More Palestine Christmas posts
27 December 2023 11:54 amMeant to post these sooner...
Christmas Canceled in Bethlehem as Churches Mourn 20,000+ Palestinians Killed in Gaza
'Bethlehem is empty of joy - no Santa, no celebration'
Tewkesbury Abbey's rubble nativity scene highlights children affected by war
I pray that 2024 will see a change. 💔
Christmas Canceled in Bethlehem as Churches Mourn 20,000+ Palestinians Killed in Gaza
'Bethlehem is empty of joy - no Santa, no celebration'
Tewkesbury Abbey's rubble nativity scene highlights children affected by war
I pray that 2024 will see a change. 💔
Christmas Who
26 December 2023 11:05 amI don't have any thoughts (at least not yet), but Margarita Life has been busy, so I am sharing her work instead.
Fifteenth Doctor | DON'T BE ALONE (+Ruby Sunday)
Fifteenth Doctor | DON'T BE ALONE (+Ruby Sunday)
Getting ready
24 December 2023 12:37 pmAllow me to share one of my favourite Christmas albums (here as a youtube playlist):
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And a story my mother sent me:
Gingerbread houses taken to the next level
This is from The Iceland Monitor, so if you want any further news about the volcanic eruption, that's the place to go. :)
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And a story my mother sent me:
Gingerbread houses taken to the next level
This is from The Iceland Monitor, so if you want any further news about the volcanic eruption, that's the place to go. :)
Where did Advent go...
23 December 2023 09:19 amIn Scandinavia, this day is known as 'Little Christmas Eve', which I always loved. :)
Anyway, I've been meaning to post these - Impish Girl introduced me, and they are hilarious. (I am presuming people are familiar with The Snowman.)
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I also posted Chapter 9: Duty of Care of All Breakages Must Be Paid For. (Poor Doctor; trying to parent the Master's son is... a challenge.)
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Apologies for my absence. I've had a horrendous cold, which is now finally (touch wood) on its way out. I've skimmed through my flist, but between being ill & trying to keep on top of work/Christmas preparations, I've had no energy.
Anyway, I've been meaning to post these - Impish Girl introduced me, and they are hilarious. (I am presuming people are familiar with The Snowman.)
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I also posted Chapter 9: Duty of Care of All Breakages Must Be Paid For. (Poor Doctor; trying to parent the Master's son is... a challenge.)
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Apologies for my absence. I've had a horrendous cold, which is now finally (touch wood) on its way out. I've skimmed through my flist, but between being ill & trying to keep on top of work/Christmas preparations, I've had no energy.
Yesterday we watched Glass Onion (it is now on Netflix! <3) and it was just as wonderful as Knives Out, if not more. We need a Benoit Blanc mystery every year, please and thank you.
And then tonight we went to the cinema to watch Violent Night, which can best be described as a cross between Home Alone and Die Hard, but starring Santa, and winning on all fronts. Funny, violent, and also very Christmassy, with genuinely touching moments.
ETA: We came out of the cinema feeling SO CHRISTMASSY, we have all agreed that it's going to be a yearly staple and we need to get the DVD.
Recommending both wholeheartedly. :)
And then tonight we went to the cinema to watch Violent Night, which can best be described as a cross between Home Alone and Die Hard, but starring Santa, and winning on all fronts. Funny, violent, and also very Christmassy, with genuinely touching moments.
ETA: We came out of the cinema feeling SO CHRISTMASSY, we have all agreed that it's going to be a yearly staple and we need to get the DVD.
Recommending both wholeheartedly. :)
Merry Christmas Everyone
25 December 2022 10:07 am♥
Hope you are all having a wonderful Christmas (or late December weekend) and that no one got stuck in bad weather.
For some reason the embed isn't working!!
Copied & pasted from Mastondon:
Not me ugly crying at a booze commercial about accepting trans people.
https://youtu.be/oOVVgEtuybk
Direct link to post:
https://mas.to/@Rodelinda@sfba.social/109498858527513828
Copied & pasted from Mastondon:
Not me ugly crying at a booze commercial about accepting trans people.
https://youtu.be/oOVVgEtuybk
Direct link to post:
https://mas.to/@Rodelinda@sfba.social/109498858527513828
Anyway, here is 'It's Cold Outside', but with updated lyrics!
And via Kerk, a charity:
Migrants Organise Winter Appeal 2022
And via Kerk, a charity:
Migrants Organise Winter Appeal 2022
Carol for Ukraine
8 December 2022 11:58 amCarol for the Charity - Antytila ft. Veryovka Ensemble & ZERNYATKO Children Folk Ensemble
Help Ukrainian children affected by the war by making a donation to the Olena Zelenska Foundation 🙌🏻
https://zelenskafoundation.org/
The Foundation provides educational, medical, financial and legal assistance to Ukrainian children abroad.
(More info on youtube)
Help Ukrainian children affected by the war by making a donation to the Olena Zelenska Foundation 🙌🏻
https://zelenskafoundation.org/
The Foundation provides educational, medical, financial and legal assistance to Ukrainian children abroad.
(More info on youtube)
Happy Christmas!
25 December 2021 11:26 amWishing Everyone a Merry and Joyful Christmas
(Or a just a happy Saturday. <3)
We watched The Man Who Invented Christmas the other night - which is about Dickens writing A Christmas Carol - and it was very entertaining and had some wonderful ways in which it illustrated what it's like to be a writer: both in how inspiration works, what it's like when the story refuses to co-operate, and the incredible frustration of being interrupted just when something's coming together.
In honour of the day I've pulled out a chunk of A Christmas Carol. It's from The Ghost of Christmas Present, and if you are not familiar with the book you might not know it - not surprisingly it doesn't really feature in most adaptations, but I love it because it looks so much wider than Scrooge's personal history.
( Read more... )
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All our lateral flows are negative, so we are off to the in-laws for Christmas dinner!! :D
(Or a just a happy Saturday. <3)
We watched The Man Who Invented Christmas the other night - which is about Dickens writing A Christmas Carol - and it was very entertaining and had some wonderful ways in which it illustrated what it's like to be a writer: both in how inspiration works, what it's like when the story refuses to co-operate, and the incredible frustration of being interrupted just when something's coming together.
In honour of the day I've pulled out a chunk of A Christmas Carol. It's from The Ghost of Christmas Present, and if you are not familiar with the book you might not know it - not surprisingly it doesn't really feature in most adaptations, but I love it because it looks so much wider than Scrooge's personal history.
( Read more... )
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All our lateral flows are negative, so we are off to the in-laws for Christmas dinner!! :D
Today is a GOOOOOOOOOD day, because Owls has posted the next chapter of 'Meet the Neighbours' - you know the one where Missy & Twelve move in next door to Crowley & Aziraphale:
Chapter 5
Chapter Summary: Crowley is ding dang doodly bananas.
It's been, um, almost half a year since Chapter 4? But trust me, the wait has been worth it. I love this chapter ridiculously much, it teeters on an impossible edge of hilarity and agitation, paired with the most delightful domesticity.
Go read! And remember: No liquids near keyboard. Owls has an incredibly imagination, I have simply stood by & encouraged the amazingness.
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And since we're on the topic of Good Omens, a reminder that Michael Sheen is an actual real life angel:
Michael Sheen turns himself into a 'not-for-profit' actor
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Finally, because Christmas is so very nearly here and this is suitably awesome:
Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Wizards in Winter (Official Music Video) [HD]
(I love love love LOVE that they took my favourite house-lights video and turned it into their actual official video!)
Chapter 5
Chapter Summary: Crowley is ding dang doodly bananas.
It's been, um, almost half a year since Chapter 4? But trust me, the wait has been worth it. I love this chapter ridiculously much, it teeters on an impossible edge of hilarity and agitation, paired with the most delightful domesticity.
Go read! And remember: No liquids near keyboard. Owls has an incredibly imagination, I have simply stood by & encouraged the amazingness.
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And since we're on the topic of Good Omens, a reminder that Michael Sheen is an actual real life angel:
Michael Sheen turns himself into a 'not-for-profit' actor
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Finally, because Christmas is so very nearly here and this is suitably awesome:
Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Wizards in Winter (Official Music Video) [HD]
(I love love love LOVE that they took my favourite house-lights video and turned it into their actual official video!)
Happy Christmas to everyone, whether you celebrate (or not).
WHO: Minimizing the COVID-19 risk: advice to individuals, communities and governments for the winter holidays
Gatherings should be held outside if possible, and participants should wear masks and maintain physical distancing.
And the most pandemic-appropriate Christmas song:
I'll be home for Christmas
You can plan on me
Please have snow and mistletoe
And presents by the tree
Christmas eve will find me
Where the love light gleams
I'll be home for Christmas
If only in my dreams
I'll be home for Christmas
You can plan on me
Please have some snow and mistletoe
And presents by the tree
Christmas eve will find me
Where the love light gleams
I'll be home for Christmas
If only in my dreams
I'll be home for Christmas
If only in my dreams
Hope you have a happy Christmas, especially if you are unable to be with your loved ones. ♥
WHO: Minimizing the COVID-19 risk: advice to individuals, communities and governments for the winter holidays
Gatherings should be held outside if possible, and participants should wear masks and maintain physical distancing.
And the most pandemic-appropriate Christmas song:
I'll be home for Christmas
You can plan on me
Please have snow and mistletoe
And presents by the tree
Christmas eve will find me
Where the love light gleams
I'll be home for Christmas
If only in my dreams
I'll be home for Christmas
You can plan on me
Please have some snow and mistletoe
And presents by the tree
Christmas eve will find me
Where the love light gleams
I'll be home for Christmas
If only in my dreams
I'll be home for Christmas
If only in my dreams
Hope you have a happy Christmas, especially if you are unable to be with your loved ones. ♥
( Very quick Brexit note )
And then this made me laugh WAY too much:
Finally, plenty Christmas music under the cut!
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And then this made me laugh WAY too much:
Illegal warehouse midnight Mass in Belfast, DM me for location
— MARKREEL (@markreel) December 23, 2020
Finally, plenty Christmas music under the cut!
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Lockdown Update Day 281
23 December 2020 07:59 pmChristmassy things:
Buffy verse Fanfiction:
Christmas in Hell by![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
beer_good_foamy
Summary: Five times people spent Christmas in various Hells.
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And...
Guinea Pig Nativity Play 2020 from St Michael's St Albans:
Buffy verse Fanfiction:
Christmas in Hell by
beer_good_foamySummary: Five times people spent Christmas in various Hells.
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And...
Guinea Pig Nativity Play 2020 from St Michael's St Albans:
Hi there 2020
1 January 2020 11:35 amHAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!
Been meaning to do a round-up thing. Don't really like them, but hey, new decade...
( Christmas )
( Fannishness 2019 )
( Some sort of looking back at the past decade? )
And finally...
The only thing I'd add to that is that this decade we need to be saving the actual planet. (And the NHS of course. And the country. And...) Starting 2010 I don't remember worrying about any of this. (Maybe I was naive and living in a bubble. And OK, sure climate change was a thing, but I guess I thought that governments would *do* something? Instead they just got racist & cosied up to billionaires.)
Been meaning to do a round-up thing. Don't really like them, but hey, new decade...
( Christmas )
( Fannishness 2019 )
( Some sort of looking back at the past decade? )
And finally...
Fact we’re in the ‘Twenties’ sounds so weird. It’s so synonymous with the 1920s. Sounds like a bygone era when women were still fighting for their rights, the upper classes were living a life of hedonism whilst people starved & the world was on the verge of financial ruin and war
— Nooruddean (@BeardedGenius) January 1, 2020
The only thing I'd add to that is that this decade we need to be saving the actual planet. (And the NHS of course. And the country. And...) Starting 2010 I don't remember worrying about any of this. (Maybe I was naive and living in a bubble. And OK, sure climate change was a thing, but I guess I thought that governments would *do* something? Instead they just got racist & cosied up to billionaires.)
