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Posted in Is this your first Voltra event? Posted 4 years ago
Now just waiting for it to load on my mule -3-
Posted in Is this your first Voltra event? Posted 4 years ago
I got it finally, I had to replay it again cause my pop-blocker goofed the end and wouldn't let me claim my prize lol
Posted in Is this your first Voltra event? Posted 4 years ago
/cry I think my connection might be to slow for the mini game
(Is anyone else getting event currency already? )
Got 5 hours a sleep last night which is more than I thought I would. How's everyone else doing?
I'm ready for the event too. Needing a distraction right about now lol
Posted in Candlenights? Posted 4 years ago
@Kitalpha Hart: Maybe I'll wait till mid Nov, idk. I have a birthday that overlaps with labor day, I feel your pain. Retail puts them up that early to get the most money out it haha XP

@Glume: I'm agnostic and from a heavily christian family so like, I'm nostalgic for christmas. But I too also hate how commercialized it gets. I don't intend to have kids but I always imagined flipping the script so it focused more giving than getting. I very much remember the secondhand embarrassment at school every year after christmas when everyone had stand up and say what santa brought them. Even at that age it made my heart ache when kids would be like, "santa brought me clothes" (I've never heard of those two lol)
@Shadami: I miss working with kids for exactly that reason lol
@Shadami: OH NO LMAO. Well, at least you can hold this event over their heads as teenagers XDDD
Posted in Candlenights? Posted 4 years ago
@milkshake: I did consider Yule, but I'm agnostic and not pagan so it didn't feel like the best fit

@Megaame: It's from the MBMBAM podcast. It was one of their goofs but now it's part of a live show and a fundraiser

@Totalanimefan: Nah. It's funny, but not the vibe I want around the holidays
@Shadami: I think I just might. Or at least tidy up and make a plan for decorations lol

@Totalanimefan: whynotboth.jpeg? I don't actually have any fall decorations and I'll be celebrating Thanksgiving at my family's home (tho with my state spiking again maybe not haha)
Posted in Candlenights? Posted 4 years ago
I know it's literally Nov 1 but I think I'm gonna go ahead and start decorating for the holidays cause why not. I've also been kicking around celebrating something besides Christmas and I keep coming back to Candlenights.

While yes, it is a bit silly, it is also very genuine in a way that a lot of the other "secular" Christmas alternatives are not. This bit in particular is what really gets me:

Username:
Candlenights starts and ends for each person at different times, is about different things for each person, and is celebrated differently by each person. People from all countries of all religions and those without religion alike can celebrate their own Candlenights in their own way.


Cause like, I don't want to give up celebrating Christmas traditions with my extended family, but I'm not christian or religious at all.

I also don't care about Thanksgiving or Black Friday so I can just nix those out of my traditions and start Candlenights Nov 1 lmao.
Np, I've got plenty of food lol. No pumpkin bread though :(
I'm debating going ahead and decorating for Christmas. It's been a shit year I could use some cheer lol