#tis the season :)

[dynamicity-keysmash]

'Tis the season to unpack some stuff about Christmas from a minority perspective:

Christmas is a Christian holiday. The fact that many celebrate it in an irreligious way (which is valid!) does not change its origins, connotations, symbolism, nor what it has historically meant for religious minorities.

The idea that Christmas is "secular" (read: neutral) is a product of Christian hegemony and the blindness of many in Christian countries to the permeation of Christianity as "default" culture.

When someone says they don't celebrate Christmas since it's a Christian holiday, it is not actually reassuring or helpful to say something along the lines of "oh well it's just a secular day of family & presents for everyone! So you can celebrate it too!"

Though the above statement is usually well-intentioned, it is often distressing to hear because it is untrue and is erasing our lived experiences. The reflexive effort to make Christmas universal is a cultural reverberation of the millennia-old evangelizing effort to make Christianity universal, and as such, can be very uncomfortable for religious minorities.

[blackfilmmakers]

Imagine being literally one of the largest brand companies in the world, literally nothing will bring you down you beat out all other competitors in soft drinks and whatever-

And you still said that wasn't enough, "we need to make our commercials use AI, we can't possibly afford film crews and animators"

[lizardsfromspace]

It's 2009 and you're an advertiser who just got assigned this sweet job for a holiday commercial. You know, family stuff was always hard for you to write as a only child, but you really think you nailed the dynamic here. Now to submit the final cut to Folger's and

[frontmansdefender]

It’s December 1st. You know what this means

[sky-ham]

arcane but what if it's a corny hallmark romcom about lesbians

thanks @seagreenwaves for fashion refs and the equally corny tagline

[tricerasox]

‘‘Twas the night before Dracula

And all watched our clocks,

Waiting for Dear Friend Jonathan

To fill our inbox

[theoreocat]

Only four more days till Christmas!

[gomzdrawfr]

Merry Christmas!! they're exchanging gifts by the tree :3

[thatssoygor]

and for Todd Anderson, Christmas was never the same again.

Christmas Eve at the Grave, 1896

Dead Poets Society, 1989

[loseractivities]

since everyones drawing this photo

merry christmas (sarcasm)

reference

[inkyami]

Illustration from "Tell me a sto.." by Una Hart. The book follows the evolution of most famous fairy-tales through time and how many fun, bizarre and dark versions there are.

The motif of a resurrecting princess does not end with Snow White and Sleeping Beauty. In a Danish version the damsel in distress munches on a dozen suitors until the right one comes along)

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[eleganceofhersoul]

[sleepy-cone]

[abd-illustrates]

YOU!! I DONT KNOW IF PEOPLE SEND ASKS ABOUT HEARTLESS ANYMORE BUT I RECENTLY RESURFACED BACK TO IT AND I JUST *EXPLOSION SOUNDS* /pos

BRO I cannot express to you how much I think about Doppel and Glass and their character concepts and their dynamic and just generally the story. Man, I don't know what it is about those two, but like...AJHSJHD!!

I really like thinking about angst and ways that you can make both of them complex and stuff, you know, separating from just "haha silly comic relief guys!" I like thinking about them and how their not the same, and how they're both technically separate beings kinda? And how they're different and stuff and AA-

ALSO I love they're character design man? Like, it looks...crunchy. that's probably a bad way to put it, but they feel like those sensory videos where people take wax and slime and crush it all up and its really satisfying and crunchy.

AUGH they're all so awesome and I love love LOVE thinking about Heartless as a story and how it would play out and stuff. Keep up the good work and stuff, sorry for word bombing you I just suddenly got a lot of feelings and had to get it out somewhere

sgssgfjsgh thank u so much for taking the time to send this ask dude!

Seeing any love for the Heartless gang always sparks more joy than I can convey, no matter when -- but ur timing is uncanny haha, these two have been on my mind a lot lately too! (Especially since the new Madds Buckley song dropped 'cause it's just sO--- 👀😩🤌)

I'm not very articulate rn but pls take this doodle as a big thank u for the encouragement and for sharing ur thoughts about 'em! 🪞💜

[bebs-art-gallery]

The Mystery of Light

— by Sydney Laurence (1865-1940)

[chelshiart]

They send out holiday office pictures every year