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I've added a new entry to my book, "†Confessions of a Pseudonym"  : "Movies for the Holidays" This was a painful task to do, Mister! I should at least get a Meh? for effort.  For Task #10 for "12 Days Of Christmas 2024" |
"12 Days Of Christmas 2024" Hey Kiya: I love the way you write! You engage the senses with realistic characters in adventures which range from spunky and lighthearted to somber and gritty. Happy holidays! |
 THE WINTER EXPRESSSANTA HAS A WHOLE NEW SQUAD by Kiya Sama It was only last month when the world was shocked at the annoucement of Santa's famous reindeers going into retirement. In a lengthy instagram post by Mr. Claus, accompanied by a lovely picture of he, Mrs. Claus, and the reindeers in front of their country home in the North Pole; he stated that it was with deep regret and heartfelt gratitude that Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, and Blitzen would be spending the rest of their days living peacefully after diligently giving us so many years of delightful memories every Christmas Eve. Since then, an outpouring of love for the famous eight has been seen all over social media with hashtags like #ReindeerLoveForever and #ThankYouDDPVCCDB garnering over a million mentions. But take heart reindeer fans, and those who were concerned about the delivery of presents this year, because Santa's got a wonderful surprise for us! In his most recent post, he's announced eight - just as stunning - new reindeers eager to kick off the holidays this year. There will be a press conference, live from the North Pole, later this afternoon, where will be be officially introduced to: Carden, Dresha, Crapren, Nexvi, Meoct, Piduc, Endron, and Lintzeb. According to sources, they are just as excited to get to work and they promise to do their best to live up to their famous predecessors' legacy. P.S: Rudolph will still retain his duties as head reindeer, but could not be reached for a statement at this time. Written for Task #8 for "12 Days Of Christmas 2024" |
Kåre เลียม Enga  Yup! I got it after Vixen. After all, we know how creative iKïyå§ama  is.  |
Joy  - Hah! You give me way too much credit, Joy.  . I was just feeling too lazy to come with creative new names and figured...ah, why the heck not?  |
 Tinsel Acrostic Poem Toot-toot-toot goes the whistle of the Express where In-inside happy cheers soon fill the air. No-no-no not a single tear be shed So come-come-come have a holly for your head. Else you miss-miss Santa who’s on his way Look to the sky for there you'll find his sleigh! Written for Task #6 for "12 Days Of Christmas 2024" |
| I love-love-love the rhythm you have going Why not look-look-look to the sky, (is it snowing?)  |
THANKFUL SONALI RIP BIKERIDER  - I tried that, but it didn't quite sound right while reading it out loud.  |
| Top Five Holiday Songs: 1. Winter Ahead by V and Park Hoy Shin - this is a new release by two South Korean artists who dipped their toes into jazz. I love the soothing melody of this song, and though the lyrics don't necessarily related to 'Christmas', it's still the perfect ambience for the holiday season. Makes you want to curl up in front of the fireplace with a cup of hot chocolate. 2. Santa Claus is Coming to Town by The Jackson 5 - Can't go wrong with the Jackson 5, can you? Great Christmas songs in their album, but especially this one which features Michael's soaring vocals at such a young age. 3. Feliz Navidad by Jose Feliciano - Ah, love this one! A danceable tune that's been covered ad nauseum over the years. 4. The Little Drummer Boy by Boney M - I love their version of this song. Grew up with this and distinctly remember always putting on the vinyl record at Christmas time and dancing my tiny self away in the living room.  5. Do They Know It's Christmas? by Band-Aid - written by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure, this anthem is a must listen to every holiday season. Aside from its deeper meaning (and the reason it was created in the first place was to raise awareness of famine in Ethiopia), it's quite a catchy tune. Written for Task #5 for "12 Days Of Christmas 2024" |
 Holiday Meta-Fours:  Good luck picking Carly as your Secret Santa. Everyone knows she's a Grinch this time of year.  Oh? Pete's complaining about the office Christmas party? The typical snowflake strikes again.  Despite their best attempts to keep the argument at a whisper, it didn't take long for it to snowball into a shouting match over who was really responsible for the charred turkey dinner.  The children's voices soared, in unison, as they sang Christmas carols to the delight of Missus Simmons for her 95th birthday celebration. Written for Task #4 for "12 Days Of Christmas 2024" |
 Our Patridge in a Tree : For this, I have chosen to highlight the wonderful Ẃeβ࿚ẂỉԎḈĥmas  . What can be said about our familiar and lovely community witch, who flies all around Writing.com, leaving behind trails of her kindness and generosity in every possible way? Besides her interactive activities, which encourage community participation - see "The Witch's Chamber" , "FROST-WITCH Bingo!" and "The Bard's Hall Contest" (which she runs with the sweet SantaBee  ) - she also seems to have recently been bitten by the word search bug for some reason.  Seriously, just visit her notebook and you'll see her requesting for folks to keep creating those darn things for every possible season!  In addition, she's the most helpful gem in keeping up with our group "The WDC Angel Army" . When I'm down and out, or just too busy to keep track of things around here, she's the anchor that helps keep us afloat. I, and indeed, the Writing.com community is lucky to have her as part of the family, and I hope she has the bestest and most wonderful holiday season she so deserves. Thanks for all you do, Webbie! We love ya!  Done for Task #1: "12 Days Of Christmas 2024" |
I totally 2nd everything you said, Kiya! Webbie is invaluable to the Bard's Hall!! And she's a bunch of fun with her Bingos!! I just wish I could keep up with all the word search requests! haha. Smiles & Hugs Ẃeβ࿚ẂỉԎḈĥmas  |
 The Three Wise Men: What three pieces of writing advice do I wish I had known before starting out on my creative writing journey?  There's no pleasing everyone. Don't write just to get approval - write because it's something you want/need to get out of your system. Don't worry so much about being grammatically excellent when you begin. Just let the words out as they come. In time, you'll eventually learn all the tricks and trades of polishing those rocks and turning them into gems. Don't freak out when you see a site called 'Writing.com' and waste away a year that could have been spent getting to meet your fellow writers and learning from them! Written for Task #3: "12 Days Of Christmas 2024" |
| It's moving day! (and because I might not have internet later, I'll just go ahead and post all these for now) Written for Task #2: "12 Days Of Christmas 2024" (and since I went on a rant, it couldn't all fit in here Merremy Christmas!) Hah! Preview:  Naughty or Nice?  Now, for this task, I'm supposed to make a case for a pop culture villian who deserves to be on Santa's Nice List, and a pop culture hero who deserves to choke on a boatload of coals while sitting pretty in the Naughty List. *deeeeep breath* So here goes: Jon Snow and Daenerys Targaryen. Read More Below: "Naughty or Nice" |
| A couple of weeks ago, while on the ward - doing my med rounds - my phone did its usual notification buzz. Absently, I flipped it open, assuming it would just be another usual email etc. etc. However, when I immediately saw the 'Notice to Evacuate Property' in the header - as one can imagine, my mind started racing. I had to compose myself long enough to finish my medications and then flip the darn message open. Apparently, the 'fancy-rich-snotty' neighbors did not appreciate our landlord renting out his home to a bunch of strangers. So, they filed a complaint against him (courts got involved and what not), and in turn, he was forced to let us go...by the end of this month. Yay. So, I literally had less than a month to find a new place and begin readjusting my life. Needless to say, it's been quite stressful, and in between having to fork out hard-earned cash for a new place at such short notice; having just paid for the rent for my soon-to-be ex-home (and yes, I will be getting my refund back!); let's just say this Christmas/holiday season has been an odd one so far. Luckily, I have some wonderful co-workers who jumped to my rescue and helped me find a new place, which I am moving into this weekend. It's going to be much further away from work (and the only reason I even moved to this current-soon-to-be-ex-home was because it's walking distance to the hospital), but beggars can't be choosers at this point. Were we noisy and unruly? Nope. Did we pose any noticeable threat to the community? Nope. The way I see it, they just simply couldn't deal with seeing 'different' people in their precious neighborhood. Take that as you will. |
🎄pwheeler joy to the world  - It's all just very strange/shady. Did the landlord simply go against the HOA rules or something in the first place? I mean, if he owned the house, isn't it is right to do whatever he wants with it? If, indeed, he did violate the HOA rule, then he's a scumbag for what he did, and I can understand the neighbors putting him through that. Either way, we - the tenants - are the victims of all of this, and it's really frustrating as heck. |
| Oh, yes, that's true. Some HOA's forbid renting your home at all, to anyone, for any reason. It's a terrible shame that you are the one to suffer when you didn't do anything wrong though. |
| Dearest iKïyå§ama Thanks so much for all you do on WDC. Your "Project Write World" has been one of my most valuable experiences on WDC. I am still hoping you revive it sometime! Wishing you and yours a great festive season and happy 2025! Love Sonali |
Hah, guess it's that time of year to whip this out again:  Not to be confused with a chicken/rooster, but my dragon is well prepared this year. See those circle thingamajigs on each side? Those are high-powered snowball blasters...hence the blue flying thingies in the air there. Ahem! So yeah, throw those snowballs at your own risk! You've been warned!!  In the interim, I think I'll try tackling this interesting lil' activity: "12 Days Of Christmas 2024" |
| I've added a new entry to my book, "†Confessions of a Pseudonym" : "The Great Giovanni"  Rest in Power |
| I have a book of her poetry because the library (in its insanity) was culling poetry books. |
| iKïyå§ama - They only keep books that "circulate". Like news story algorithms... only popular articles count. Stupid imo. I grew up where the public central library had over 2 million titles. Great for research. I don't think Montana has anything like that. |
So, while watching the new trailer for the upcoming release of 28 Years Later (if you haven't seen the first movie - 28 Days Later - why not????!!!) All the same, if you watch that new trailer, you'll hear an 'eerie' and 'disturbing' poem being read in the background. I had to go digging for it and discovered it's a poem called Boots by Ruyard Kipling Although there have been many recitations of this poem, I believe the 1915 version - used in the trailer - and recited by Taylor Holmes - is perfect. You can visit the Library of Congress to hear it in full. Or if you want visuals to go along with it, you can watch it below: [[Embed over limit (10).]] Read along with the video or audio with the poem below: Boots by Ruyard Kipling |
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In fact, I say we make him sit down and do a watch-a-marathon-of-all-Xmas-movies-listed-in-this-activity as payback! Hmph!
@Merremy Christmas!