ah, the holidays...

[prosewitch]

It is difficult for me to navigate the commercialization of the holidays (ick), the religious nature of the holidays (every religion is a social construct, dammit), and the family-intensive nature of the holidays (love my family, but not used to spending this much time around them anymore). Plus the food traditions of the holidays (tons of

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[lillornyn]

Our friend group consists of one Vodoun, one Amerindian belief structure, one Elf, two Jews, one (ex)Mormon, one Theist...etc, etc, etc. And yet we'll still sit around a Christmas tree tomorrow morning and open presents and cook a turkey and celebrate our friendship and generosity and goodwill toward one another. Because if our ridiculous theological state is going to mandate a federal holiday on behalf of a single religion, we're happy to co-opt it for our own joyous get-together. And that, to me, is the essence of any winter ceremony: celebrating love and light and joy here at the darkest time of the year.

So Happy Soltichrismahanakwanzaka, Jeana-bean. Love y'all. ;-)

[lifeofreilly]

I am thankful that I can usually offer an escape-valve from your Home With Parents existence. It was (as it is every single time) lovely to see you- and then you and Tom- over the holidays. :)

[kinzokutaka]

Hope you survived those holidays OK. Have a great birthday this week!