I hope that this day is ok for everyone, even if you don’t celebrate Christmas.

Holidays are not always happy for people. Like for my mom. Ever since my grandfather passed away, she has never been the same. Any moment of joy becomes sadness because he isn’t here.

So I know a thing or two about holidays being about loss. Loss of people. Loss of experiences that we don’t have. Just loss.

People post a lot on Christmas. They are always with big smiles and with their families. I am fortunate to have an amazing family. But this time of year is also a reminder.

So for people that do not have positive associations with the holiday season, I hope you are doing ok. I wish for happy days ahead (or at least average days).

And for people that do, I hope it continues to be happy for you!

Always, Anya

The holiday began with a sunrise that painted the sky in delicate hues of gold and peach. Children’s laughter filled the air as they ran barefoot across the cool, sandy shore. The gentle waves lapped rhythmically, creating a soothing melody that accompanied the rustle of palm fronds in the breeze. Families gathered under shaded canopies, sharing meals rich with spices and vibrant with fresh ingredients. As the day stretched on, the sunlight glimmered on the water, while the scent of salt and blossoms mingled in the warm atmosphere. By dusk, lanterns flickered softly, their glow casting playful shadows, marking the perfect close to an unforgettable escape.

Picture yourself at summer camp on Planet Mars. What will you discover? Your surrounded by deep red canyons with orange hues towering under a bright blue sky. Get lost on a jet ski or speed boat with the wind whistling though your hair. Follow the vast green waters twisting and turning through the narrowing rocks. The lake unfolds leading you to any adventure, from watersports to cliff jumping to catching a thrill on a rope swing. Lake powell is the place for adraline junkies and explorers offering a out of this world experience.

today is christmas i really like christmas christmas means food silly presents goofy a stalker who breaks into your house

yummy

christmas is real yummy

this year i got a kim kardashian signed print and some new undies

yummy i ate my undies even thought i wanted to wear them to school to the park to the movies to the mall

but it’s ok cause they tasted good really good

yummy i ate my kim kardashian signed print even though i wanted to flaunt it at school at the park at the movies at the mall

but it’s ok. people would probably want to steal it. cause it tastes so good! who knew kim used such a yummy pen.

so, maybe it’s for the best. no matter how much i’ll miss my undies and my kim kardashian signed print they tasted good so its all ok

(btw this is a joke it is christmas today but i didnt get that stuff lmao)

The jingle bells aren’t ringing The snowflakes aren’t falling And Santa Claus isn’t coming But I’m here with my family And the hugs are getting passed around The food is straight from our fatherland The gifts were picked to astound So today, feels like Christmas

“Sir it’s Christmas time again.”

“I’m aware Romingo.” Corin said staring out the stain glass gothic window viewing the training yard

“You can have the day off on Christmas.” Corin said Turning to look Romingo in the eyes

“It’s alright Master, I’d rather stay with you protecting you that is.” Romingo replied

“Are you going to celebrate Christmas?” Roming said then instantly regretted it

Corin looked at Romingo with a piercing gaze “You know I won’t do that, it’s been ten years since….”

“My apologies Sir.” Romingo said

“It’s not your fault Romingo,.” Corin said looking out the window again

“Maybe if I may ask sir, would you at least want to make an appearance?.”

“I will consider it.”

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"𝖥𝗎𝗌𝖾! 𝖻𝖾 𝖼𝖺𝗋𝖾𝖿𝗎𝗅!." 𝖱𝗒𝗎 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽 𝖺𝗌 𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝖺𝗍𝖼𝗁𝖾𝖽 𝖿𝗎𝗌𝖾 𝗍𝗋𝗒 𝗍𝗈 𝗀𝖾𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝗁𝗋𝗂𝗌𝗍𝗆𝖺𝗌 𝗍𝗋𝖾𝖾 𝖻𝗈𝗑 𝗈𝖿𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝗁𝖾𝗅𝖿

"𝖠𝗐 𝗊𝗎𝗂𝗍 𝗒𝖺 𝗐𝗈𝗋𝗋𝗂𝗇 𝗆𝖺𝗍𝖾' 𝗂𝗍 𝗃𝗎𝗌𝗍 𝗇𝖾𝖾𝖽𝗌 𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝗆𝗈𝗋𝖾 𝗉𝗎𝗅𝗅." 𝖥𝗎𝗌𝖾 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽 𝖺𝗌 𝗁𝖾 𝗍𝗋𝗂𝖾𝖽 𝗒𝖺𝗇𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗂𝗍 𝗈𝗇𝖼𝖾 𝗆𝗈𝗋𝖾

"𝖿𝗎𝗌𝖾!" 𝖱𝗒𝗎 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽 𝖺𝗌 𝗂𝗍 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗋𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝗌𝗅𝗂𝗉 𝗈𝖿𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝗁𝖾𝗅𝖿

𝖩𝗎𝗌𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝗏𝖾𝗇𝗈𝗆 𝖼𝖺𝗎𝗀𝗁𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖻𝗈𝗑 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗁𝖾𝗅𝗉𝖾𝖽 𝖿𝗎𝗌𝖾 𝗌𝗂𝗍 𝗂𝗍 𝖽𝗈𝗐𝗇

"𝖲𝖾𝖾 𝖱𝗒𝗎 𝖾𝖺𝗌𝗒 𝗉𝖾𝖺𝗌𝗂𝖾." 𝖿𝗎𝗌𝖾 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽 𝗁𝖺𝗉𝗉𝗂𝗅𝗒 𝖺𝗌 𝗁𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗏𝖾𝗇𝗈𝗆 𝗁𝖾𝖺𝗏𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖻𝗈𝗑 𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗆 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝗍𝗈𝗋𝖺𝗀𝖾. 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗀𝗂𝖺𝗇𝗍 𝗋𝗈𝗎𝗇𝖽 𝗆𝖾𝗌𝗌 𝗁𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝖱𝗒𝗎 𝗈𝗉𝖾𝗇𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖻𝗈𝗑 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖿𝖺𝖼𝖾 𝗍𝖾𝖼𝗁 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗋𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝗌𝖼𝖺𝗇𝗇𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖻𝗈𝗑 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗅𝗎𝗆𝖺𝗇𝗂𝗌 𝗅𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍 𝖻𝗅𝗎𝖾 𝗅𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍 𝗅𝗂𝗍 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝗂𝗇𝖿𝗈𝗆𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇

"𝗐𝗁𝗒 𝖺𝗋𝖾 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗌𝖼𝖺𝗇𝗇𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖻𝗈𝗑?" 𝗏𝗂𝗇𝗂𝗑 𝖺𝗌𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗌 𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝖺𝗋𝗋𝗂𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗈𝗋𝖽𝖺𝗆𝖾𝗍𝗌

"𝗌𝗈 𝗐𝖾 𝖼𝖺𝗇 𝖾𝖿𝗂𝖾𝖿𝖼𝖺𝗇𝗍𝗅𝗒 𝗌𝖾𝗍 𝗎𝗉 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗍𝗋𝖾𝖾." 𝗋𝗒𝗎 𝗋𝖾𝗉𝗂𝗅𝖾𝖽

"𝖼𝖺𝗇 𝖨 𝗁𝖾𝗅𝗉?." 𝖬𝖺𝗋𝗂𝗇 𝖺𝗌𝗄𝖾𝖽

"𝗌𝗎𝗋𝖾." 𝗋𝗒𝗎 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽 𝖺𝗌 𝗁𝖾 𝗈𝗉𝖾𝗇𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖻𝗈𝗑 "𝖼𝖺𝗇 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗉𝗎𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖻𝗋𝖺𝗇𝖼𝗁𝖾𝗌 𝗂𝗇 𝗉𝗂𝗅𝖾𝗌 𝖻𝗂𝗀𝗀𝖾𝗌𝗍 𝗍𝗈 𝗌𝗆𝖺𝗅𝗅?."

"𝗌𝗎𝗋𝖾"𝖬𝖺𝗋𝗂𝗇 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽 𝗁𝖺𝗉𝗉𝗂𝗅𝗒 𝖺𝗌 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗍𝗈𝗈𝗄 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖻𝗋𝖺𝗇𝖼𝗁𝖾𝗌 𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗆 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖻𝗈𝗑 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝖼𝗁𝖾𝖼𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗂𝗋 𝗌𝗂𝗓𝖾

"𝖵𝖾𝗇𝗈𝗆 𝗐𝖾 𝖺𝗋𝖾 𝗆𝗂𝗌𝗌𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗍𝗋𝖾𝖾 𝖻𝖺𝗌𝖾." 𝖱𝗒𝗎 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽 𝖺𝗌 𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗋𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝗉𝗎𝗍𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗍𝗋𝖾𝖾 𝗉𝗈𝗅𝖾𝗌 𝗍𝗈𝗀𝖾𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋

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𝖨𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝗋𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝗋𝗈𝗈𝗆 𝖲𝗂𝗅𝖺𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖡𝗅𝗒𝖾 𝗐𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝗉𝗎𝗍𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗎𝗉 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗍𝗐𝗈 𝗍𝗋𝖾𝖾𝗌

"𝖪𝗈𝗁 𝖻𝖾 𝖺 𝖽𝖺𝗋𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗁𝖾𝗅𝗉 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝗁𝗋𝗂𝗌𝗍𝗆𝖺𝗌 𝗅𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍𝗌." 𝖢𝖺𝗍𝗋𝗂𝗇𝖾 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽 𝖺𝗌 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗎𝗇𝖻𝗈𝗇𝖽𝗅𝖾𝖽 𝖺 𝗌𝗍𝗋𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗈𝖿 𝗅𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍𝗌 𝖪𝗁𝗈 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗇𝖽𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗉𝖺𝗋𝗍 𝖼𝗒𝖻𝗈𝗋𝗀 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗁𝖺𝗅𝖿 𝗆𝖺𝗌𝗄 𝖾𝗒𝖾 𝗌𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺 𝖽𝗂𝗆 𝗋𝖾𝖽 𝗅𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍.

"𝖮𝗁 𝗊𝗎𝗂𝗍 𝗉𝗋𝖾𝗍𝖾𝗇𝖽𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗈 𝖻𝖾 𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝗆𝖾𝗇𝖺𝖼𝗂𝗇𝗀." 𝖢𝖺𝗍𝗋𝗂𝗇𝖾 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽 𝗉𝗅𝖺𝗒𝖿𝗎𝗅𝗅𝗒 "𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗄𝗇𝗈𝗐 𝗈𝗇𝗅𝗒 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖼𝖺𝗇 𝗉𝗎𝗅𝗅 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗈𝖿𝖿

"𝖨 𝗅𝗂𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝗂𝗍 𝖻𝖾𝗍𝗍𝖾𝗋 𝗐𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗐𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝗎𝗇𝖽𝖾𝗋𝖼𝗈𝗏𝖾𝗋 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖭𝖺𝖿𝖺𝗋𝗂 𝗅𝖺𝗇𝖽𝗌." 𝖪𝗈𝗁 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽 𝗂𝗇 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖽𝖺𝗋𝗄 𝗆𝖾𝖼𝗁𝖼𝖺𝗇𝗂𝖼𝖺𝗅 𝗏𝗈𝗂𝖼𝖾 𝖩𝗎𝗌𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝖢𝗈𝗋𝗂𝗇 𝖾𝗇𝗍𝖾𝗋𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖳𝗁𝗋𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝗋𝗈𝗈𝗆 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝖱𝗈𝗆𝗂𝗇𝗀𝗈 𝖻𝗒 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗌𝗂𝖽𝖾

"𝖯𝗅𝖺𝗒 𝗇𝗂𝖼𝖾 𝖪𝗈𝗁, 𝖢𝖺𝗍𝗋𝗂𝗇𝖾 𝖼𝖺𝗆𝖾 𝗁𝗈𝗆𝖾 𝖺𝖿𝗍𝖾𝗋 𝗍𝗁𝗋𝖾𝖾 𝗒𝖾𝖺𝗋𝗌." 𝖢𝗈𝗋𝗂𝗇 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝖺𝗅𝗆𝗈𝗌𝗍 𝖺 𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗍 𝗈𝖿 𝗁𝗎𝗆𝗈𝗋

"𝖨𝗍𝗌 𝗈𝗄 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝖬𝖺𝗃𝖾𝗌𝗍𝗒, 𝖨𝗌 𝗂𝗍 𝖺𝗅𝗋𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍 𝗂𝖿 𝖱𝗈𝗆𝗂𝗇𝗀𝗈 𝗁𝖾𝗅𝗉𝗌 𝗂𝗇𝗌𝗍𝖾𝖺𝖽 𝖨 𝖿𝗈𝗋𝗀𝗈𝗍 𝖪𝗈𝗁 𝗁𝖺𝖽 𝗆𝗂𝗍𝗍𝖾𝗇𝗌." 𝖢𝖺𝗍𝗋𝗂𝗇𝖾 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽 𝗌𝗆𝗂𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗆𝗂𝗌𝖼𝗁𝗂𝖾𝗏𝗈𝗎𝗌𝗅𝗒

"𝖣𝗈𝗇𝗍 𝗉𝗎𝗌𝗁 𝗂𝗍 𝖦𝖾𝗇𝖾𝗋𝖺𝗅 𝖢𝖺𝗍𝗋𝗂𝗇𝖾. 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗒𝖾𝗌 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝖼𝖺𝗇 𝖻𝗈𝗋𝗋𝗈𝗐 𝖱𝗈𝗆𝗂𝗇𝗀𝗈." 𝖢𝗈𝗋𝗂𝗇 𝗋𝖾𝗉𝗅𝗂𝖾𝖽

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𝖵𝖾𝗇𝗈𝗆 𝗐𝖺𝗅𝗄𝗌 𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖬𝖾𝖽 𝖶𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝗆𝖾𝗅𝗅 𝗈𝖿 𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖻𝗌 𝗀𝗋𝖾𝖾𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝗁𝗂𝗆 𝖺𝗌 𝗁𝖾 𝗅𝖾𝖺𝗇𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗀𝖺𝗂𝗇𝗌𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖽𝗈𝗈𝗋 𝖿𝗋𝖺𝗆𝖾 "𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗆𝗂𝗌𝗌𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖽𝖾𝖼𝗈𝗋𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖿𝗎𝗇."

𝖩𝖺𝗏𝗂𝖾𝗋 𝗍𝗎𝗋𝗇𝖾𝖽 𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗆 𝗉𝗎𝗍𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗅𝖺𝗌𝗍 𝗈𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝗆𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝗈𝗋𝖺𝖽𝖾𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗌 𝗈𝗇 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖽𝖾𝗌𝗄 𝗍𝗋𝖾𝖾 "𝖨 𝖺𝗆 𝖺𝗅𝗆𝗈𝗌𝗍 𝗋𝖾𝖺𝖽𝗒 𝖠𝗆𝗈𝗋." 𝖩𝖺𝗏𝗂𝖾𝗋 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽 𝖺𝗌 𝗁𝖾 𝗉𝗎𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗅𝖺𝗌𝗍 𝗈𝗋𝖺𝖽𝖾𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗌 𝗈𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝗆𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝖿𝖺𝗄𝖾 𝗀𝗋𝖾𝖾𝗇 𝗍𝗋𝖾𝖾 "𝗐𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝖽𝗈 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗄?" 𝖵𝖾𝗇𝗈𝗆 𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗋𝗈𝗎𝗇𝖽 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗌𝖺𝗐 𝖼𝗁𝗋𝗂𝗌𝗍𝗆𝖺𝗌 𝗅𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍𝗌 𝗌𝗍𝗋𝗎𝗇𝗀 𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗆 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝖾𝗂𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺 𝗐𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗍𝗁 𝗁𝗎𝗇𝗀 𝗈𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝗎𝗉𝗉𝗅𝗒 𝖽𝗈𝗈𝗋 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗆𝗂𝗇𝖺𝗍𝗎𝗋𝖾 𝗍𝗋𝖾𝖾 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝖽𝖾𝖼𝗈𝗋𝖺𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝗇𝗂𝖼𝖾𝗅𝗒 "𝖨𝗍 𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗄𝗌 𝗀𝗈𝗈𝖽 𝖩𝖺𝗏𝗂𝖾𝗋, 𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗁𝖾𝗅𝗉 𝗆𝖾 𝖿𝗂𝗇𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗍𝗋𝖾𝖾 𝖻𝖺𝗌𝖾 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗆𝖾𝗌𝗌 𝗁𝖺𝗅𝗅."

"𝖲𝗎𝗋𝖾, 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗄 𝗂𝗍𝗌 𝗂𝗇 𝗆𝗒 𝗌𝗎𝗉𝗉𝗅𝗒 𝖼𝗅𝗈𝗌𝖾𝗍." 𝖩𝖺𝗏𝗂𝖾𝗋 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽 𝖺𝗌 𝗁𝖾 𝗈𝗉𝖾𝗇𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝗋 𝖼𝗅𝗈𝗌𝖾𝗍 𝖽𝗈𝗈𝗋

‘Round the table we sing songs The football game on TV Hoping the Cowboys don’t win Talking about the parade Our favorite floats As the plates are set And everyone is seated We all dig in Plates piled high with turkey Stuffing Pasta Mashed potatoes We stuff our mouths till we can’t fit any more Stomachs full But just enough room is left For pumpkin and chocolate pie We give our thanks And when everyone goes home There’s just one piece of pie left And I call it

Waking up to a lazy, sunny morning. I stretched with a brief moment of horror that I was tragically late for work. However, I was safely not. I was on holiday. I could hear my spritely nieces and nephews gallivanting downstairs like excited cats playing with a ball of soft yarn. I pulled on some loose, comfortable shorts and a suitable vest and made my way down the rabbit hole. My sisters were chatting away, their agile mouths reminded me of suckermouth catfishes. This was too much cacophony for my supposedly relaxing getaway. So I ran away with a tender towel with the high hopes of utilising the square pool of glistening and inviting water. I dived haphazardly as the water embraced me accepting my desires to escape. Unfortunately, the kids took this decisive action as permission for them to jump in after me. My head submerged down deeper in a reactive retreat.

Last Christmas was a wonderful holiday. I spent it with my dearest family, despite the absurdities of the year. My beautiful daughter joined us outside of the womb only a few weeks prior, and it was delightful to be able to share it with her! I am terribly exhausted tonight, however, and that is as much as I have the energy to write.

It’s a spooky night, a time to let your inner demons run free. The cool fall air, the pumpkins grin. There is magic all around, if you know where to look. Black cats stretch, and are content that this night belongs to them. So come play, my ghost and goblins, and rejoice. For winter nears...