#the greatest gift of Christmas

[peterkothe]

———-🎄MERRY CHRISTMAS🎄————-

A lone poor child, with only his beloved drum to play, joins with the Magi, the Wisemen of the East following a star, to find the Christ Child. While they presented their gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh, the drummer boy had only his song to play; a song that brought happiness to Child’s face! A with that, a great blessing to the Drummer Boy, for he gave all he could for the King of Kings!

“Blessed are the pure of heart: for they shall see God.”-Matthew 5:8

[newwavesylviaplath]

sad to announce hugh jackman oiled up and wearing nothing but a bow was NOT under my tree this year.. but i understand they might be shipping him from new york so i can wait a while

[lynn-tged-posting]

HAPPY HOLIDAYS MERRY WHATEVERS!!! HERE IS THEM!!! I AM NOT LATE WITH POSTING THIS. IT'S DECEMBER 25TH. IT IS NOT TWO DAYS LATER WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

[consulting-mage]

Dad bod dad bod

[venice-witch60s]

Christmas gift 🎁💿🎶

(Btw Cedric Gervais' Summertime Sadness remix? <<<<< 🤮)

[hopkei]

12.16.24

[toypoetry]

'Tis the time of giving 🎄✨

[screechingzephyrr]

live reaction of me watching mike and alison leave the ghosts:

[dramoor]

“Let Your goodness Lord appear to us, that we, made in your image, conform ourselves to it. In our own strength we cannot imitate Your majesty, power, and wonder nor is it fitting for us to try. But Your mercy reaches from the heavens through the clouds to the earth below. You have come to us as a small child, but you have brought us the greatest of all gifts, the gift of eternal love Caress us with Your tiny hands, embrace us with Your tiny arms and pierce our hearts with Your soft, sweet cries.”

~Christmas prayer of St. Bernard of Clairvaux

(Art via Etsy)

[townofcadence]

In the time she had spent with Artair, she observed a few particulars. One was his bag, the way he could conjure nearly anything. The second were the pins she saw occasionally, some were swapped and replaced with different ones, some remained. In the context of Christmas, that was the most important observation of all. A pin by itself did not make for a good present, but a couple would suffice.

As she shopped, Naoto wondered why she was going so far to give a client a present. Detectives were to remain impartial. They understood clients were simply clients, only to cross paths because of business alone. Artair and Inaba were synonymous, she realized as she walked home, purchases in hand, and Naoto wasn’t sure if she liked that correlation.

Until Christmas, they sat on the corner of her desk, taunting her. Pointless, wouldn’t care, why are you doing this. 

Excluding the plastic bags they had come in, they weren’t wrapped. She carried them in her bag until she met Artair and pulled him away to a quieter place. She fished them out, all three resting upon her gloved hand.

“I think you know what this one is,” she started, handing him the first, an okonomiyaki pin. The design was simple, but Naoto thought it was more interesting than the typical ramen and onigiri she assumed most people knew.

The second she handed over was a pudgy snake. “I suppose you can call this a cryptid. This is a tsuchinoko. As you can see, it resembles a snake, only pudgier. Some legends state they can speak and love to lie. Some say they enjoy alcohol. Some say the tsuchinoko can swallow its own tail and roll around like a wheel.”

The final pin was a red daruma. “You’ve seen these around, I’m sure. It symbolizes perseverance. You’ll often see them with one eye drawn in. This represents setting a goal. As you expect, when the second eye is drawn in, it means you’ve achieved your goal.” The daruma pin had both of its eyes blank. “I don’t expect you to treat this pin like a real one, but if you wish, then I can’t stop you.”

She didn’t say Merry Christmas because it had been apparent after giving him those pins.

And for as long as she could, she wanted to pretend that the line drawn between client and detective was still clear in the sand.

@chibitantei // Unprompted!

The moment he sees those gifts, he knows what they mean. She delivers them with as much professionalism as any young detective who totally doesn't care about you can, and it is very commendable. Even so, His respect only keeps his smile from reaching too far, and does not erase it from his face. "Aw.... thank you, Detective." He bows to her, as a sign of respect. before accepting them. He'd give her a hug, but that might be too much, when she's already trying so hard here. "I love them! The okonomiyaki is just like that first time we went to a restaurant together. And I love the tsuchinoko, they're so round. I might just use the daruma too." He takes the time now, in front of her, to pin all three to the outside of his bag.

He opens it then. "I.... hope you don't mind that I got something for you, as well. It's nothing much." Out comes a retangular, larger wrapped gift. Under the wrapping is a decorative box-- a Koyosegi puzzle box. "I.... thought with the cases, you might like puzzles too. but this one is also practical because you can stick something inside it. Once you figure out opening it, of course." He smiles a little more. "And speaking of... your second gift is inside. Figured a detective like yourself might enjoy a bit of mystery." If shaken, there's a gentle rattle of several somethings from inside.

[shopcat]

oh ya marry christmas feliz navidad prospero año y felicidad and such

[kradogsrats]

SCREAMING

[psychologicalwarclaire]

Hey @purplepixel @purplepixel @purplepixel @purplepixel I MADE YOU A CHRISTMAS PRESENT

Brothers for Christmas

Verrry short oneshot featuring fluff, turtle tots, and some adorable April and Donnie dynamic.

I don't know what happened, I blacked out and it was there. Sorry it's less than. My usual quality but STILL. Here!

[feralnumberfive]

When will my family notice that I put two mayonnaise labels on our Christmas tree

[miercolaes]

@freakarus, you were part of the addams family ever since the day gomez challenged you to duel when you first entered their house. now you're in the family portraits. but here are some headcanons from the addamses:

i. morticia adores eddie. whenever eddie comes around, she makes everyone wear clothes with holes in them to make him feel more comfortable around them. whenever she gets the chance, she always gifts him either antique rings or creates more chains so that he could wear however he likes. at least once, she let eddie be head of the seance. she's also indulging him with old diaries from their ancestors that would give him ideas for his games. she found it fascinating that there is someone else interested in both dungeons and dragons, but she didn't mean the game. she would listen to his stories and would make the entire family participate in d&d campaigns.

ii. gomez thinks of eddie as his son. he's even telling others (relatives and acquaintances) that eddie was his son for a while and no one saw him before because he's that great of a stalker. he makes sure to treat him the same way he treats all his children. he engages in games he deems fun and that brings them together, but of course without actually harming eddie. one time he basically dragged a tailor to make the same costumes for all his male children : pubert, pugsley and eddie. gomez also likes to smoke and he frequently smokes with eddie. while not sure how we.ed is, he doesn't mind eddie consuming anything in a safe environment. gomez is okay with his cigars, but every now and then does try other substances with eddie.

iii. pugsley adores him. he's a little leech that caught on eddie. to pugsley, eddie is a hero. he's so cool and confident in his eyes. whenever eddie's around the house, pugsley is always behind a corner, admiring him. even though, most of the time, he does barge in just to talk to eddie. he's also a big hugger. he hugs eddie a lot and tells him he'll miss him everytime he leaves the house. he learned more about d&d rules because of eddie and hopes one day he'll make eddie proud. pugsley also likes to show eddie what bombs he had created in order to impress him. one time, he was afraid eddie wouldn't come back, so he locked eddie in one of the rooms just so that he'll spend the night.

iv. pubert is small, probably around eight or ten. the blue eyed blond addams anomaly does like eddie, too. he's very similar to pugsley to a degree, but unlike pugsley, he has more confidence. pubert has no problem trying to steal eddie from wednesday whenever he sees fit and he likes to make his brother jealous. one time, pubert asked eddie how can he become more like eddie. he's currently growing his hair so that he can have a similar hairstyle to eddie.

v. wednesday i think forgot they are friends. to her, eddie is just family. and she would both kill and die for her family. whilst she may appear the most distant from the whole family, she cares about him a lot. if someone bullies eddie, wednesday is there to avenge her brother. she enjoys torturing him when it comes with his love life. she likes to play tricks on him, without actually harming him of course, but it'd good to keep him on his toes. same applies to her brothers, after all. whenever the family announces a vacation / trip, she's first to let eddie know he has no other choice than to come. because she sees him as her older brother, she literally goes to him about anything and everything. at this point, she knows where he's at by smell. at some point along the way, she felt comfortable enough to be physically close to him or touch him, which is just wow!!!! meaning if she wants him to go somewhere, she just grabs his arm and drags him. she also likes to poke him for some reason. and to end this because it gets too long, when she brought him home, she didn't expect him to stick around. but he did. and now she doesn't know a life without him. so even if he comes back wrong in any of your verses, she'll be looking out for him. she'll make sure he wouldn't hurt others just because she knows he wouldn't have harmed them before. even if it's just her eddie's memory that she's not willing to let go of, she. will. be. there.

[silverselfshippingchaos]

to all my m.ass e.ffect mutuals: did you know that grunt is friends with my wife a.qua