21 Dec 23
@ghost-of-a-duke saidAh … your wife paints! Lovely 🙂
One of my wife's paintings.
(Not connected to this thread, but's let's call him Snowy).
@ghost-of-a-duke saidShe has some talent, and Snowy sounds much better in my humble opinion.
One of my wife's paintings.
(Not connected to this thread, but's let's call him Snowy).
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@ghost-of-a-duke saidYour wife’s pussy painting.
One of my wife's paintings.
(Not connected to this thread, but's let's call him Snowy).
Excellent work
28 Dec 23
@ponderable saidWhen do you guys count the end of Christmas time?
Done
6th of January (as is customary in modern Germany)
2nd of February (40 days with the relevant rites in Judaism)
Any other? (Then we change back our avatras I presume)
28 Dec 23
@ponderable saidTo me Christmas is generally over on Boxing day, no later than New Year. So my avatar has been changed back to normal.
When do you guys count the end of Christmas time?
6th of January (as is customary in modern Germany)
2nd of February (40 days with the relevant rites in Judaism)
Any other? (Then we change back our avatras I presume)
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28 Dec 23
@ponderable saidI’d say there are a number of options Ponderable:
When do you guys count the end of Christmas time?
6th of January (as is customary in modern Germany)
2nd of February (40 days with the relevant rites in Judaism)
Any other? (Then we change back our avatras I presume)
- midnight on Friday Jan 5th which is the 12th day of Christmas
- midnight 27th December which is when Boxing Day ends
- anytime in between
Further options include
- avatar changes along the way and up to any of the above options
- move to a New Year avatar at some point but probably not before December 30th, ideally December 31st
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@torunn saidI agree with this, however I find keeping a Christmas avatar of some sort during the betwixt period helps me manage the emotional unease of not quite knowing how to feel during those days. It also provides balance with keeping the Christmas decorations up which, if I followed your more stricter interpretation, would have to come down on the 27th. You haven’t taken your Christmas tree down have you?
To me Christmas is generally over on Boxing day, no later than New Year. So my avatar has been changed back to normal.
28 Dec 23
@divegeester saidI have no Christmas tree, no decorations. What I have is two 'electric Advent candlesticks', hyacinths, 'mini-bulb strand'(?) and some decorations and ivy on the balcony. The Christmas feeling is long gone. I keep what I think is beautiful.
I agree with this, however I find keeping a Christmas avatar of some sort during the betwixt period helps me manage the emotional unease of not quite knowing how to feel during those days. It also provides balance with keeping the Christmas decorations up which, if I followed your more stricter interpretation, would have to come down on the 27th. You haven’t taken your Christmas tree down have you?
28 Dec 23
@ponderable saidFor as long as seasonal guests linger.
When do you guys count the end of Christmas time?
@torunn saidWhen I was young, Christmas was delineated by the bumper 2-week issues of the Radio Times and the TV Times.
I have no Christmas tree, no decorations. What I have is two 'electric Advent candlesticks', hyacinths, 'mini-bulb strand'(?) and some decorations and ivy on the balcony. The Christmas feeling is long gone. I keep what I think is beautiful.
28 Dec 23
@ponderable saidThe Episcopal Church of America has a feast day on Jan. 6th, Epiphany, and so that has always been the end of Christmas celebration for me.
When do you guys count the end of Christmas time?
6th of January (as is customary in modern Germany)
2nd of February (40 days with the relevant rites in Judaism)
Any other? (Then we change back our avatras I presume)
29 Dec 23
@divegeester saidDo you have any atheists in your family? I bet you do.
Even through you don’t recognise the time of year as being the birth of Christ?
Are they still your family even though you don't agree with them? I bet they are.
Gonna have to try harder than that to denigrate me. Way harder.
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29 Dec 23
In my uncle's house, as I recall, he always said that it was Christmas every day. The spirit is what he meant, although I never got a chance to ask him. The spirit of goodwill towards your fellow man.
Anyone know of an appropriate avatar for representing this spirit? A holy spirit, which is invisible, but one can see the effects it causes.