#the holiday stocking

[nocticola]

BJ Britt as RJ Angel (angel of Robert Holiday) in The Holiday Stocking trailer & sneak peek (2022) 2/ 2

Directed by Roger M. Bobb; Written by Cas Sigers-Beedles

[grickle14]

A leg up. 

[cheekinpermission]

I'm only *checks notes* five days overdue. Whoopsie.

[vigilskeep]

okay i AM going to make posts about thedas holidays this year, and on that note: tomorrow is first day!!

this is a pretty simple one. thedas has the same months as us with different names, so they celebrate the new year on the first day of their january: wintermarch! (which is also called verimensis if you’re fancy.) we don’t know very much about first day, but we do know that it’s traditional to visit neighbours and family. this apparently comes from annually checking in remote areas that everyone was alive, lmao. there’s also large town gatherings of drinking and merriment to commemmorate the year past! so it’s all about community. this seems to be the closest of thedas’ festivals to the middle of winter, so it’s probably the one associated with snowy weather. also based on one mention in a browser game, it’s possible some people eat chicken about it?

your warden and their party might have taken shelter from the cold and been caught up in a town’s cheerful first day party, no blight or weather or war stopping the celebration. your hawke probably remembers the twins’ little hands in theirs as they trudged through the snow, visiting the most isolated farmholds on the edge of some remote fereldan village. kirkwall’s hightown must have very different first day social events to those drinking and dancing around the alienage vhenadahl, or to shivering darktown neighbours finding each other in the gloom down below. a josephine bundled tightly against the cold also dresses skyhold up for the occasion, insisting on a shared feast that accounts for everyone from new recruits to the inner circle, appalled when some don’t share her enthusiasm for new year’s resolutions and a fresh productive start. maybe the veilguard visiting all their “neighbours” means being ferried by a baffled caretaker through the crossroads, with increasingly drunk stumbling over the course of the day. some factions put on a better festive mood than others, but for each member of the team, someone needs that annual reminder they’re alive and will come back safe

[dearlypng]

🎄🐈‍⬛ christmas cat pngs 🐈‍⬛🎄

[musicbabes]

Billie Holiday par Dennis Stock, 1958.

[vintagehomecollection]

Have a very merry Christmas day and Happy Hanukkah.

House Beautiful Christmas, 1994

[purpleminte]

She is a “stocking stuffer.” In a sense.

[nocticola]

BJ Britt as RJ Angel (angel of Robert Holiday) in The Holiday Stocking trailer & sneak peek (2022) 1/ 2

Directed by Roger M. Bobb; Written by Cas Sigers-Beedles

[grickle14]

The upper foot.

[adventuresofalgy]

When Algy woke up on Christmas morning he was astonished to find himself in a glorious Christmas tree full of sparkling decorations and a thousand twinkling lights. There was no sign of his magic pumpkin, but the fluffy Christmas stocking which he had hung in the bare tree the night before was positively bulging, with exciting looking objects sticking out of its top…

Algy was quite overwhelmed, for he had found the light and warmth in the heart of the winter darkness at last… and it was in his very own home…

Algy wishes you all a Merry Christmas and very happy holidays, and hopes that Santa Claus has visited you in the night too. Algy sends lots of fluffy Christmas hugs to you all

Merry Christmas! 🤗🎄🤗🎄🤗🎄🤗🎄🤗🎄🤗🎄🤗🎄🤗🎄

[andallshallbewell]

[themandalabloom]

I’m so nervous to share that I’ve opened a new Etsy shop; Mandala Bloom! This shop focuses specifically on my handmade ornaments and delights, showcasing beautifully articulated wire spheres that can transform into dozens of shapes.

As a 6-year Etsy Seller, I've created a new shop because my original shop was focused on bracelets, ornaments, toys, etc, and I found that it was too confusing not only for customers, but for the algorithm as well.

If you like my work, or if it sparked a little bit of joy in you, I kindly ask for your assistance by favouriting my items/shop as this helps it rank better in search and increase its visibility as newly listed items. (ONLY if you find my handmade art worthy of a heart/favourite)

Thank you, and I wish you a fantastic day! <3

[snowysolstice]

[eerieeccentrix]

[shepsfishtank]

once bitten and twice shy

female shepard / garrus vakarian • rated T • 5k words

Shepard needs someone to run back-up on a last minute mission; Garrus gets stuck with it. Too bad turians don't like the cold.

excerpt:

“Com — mander?” “Read you, Joker,” she says. “Damn it… okay. We’ll sit tight.” Garrus looks at the sensors again — EXTERIOR TEMPERATURE: -141.2°F | -96.2°C. “Still think we’re good?” She turns a withering look towards him.

📖 read on AO3