik (Inuit New Year; Alaska, Canada, Greenland, Russia)

Remember to Read the Instructions First Night

Silent Night Holy Night (Austria)

Super Saturday [Saturday before Xmas]

Tolling the Devil’s Knell (West Yorkshire, England)

T’owd ‘oss (North Yorkshire, England)

Weihnachten (Austria)

Wigilia (Poland)

Zerowork Season begins

Day of Military Honour — Siege of Ismail (Russia)

Heiligabend (Germany)

Helvetica Day

Jólabókaflóðið (Christmas Book Flood; Iceland)

Modresnach (German, Scandinavian)

National Roof-Over-Your-Head Day

Phonograph Patent Day

Sakewa (Sikkim, India)

Santuranticuy (Peru)

Utter Day

Yap Constitution Day (Micronesia)

Yuletide Lad #13 arrives (a.k.a. Aðfangadagskvöld; Kertasnikir or Candle Beggar; Iceland)

Food & Drink Celebrations

National Chocolate Day

National Egg Nog Day

4th Saturday in December

Super Saturday [Saturday before Christmas]

Independence Days

Libya (from Italy, 1951)

Feast Days

Adam and Eve (Christian; Saint)

Adela and Irmina (Christian; Saint)

Badnja Vece (ceremony where oak branches are blessed with barley)

Dauntless Dragon (Muppetism)

Egg Nog Day (Pastafarian)

Hanukkah Day #6 (Judaism) [thru Dec. 26th]

Harvey (Positivist; Saint)

Kolada begins (Asatru/Pagan/Slavic)

Krishna Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Mōdraniht (Anglo-Saxon Pagan)

Orgies for World Peace Day (Pastafarian)

Paola Elisabetta Cerioli (Christian; Saint)

Gregory of Spoleto (Christian; Saint)

Sol Invictus (Birth of the Unconquered Sun)

Thrasilla (a.k.a. Trasilla) & Emiliana (Christian; Virgins)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Lucky Day (Philippines) [70 of 71]

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

Premieres

Aida, by Giuseppe Verdi (Opera; 1871)

The Aristocats (Animated Disney Film; 1970)

Don’t Look Up (Film; 2021)

The Interview (Film; 2014)

I Think We’re Alone Now, recorded by Tommy James & the Shondells (Song; 1966)

Silent Night, by Franz Xaver Gruber and Joseph Mohr (Xmas Song; 1818)

The Truth About Father Christmas (UK Radio Play; 1922)

Tombstone (Film; 1993)

Today’s Name Days

Adam, Eva (Austria)

Evgeni, Evgeniya (Bulgaria)

Adam, Delfina, Eva, Irmina (Croatia)

Adam, Eva (Czech Republic)

Adam, Alexandrine (Denmark)

Aadam, Eeva, Eevi, Eva, Eve, Eveli, Evelin, Evi, Iivi, Ivi, Ivika, Tammo, Tamur (Estonia)

Aatami, Eeva, Eevi, Eveliina (Finland)

Adèle (France)

Abend, Adam, Eva (Germany)

Ahmet, Evgenia (Greece)

Ádám, Éva (Hungary)

Adele (Italy)

Ādams, Ieva (Latvia)

Adomas, Girstautas, Ieva, Minvydė (Lithuania)

Adam, Eva (Norway)

Ada, Adam, Adamina, Adela, Ewa, Ewelin, Ewelina, Godzisława, Grzegorz, Grzymisława, Hermina, Herminia, Irma, Irmina, Zenobiusz (Poland)

Eugenia (Romania)

Adam, Eva (Slovakia)

Delfín (Spain)

Eva (Sweden)

Eugenia (Ukraine)

Adan, Adana, Adam, Adamina, Addison, Ava, Eva, Eve, Evelyn (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 358 of 2022; 7 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 6 of week 51 of 2022

Celtic Tree Calendar: Secret of the Unhewn Stone [Day 1 of 1]

Chinese: Month 12 (Dōngyuè), Day 2 (Xin-Hai)

Chinese Year of the: Tiger (until January 22, 2023)

Hebrew: 30 Kislev 5783

Islamic: 30 Jumada I 1444

J Cal: 28 Zima; Sixday [28 of 30]

Julian: 11 December 2022

Moon: 3%: Waxing Crescent

Positivist: 22 Bichat (12th Month) [Harvey]

Runic Half Month: Jara (Year) [Day 15 of 15]

Season: Winter (Day 4 of 90)

Zodiac: Capricorn (Day 3 of 30)

Calendar Changes

Secret of the Unhewn Stone [Celtic Tree Calendar; 1 Day Outside Months]

[bornangelauthor]

TLDR: Paranormal/Urban Fantasy books from Indie Author On SALE

TLDR:

If you like Good Omens, Harry Dresden, Anita Blake, Sookie Stackhouse, Vampire Academy, Mortal Instruments, Dark/Dream Hunters, House of Night, Mercy Thompson, and other Paranormal/Urban Fantasy books:

Please, go visit my website!

I'm running the preorder of the Next Kalista Chronicles book and 25-30% off book bundles. 25% off series and 30% when you buy all 7 of ANY FORMAT. (eBooks are DRM FREE)

Long version:

KALISTA CHRONICLES, book 4: AN ANGEL'S ADVENT (aka "the Christmas Book") is currently up for preorder UNTIL DEC 1ST over on my website linked above. It releases on my birthday, December 17th.

All formats are available and all physical copies will be signed. For this book (and possibly others to come): I am going to be giving an eBook for every physical book order as it can sometimes take up to a month for me to get the books and ship them out after release date (mostly for hardcovers).

This series is Paranormal Fantasy and "closed door" Paranormal Romance with some crime thriller undertones. Book 4 is a lot heavier on the romance, than the crime and trauma.

THE KALISTA CHRONICLES is about Kalista Angelic, who is a Born Angel, which basically means her dad is an Angel and her mom is partly human. She is the prophesied heir of her father and the next ruler/leader of all Preternaturals. It is a "grow with me" series and started out as "Young Adult" with A Born Angel and became "New Adult" with the last book "A BROKEN REDEEMER."

I'm currently running a "book Bundle" sale over on my website until January 1st.

You can get all 4 books of the KALISTA CHRONICLES for 25% off (basically buy 3 get 1 free) in ALL FORMATS (Ebook, paperback, and hardcover). You can also get my adult series, THE CREATED ANGEL CHRONICLES, which intertwines with Kalista's books around book 15-16 (ish).

THE CREATED ANGEL CHRONICLES does bring the spice in book 3 and YES, it is on the page and to quote my editor who is an AVID reader:

"It's classy not raunchy spice."

They are both set in an Alternate Universe where Angels and Demons (the broader term for anything non-human yet not an Angel) live semi-harmoniously alongside humans.

You can find a list of triggers and content warnings for each book over on my website as well:

Also, if you'd like to read a sample of the books you can find them on my website too! Their are five chapters of the first book of both series there.

If you've actually scrolled down this far:

~ THANK YOU!~

& I hope you have a great holiday season (better than I'm having as my Uncle died last Thursday and we had the funeral today) but for your patience, and time, here is a picture of some of the characters you'll meet in the Born Angel Universe:

[shadowriel]

november is here which means it is now full christmas season (at least in my books)! which begs me to ask the question: do you snap into the christmas mindset right after halloween or do you start feeling that festive spirt closer to December 25th👀

-your secret santa🎅

Merry Christmas season to you!!

I think I’m personally a ‘Christmas starts on Dec. 1st’ girlie. My family’s Indian, so we have Diwali and other holidays to celebrate in November, but we’ll usually try to get lights up soon after Halloween (so that we have them up for each of the holidays). I do start feeling christmassy, especially when Starbucks releases their holiday menu, but I usually don’t put up a Christmas tree or get into the full holiday spirit until December

[themerlinlibrary]

The Merlin Library’s Merlin Finale 10 Year Anniversary Prompt Challenge

October 6 - December 25, 2022 The Merlin Library Discord

The Merlin Library is celebrating the decade anniversary after the Merlin Season 5 finale left behind one of the most memorable television endings and emotionally devastated all of its viewers as it aired on the night before Christmas…ahem. The Merlin Finale 10 Year Anniversary Prompt Challenge is a ‘prompt’ challenge designed to capture elements of each episode as the 5th season celebrates its 10th anniversary since airing. Each week is dedicated to a specific episode until the week of the finale, where the two episodes aired within days of each other.

This fest runs for 12 weeks, starting on October 6th with the original airing date of Arthur’s Bane: Part 1, and ending with Diamond of the Day: Part 2 on December 24th. 

All creators are welcome to participate. Content is open to fic, art, edits, gifs, manips, meta, poetry, podfic, and whatever else you can creatively come up with during these 12 weeks.

You do not need to do something for each week, but there will be a special prize for those who do. Participate as much or as little as you want. 

You may tag #TML10ANNIVERSARY and your content will be reblogged to our main Tumblr, themerlinlibrary.tumblr.com.  If you are submitting to AO3, feel free to add your creations to the TML_10yrfest collection.

Please read the FAQ before sending an Ask if you have questions. Additionally, you may join our Discord server, and ask the event hosts in the server directly. 

HOW DO PROMPTS WORK?

The themes of each week are dedicated to the episode that aired. You can write fix-it fics for each episode, or fanart related to that episode, or use the word prompts or color prompts for whatever you make. The content you make doesn’t have to be specific to that episode or an ‘episode tag’ art/fic necessarily. 

The prompts are meant to inspire you, not box your creative muse in. You can interpret the prompts as literally or loosely as you want. 

The only prompt requirement is that whatever you create is set in or around the canon era Merlin universe. The fest aims to celebrate the show Merlin and it’s original setting. As great as fusions, fandom crossovers, and modern setting AU content are, this is not the fest for that. 

RULES

You may combine this fest with other ongoing challenges (ie: Merlin Bingo, Kinkalot, etc).

Each prompt week opens from the point at which the episode would have aired. However, there won’t be a deadline for when you post a prompt if it’s from an earlier week, and you have until the 25th of December to post. There will also be an amnesty week after the 25th for anyone who couldn’t post their fills in time. We understand it’s a hectic season for most of us. The event will officially end (and the AO3 collection will close) on January 1st, 2023.

In the interest of fairness, all pairings (or none, if you prefer to create gen/platonic works) are welcome. 

The last rule is to have fun. Please do not stress if you aren’t inspired for every prompt, and have fun creating!

FAQ

PROMPTS

Oct 6 WEEK 1 - Arthur’s Bane: Part 1 / Winter, Lost, Wilderness #1F0322, #F8F4E3, #615C56, #486682, #C7E9F2

Oct 13 WEEK 2 - Arthur’s Bane: Part 2 / Trapped, Caves, Rescue  #FAA61F, #6C727F, #06191F, #AEC3B0, #EFF6E0

Oct 20 WEEK 3 - The Death Song of Uther Pendragon / Haunt, Shiver, Ghost #7E8D85, #B3BFB8, #F0F7F4, #A72608, #090C02

Oct 27 WEEK 4 - Another’s Sorrow / Trust, Friendship, Disguise #D2AB99, #BDBEA9, #8DB38B, #56876D, #04724D

Nov 3 WEEK 5 - The Disir / Prophecy, Choices, Magic #FAA61F, #6C727F, #06191F, #AEC3B0, #AEC3B0

Nov 10 WEEK 6 - The Dark Tower / Manipulation, Grief, Desert #E5E8E6, #FCCB3F, #E12735, #4D6EB5, #090808

Nov 17 WEEK 7 - A Lesson in Vengeance / Lies, Suspicion, Fear #F3E9DC, #C08552, #090C02, #7C0B2B, #5D737E

Nov 24 WEEK 8 - The Hollow Queen / Deception, Cruelty, Loneliness #5D737E, #CA895F, #A15E49, #4E3822, #2F1B25

Dec 1 WEEK 9 - With All My Heart / Healing, Love, Water #090B11, #E4DADB, #042641, #E59625, #831435

Dec 8 WEEK 10 - The Kindness of Strangers / Blood, Faith, Forest #BFB48F, #8F4E55, #252627, #157A6E, #297045

Dec 15 WEEK 11 - The Drawing of the Dark / Loyalty, Betrayal, Execution #1E152A, #4E6766, #5AB1BB, #A5C882, #F7DD72

Dec 22 WEEK 12 - Diamond of the Day: Part 1 / Powerless, War, Fire #FBBA72, #CA5310, #BB4D00, #8F250C, #691E06

Dec 24 WEEK 12 - Diamond of the Day: Part 2 / Death, Eternity, Deus ex Machina #E8EEF2, #D6C9C9, #C7D3DD, #77B6EA, #37393A

[theflyingfeeling]

🎅 Blind Channel Fandom's Secret Santa 2021: The Masterpost 🎅

Season's Greetings, BC fandom!

It is finally December, which means we get to read 24 brilliant BC m/m stories, written as a gift to a certain someone. 💗 (Luckily, the rest of us get to read them as well!)

The stories will be revealed one per day, up until December 24, like a little advent calendar of our own. 🥰 In this post you can see the title of each story and the day it will be revealed. This post will be updated every day with a direct link (+the author's name) to the fic revealed that day.

Happy reading! 🎁🎄

Dec 1st: to a song called you by rem_oscar

Dec 2nd: We go together like the winter and this sweater by laakeri

Dec 3rd: my rock (like in a cheesy romance novel) by drippinlou

Dec 4th: Right Here In My Arms by yours_eternally

Dec 5th: Borealis by Askea

Dec 6th: So close to the edge by rwboydivision

Dec 7th: olet maailmankaikkeuteni by liilaa

Dec 8th: It Was the Ship of Dreams by pastlink

Dec 9th: Am I Dreaming by awkwardblogger

Dec 10th: Love Songs by Naynda

Dec 11th: cookies and cuddles by nerdbyheart

Dec 12th: Little Man On Ice by alanija

Dec 13th: This aint survival of the fittest (it's the trial of the sickest) by enskatin

Dec 14th: To the stars by theflyingzimmergaudi

Dec 15th: Forever Yours by DarthAmelie

Dec 16th: Mile Deep Hollow by YamiSofopue

Dec 17th: Ultimate Sweetness by Tripedal_Illusion

Dec 18th: I Love You Way Too Much by OutcastAngel

Dec 19th: question: why is there a dick on our christmas tree? by drippinlou*

Dec 20th: It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas by lilxminnie

Dec 21st: Enkeli taivaan (An Angel In Heaven) by phanrain

Dec 22nd: A dog and a date by hatehater

Dec 23rd: Baby on the way! by Tripedal_Illusion*

Dec 24th: A little sadness and Christmas miracles by curious_crocodile

*pinch hitter

[magicsuga]

Tbh I HATE holiday stuff out of season. Like ANY HOLIDAY THING AFTER THE HOLIDAY SHOULD BE ILLEGAL FR. I DONT WANT MOVIES, MUSIC DECORATIONS* UNTIL THE APPROPRIATE SEASON. WHICH IS GENERALLY THE MONTH LEADING UP TO THAT HOLIDAY,

FOR EXAMPLE:

Christmas should be celebrated Dec 1st-25th.

On the 26 I don’t want Christmas music or movies AT ALL- the exception here is Christmas lights can stay up until about January 6th

New Years can be celebrated Dec 29th- Jan 2nd but should predominantly be celebrated 31st and the 1st

Valentines Day - Feb 1st - Feb 14th

Pride is the ENTIRE MONTH of June

Halloween is Oct 1st - Oct 31st

* the exception to decorations is Halloween decorations which can stay up all year

[captainofstudies]

3/1/2021 | 1/103 Days of Productivity | Winter Studying Challenge

I'm being quite lazy at the moment, both with posting and uni work. I really should be working on my diss but I'm not in the mindset for hard hard work yet, sometimes you really just need a break. As long as I do one hour today I'll count that as good enough. I've decided to whip out to 100 Days of Productivity again (well, 103) as that is how long I have until my diss is due.

27th Dec: What was the best moment?

Definitely bringing the kittens home for the first time!!

28th Dec: What are you grateful for?

That my mental health stayed relatively stable during this crazy year and that we got my appendix out before it blew up.

29th Dec: Christmas or New years?

Nye is much more fun but I do love the Christmas season

30th Dec: What is your best memory from 2020?

Sitting by the bonfire on the beach we did for my birthday and cuddling my bf while WAP and bonfire are playing in the background

31st Dec: Would you rather stay home or go out on new years eve?

This year stay home for sure, but normally I'd like to be at a houseparty

1st Jan: Happy New year! What did you learn in the past year?

I've learnt that I am more than good enough. The past few years I've been on a journey of self love and I've been working to not let grades or what I think other people will think define me. I've got a good life, I love myself, I'm pretty brilliant.

2nd Jan: Have you made any new years resolutions?

I'm going to work up to comfortably running 10k by the end of the year. This is the same resolution as last year and I was more than halfway to that goal when I had to get my appendix out and couldn't exercise for 2 months.

I'm also going to get a tattoo.

3rd Jan: What is your aim for 2021?

To get into an MSc program, to graduate with a 1st (chances are it'll be a 2:1 but I'm going to aim higher), and to improve my dancing and maybe win a few more competitions.

[celebritytgcaptions]

Status Update (11/1/21)

Hi lovelies! Hope you liked the last of the Halloween captions. Now that it’s a new month I have some updates!

Requests are open!

Any requests you make now won’t be seen until December. Having said that, if you have any holiday themed requests for Christmas or Hanukkah or anything like that you’ll want to get them in. I’ll post another status update when I can’t take any more holiday requests and I’ll close requests for a brief time when I have enough to get me to the end of December. If you’ve made a request that you 1) have not seen yet & 2) I have not answered publicly, it’ll be posted before Dec. 1st!

Also, starting this month there will be a game EVERY Saturday going forward.

Because of COVID and unemployment I’ve had a lot of free time so I’ve been able to make more games than usual! My plan right now is to take a hiatus at the end of January / early February & post a game every Saturday until then. But life is unpredictable so we’ll see what happens.

I’ve also been able to remake EVERY deleted caption!

With the holiday season coming up I’ve been able to remake the three Christmas captions that were deleted. I’ve also thought of ways to remake a few captions I couldn’t figure out before, including a certain game that’ll be posted at the end of November ;). Basically by the time 2022 comes around, every caption I’ve written for this blog will be back in some way or another. Yay!

Thanks for your support lovelies. Hope you like what’s coming next! :D