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Happy third night of Hanukkah! Visiting Ms. Shrew also means visiting darling Dot.
#hanukkah mouse#happy hanukkah#3rd night of hanukkah#chag sameach#crazy ladybug lady#aunt shrew#cottagecore hanukkah#woodland hanukkah#the gorgonist
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Behbeh
#happy hanukkah#hanukkah#3rd night#candles#traditiona#jews#jewish#jew#menorah#cartoon#teddy bear#illustration#dailybehbeh#behbeh#cut#cute#stuffed anima#trending#daily#daily bear
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🌙✨Travelers of the night!✨🌙
The time has come for us to share the month of prompts for Moon KnightCember! This is a collaborative list put together and shaped by many lovely fans who have contributed ideas, designs, information, guidance, and more to make a fun December fan event for all!
This event is open to all forms of Moon Knight, from comics to the MCU show, and participants are welcome to create for any version or mix they desire. Prompts are available every other day to give people the ability to choose their pacing, and one or both prompts can be used depending on preference. When participating, please use the hashtag #MKcember2023!
Good luck in your creative fight, we can’t wait to see what you create!
Big thanks to @crystaljelly64 (who also did all the graphics here), @belablue222, @fdelopera and all the others that contributed to the making of this event! :-D
(Basic IDs in ALT and full image descriptions including written out prompt list and live links under cut! A transcript of the Cinco Pa’ Las Doce Instagram highlight is also included under Resources.)
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Image 1: The moon knight-cember prompt list. Moon knight envelops the prompt calendar with his cape, white cloth encircling the edges and black filling the background behind the prompts. The Moon Knight-cember title is written in stylized text above the calendar, the C a golden crescent dart and the background behind it light blue and snowy. The prompts read:
1st: “Headspace” and/or “Home Is Where The Heart Is”
3rd: “Supernatural Encounter(s)” and/or “Good Friends”
5th: “Cab-allero” and/or “Constellations”
7th: “Chanukah Sameach” and/or “Gelt and Gus/Crawley”
9th: “Candles” and/or “Chanukiah”
11th: “Chanukah Food” and/or “Dreidel”
13th: “Tzedek” and/or “Perseverance”
15th: “Shabbat” and/or “Kiddush Cup”
17th: “Rainy Day” and/or “VHS Tape”
19th: “Diners, Drive Ins, and Dives” and/or “Notes”
21st: “Judgement” and/or “Negative Space”
23rd: “Blast Off!” and/or “Sink”
25th: “Calm Before The Storm” and/or “Little Bug”
27th: “Floating/Blurry” and/or “Phone Call”
29th: “Reflection” and/or “Every Grain Of Sand”
31st: “Cinco Pa’ Las Doce” and/or “Together”
The days of Hanukkah, December 7th through the 15th, are highlighted in glowing gold. The rest of the prompt text is a light blue.
Image 2: A list of basic definitions for words on the prompt list. The definitions read as follows:
Caballero (Spanish): “Knight” ; “Gentleman”
Chanukah Sameach (Jewish): “Happy Hanukkah”; common greeting during Hanukkah
Gelt (Jewish): chocolate coins wrapped in gold foil and given to others to inspire charity
Chanukiah (Jewish): menorah or lamp used for Hanukkah
Dreidel (Jewish): spinning top; played with during Hanukkah
Tzedek (Jewish): “Justice”; “Fairness”; how things should be
Shabbat (Jewish): the Jewish day of Rest
Kiddush Cup (Jewish): cup of wine that’s blessed during Shabbat/Jewish holiday meals
Cinco Pa’ Las Doce (Spanish): “5 minutes til 12”; a New Years Eve song from South and Central America
Image 3: Text that reads: Links and Sources. For more info on Hanukkah and Shabbat, you can go to myjewishlearning.com, and you can also find examples of prayers and services from Jewish YouTubers!
Check out @belablue222’s story highlight “CPLD 🌙 🕰️” for more details on the song and tradition, as well as how it connects to Moon Knight! (Transcript from Instagram below ID)
Links and recommended posts will also be added below cut!
Image 4: text that reads: Slide 7: Text that reads:
Reminder!
During a time of folks using current events to spread hate and vitriol, it’s important to stand firm with love and support for Jewish people and make sure our spaces are firmly free of antisemitism. Fighting fire with fire is never the solution, and support and action for groups in peril does not and should not require falling to different types of bigotry or antisemitic tropes. MKCember is a celebration of a beloved Jewish character and all aspects of that should be respected and loved, and focus on joy and genuine exploration. While creating your works, be aware, be vigilant, and be informed, and together we can make something lovely! /end ID]
Resources:
MyJewishLearning.com
Chanukah Sameach
Gelt
Chanukiah
Dreidel
Tzedek
Shabbat
Kiddush Cup
Post by @fdelopera about engaging with Moon Knight and Jewish celebrations respectfully and carefully during this challenge
Cinco Pa’ Las Doce Instagram highlight (transcript below)
Transcript of Cinco Pa’ Las Doce deep dive by @belablue222:
“Cinco Pa' las doce: a cultural deep dive and its ties to the moon knight system.
Disclaimer: I am latina, but i cannot speak for all of the traditions practiced or not practiced in all latinoamérica countries due to how many of us there are, as well as how unique each of our traditions are. Because of this, I will be using traditions that are more widely practiced.
As we approach the end of the year, places all over the world prepare to bring in the new year with all sorts of traditions and customs. It is a time of celebrating, mingling, and integrating. It’s a time for one to connect to their background of where they come from, and embrace tradition.
New Years is especially important in latinoamérica, and has traditions that go back decades or even centuries. Today, i will be talking about a well known and beloved tradition, as well as others that are commonly practiced in central and South America.
Cinco Pa’ Las Doce
Written in 1963 and performed by Venezuelan actor and singer Néstor Zavarce, Cinco Pa' Las Doce is a hauntingly beautiful song about a person wanting to run home to hug their mom for New Years, with the sound of bells playing throughout the street. The song became immensely popular throughout latinoamérica throughout the years, and there are many different versions with many different styles, but the original one still remains the iconic classic widely known.
In typical tradition, people with gather together at 11:55pm on New Year’s Eve and spend time together, thinking about past memories, wondering what the new years will bring, and enjoy each others company as the song plays. Once the song ends, it is midnight, and people will celebrate this by doing many different traditions, here are a few of them that are most commonly practiced...
Typical traditions:
Fireworks: like a lot of other places, fireworks are often lit in the biggest of cities, or the smallest of villages, the colors brightening the sky of the new year.
12 uvas: eating 12 grapes at midnight is a tradition that is ment to bring good luck for the new year, and represent 12 wishes that will only come true if the grapes are eaten quickly.
Walking a block with a suitcase: when the clock strikes midnight, some people will grab a suitcase and walk (or even run) a block around their neighborhood for them to be able to travel and go to many places in the new year
Lentils: lentils have significance in many different ways for latam countries. some will eat lentils or lentil soup at midnight, others will pocket them or even wrap 12 of them in a bill, no matter what, lentils are meant to bring good fortune and prosperity for the new year.
Yet what does this all have to do with Moon Knight?
The Moon Knight system in the MCU are both Jewish as well as Latino. New years is a great way for them to connect with their latam roots, while also being respectful to their other traditions as well. They can enjoy latinoamerican foods that are customary to the winter seasons, sing songs in spanish, and enjoy many other things. they could even intigrate things or come up with new traditions so they can comfortably celebrate el año nuevo.
From an artistic standpoint, it's a good way to ponder what their relationship is with these traditions that have deep ties to family, and the potential effects it has on them due to their own relationship with their family. Do they struggle? Do they reclaim? Do they pass these traditions on?
An interesting thing to ponder to the ethereal bells of Cinco Pa' las Doce.” (End of transcript)
#moon knight#MKcember2023#marc spector#steven grant#jake lockley#khonshu moon knight#layla el faouly#yehya badr#hunters moon#dr badr#the fruit is talking again
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❄️Welcome everyone!❄️
If you love the winter holidays as much as I do, then this challenge is for you! It’s pretty simple:
The calendar below has a prompt for every day of the month of December. No matter what holiday you celebrate or even if you don’t celebrate one at all, I hope you find one or more that you like! You can submit as many as you'd like (I plan to do one everyday) or as few as you'd like.
All drabbles should be between 300-1000 words. I will be using wordcounter.net to check them all before reblogging!
Please tag this blog @steddieholidaydrabbles when you post. You can also follow the tag steddieholidaydrabbles to keep up with posts.
All submissions should include a rating and any CW or tags that you feel are necessary. Please put the prompt you are fulfilling as well. It’s not required, but please consider putting Explicit material under a read more. A sample of this may look like:
optional title
rating: G/T/M/E
cw: violence, blood, etc.
tags: established relationship, first time, etc.
Because there will be SO many prompts, please try to only post your submission for a prompt ON that day by 11:59 pm EST. Really early or late submissions won’t be ignored, but could easily get missed in the mix of a different prompt on a different day. A reminder of the daily prompt will be posted at 12:01 am EST on the day of the prompt.
Any of the prompts could be holiday related if you wanted them to be, but it's not required!
1st - Open mic night
2nd - Came back wrong
3rd - Mutual pining
4th - Meet-cute at work
5th - FREE SPACE (Domestic fluff)
6th - Cooking together
7th - Hanukkah
8th - Idiots to Lovers
9th - No Upside Down AU
10th - First kiss/First time
11th - Royalty AU
12th - Only one bed
13th - Roadtrip/Vacation
14th - FREE SPACE (Angst with a happy ending)
15th - Time travel
16th - Modern AU
17th - Platonic Stobin
18th - FREE SPACE (Hurt/comfort)
19th - Enemies to lovers
20th - Magic AU
21st - Snow
22nd - Sports AU (players or fans)
23rd - Uncle Wayne adopts Steve
24th - Birthday
25th - Christmas
26th - "Who did this to you?"
27th - Coffee shop/Bookstore/Tattoo AU
28th - Proposal
29th - FREE SPACE (Spicy/Mature or Explicit)
30th and 31st - New Year's Eve/Resolutions
ARTISTS
The submission must be made on the day of that prompt in order to be reblogged by this blog.
The image must be Steddie, Steve, or Eddie focused (with the exception of Platonic Stobin day), though other characters can be included!
Collaborations with writers are encouraged!
Always tag this blog with your submissions so we can see them and reblog them.
If you have questions, message this blog or @steddieas-shegoes.
WARM UP ROUNDS SCHEDULE AND PROMPTS:
Same rules apply (300-1000 words each, must have rating and cw/tags, and tag this blog if you want it reblogged)
August 19th-21st: High School or College AU
September 18th-22nd: Fall
October 28th-31st: Halloween
November 18th-22nd: Bakery AU
Warm Up Rounds AO3 Collection
Steddie Holiday Drabbles AO3 Collection
Week 1 Masterlist
Week 2 Masterlist
Week 3 Masterlist
Week 4 Masterlist
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A few Hanukkah PSAs for fic writers!
The holiday season is upon us, and that means lots of holiday-themed fics! I'm really hoping to see more fics this year of Ed celebrating Hanukkah, so I wanted to share a few tips for non-Jewish writers!
Hanukkah is not "Jewish Christmas." The holidays have very little in common and have different traditions - Hanukkah celebrations have no trees, no Santa Claus, etc. Some Jews in culturally Christian countries will celebrate Christmas (even if only to fit in with goyische family/friends) but that's by no means all of us. You can't just slap a star of David on Christmas stuff and call it Hanukkah.
There are different ways to spell Hanukkah in the Latin alphabet and there's no one correct way because they're just transliterations of the Hebrew, חנוכה. Hanukkah and Chanukkah are common spellings and they're both fine!
To wish someone a happy Hanukkah, say "Hanukkah sameach!" or "chag urim sameach!" A simple "happy Hanukkah!" is also always appreciated.
Hanukkah starts at different times in the Gregorian calendar every year because it's based on the Hebrew calendar. It starts every year on the 25th of Kislev and ends on 2nd or 3rd Tevet (Kislev has 29 or 30 days depending on the year). This year, 2023, Hanukkah in the Gregorian calendar starts on December 7 and ends December 15th. Jewish holidays begin at nightfall, so it doesn't begin until sundown on December 7! Hanukkah does not always overlap with Christmas...which can be really frustrating when shopping for Hanukkah supplies and major chain stores only stock them during Christmas time, so Hanukkah is already over by the time they're on sale!
The big thing we do on Hanukkah is light the menorah! Candles are placed on the menorah from right to left and are lit from left to right using the candle in the middle - that's called the shamash. One candle is placed (in addition to the shamash) on the first night, with another candle added each night. It's tradition to place the menorah in a window and the candles should be allowed to burn out, not be blown out.
Dreidel is a common game played during Hanukkah! Learn how to play it here.
During Hanukkah, it's traditional to eat fried foods. Latkes are common (as is discussion of The Great Debate: does applesauce or sour cream go better with latkes?) but sufganiyot, fried jelly-filled donuts, are also frequently eaten.
Hanukkah is not a major Jewish holiday, it's really just a minor festival, but in culturally Christian places like the US a lot of Jewish individuals and communities find celebrating it loudly and publicly to be very important. Some Jews are jaded by how commercialized it's become, how it's just seen as "Jewish Christmas," and how it overshadows our most important holidays in the mainstream consciousness.
Traditionally only small gifts are given on Hanukkah, but especially recently it's become way more common to give bigger gifts, more in line with Christmas gifts. Some families give Hanukkah gifts on one night or one on every night! In my family, we give smaller gifts on the first nights and work up to big gifts on the last night.
The Jewish way to celebrate Christmas? Going to the movies and eating at a Chinese buffet (they're the only places open on Christmas).
The single most important thing: please don't write stories about Jewish characters discovering "the magic of Christmas" or call us "Grinches" for not celebrating! I promise, Christmas isn't that special, we've got our own things, and we really don't need it. We're often happy to celebrate with you, but if someone doesn't celebrate for themselves, that's not a character flaw!
Other Jewish OFMD folks, please share some other things you'd like to see in Hanukkah fics! And fic writers, if you write Hanukkah fics, please tag me so I can read it and love it and give you kudos!!
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24 Prompts for the Holidays;
1st First Holiday
2nd Decorating
3rd Myths/Legends
4th The Christmas Tree Wars
5th Wrapping Presents
6th Cozy
7th First Night of Hanukkah
8th Music
9th Food
10th Family
11th Gingerbread house
12th Traveling
13th Traditions
14th Fireplace
15th Northern lights
16th Candles
17th Ugly sweaters
18th Mistletoe
19th Baking
20th Story telling
21st First day of Yule
22nd Peeking at Presents
23rd Last Minute Shopping/Decorating
24th Christmas Eve
Here they are everyone! Regular reminders (aka prompt reposts) will start in November, but it’s never to early to start working on your submissions.
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I asked, you answered, and you shall receive!!!!!
Yesterday I said I could post something about how Casey wrote the character of Nora in the book and how she used Jewish stereotypes, but in a way that was just stereotypical to be stereotypical, and people seemed interested! So here it goes!
Let’s start with the name Nora Holleran.
Casey said that they purposely choose the name Nora because the character is Jewish. That wasn’t her original name, but it was changed when Casey made the character Jewish. Nora is in fact a Jewish name, pretty common, not as common as Rebecca, Rachel, Sarah, Hannah, or Leah. Old Testament names really transcend time if you wanna name your kid something super religious. Obviously these names aren’t just used by people who are Jewish, but if you wanted to name a character something that reflects their background, names that have that -ah sound at the end, hugely Jewish. Anyway, she picked a Jewish name because “Nora is Jewish” (said by Casey)
Next: Nora’s family. They’re known to be Jewish, rich from investing in Apple during the 90s, and from Vermont. Nora went home for Hanukkah (2019) which did shockingly overlap with Christmas and Christmas Eve, with Christmas Eve being the 3rd night and Christmas the 4th. So apparently Nora’s family REALLY celebrates if she’s gone for the full 8 nights. Nope, more like Casey needed her out of the way and figured Hanukkah was be best so let’s make her a Jew! Mazel Tov!
The biggest take away about Nora’s family, is that it really fits into that Rich Jew stereotype. It comes up because Nora said her parents would tell her to quit journalism and run away to a cabin in the woods and own a million LL Bean things and then June says the investing part. Casey purposely wrote her as a rich little Jewish girl. Because, reminder, Jews aren’t rich!!! We don’t have secret money powers!!! I (Jewish) grew up on food stamps, 3 pairs of underwear for 12 years, house taken by the bank, cried when I had my lunch tray taken away from me because I couldn’t buy it. Jews aren’t rich. Are there some who are just by happenstance? Sure. Just like how there are rich Hispanics, Asians, Indians, Black people, White people, anybody. But she makes sure to say that the Jewish character is the rich one. Also from Vermont, which is a pretty damn Jewish state, but I don’t bump on that as much because her grandpa is Vice President and most democratic candidates do tend to be Northeastern, so that doesn’t hit me as much. But it’s still another tally on the board.
Nora’s physical appearance: Curly hair “nest of curls” Brown hair.
Nora is described as having curly hair multiple times. People (antisemitic fans of RWRB in the discord) have yelled at me about this before, saying that not only Jews have curly hair and that I’m erasing anyone who’s not Jewish who has curly hair. Which is just, literally insane. Nobody is saying Jews own curly hair, but it’s is a stereotypical physical characteristic of how people describe Jews. If the character wasn’t Jewish and she had curly hair it would be like “Okay, cool, curls.” But because we know she’s Jewish, you see that in your head. You form the picture of the rich Jewish girl with curly hair. She used a common Jewish description to describe her because it’s easiest. It’s not… offensive technically, but it sorta is?
Like, do Jews have curly hair? Not all, obviously, but yeah, a lot of Jewish people do tend to have curly hair. I have curly hair, many of my Jewish friends don’t. So it’s true, but not always. It can be offensive, like saying someone has Jew-hair or saying someone is Jewish because of their hair. But a Jewish character having curly hair isn’t directly offensive.
When it becomes more of an issue, is when that curly hair description is used as the physical representation of a character’s Jewishness. Nora isn’t known to be religious (totally fine), she’s ethnically Jewish and seems to be holiday religious (depending), the flashes of her ethnicity that we get is her hair. It comes down to the curls and Casey using the stereotype to say “Hey! Look! She’s Jewish!!! CURLS!” That’s when it gets a little problematic, because then it’s being based solely on a Jewish appearance.
Casey was raised Evangelical Christian. CMQ said that their family was “less religious” even though they was still fully in that environment. Their words were “I didn’t totally drink the Kool-Aid” referring to being totally into Christianity. Casey also said there was a lot of internal conflict and absorption of what those surroundings were, “I was still marinating in that environment.” Evangelicals have strong beliefs in their religion and look down on others, there are tons of Evangelicals who spew antisemitic nonsense but as a part of common rhetoric so no one knows that it’s really hate. It’s buried under the “love for Jesus.” There was an article I read and lost that talked about how Evangelical Christians don’t realize that Jewish people are being hurt by them because of the hatred from huge Christian leaders being so widespread and accepted.
Casey was raised in that environment. It’s impossible to not be surrounded by Jew-hate whether you know it’s happening or not, it’s there. That was absorbed. The way CMQ describes Nora as the rich Jew with the dark curly hair is really telling of how they see Jews. The description isn’t even the offensive part, but the fact that you know it’s only like that because that’s how Casey thinks it is. Casey lives in New York where that stereotypical Jewish appearance came from, so it was like, clearly, Casey was doing the bare minimum in knowing anything about someone who’s Jewish and used the same tropes as always.
This became very apparent to me, not with the book, because I didn’t mind Nora when I read it. It was when the movie decided Nora’s Jewishness didn’t matter onscreen. Casey could have fought for a Jewish Nora, but didn’t. Casey fought for other stuff, like the brand of ice cream, a dyed hair color, and little things like that, but an entire ethnicity NOPE. And here’s why, I don’t think Casey knows that Jews are an ethnicity and not just a religion. It says Nora is home for Hanukkah so she’s not in the White House, so Alex can call Henry and talk to June. Since there isn’t a June anymore, he’ll need Nora there. Therefore Nora would have to be there for Christmas, and in Casey’s mind and the mind of the production… NO JEWS ALLOWED AT CHRISTMAS!!! ITS NOT YOUR RELIGION!!! So they removed her leaving, removed her Judaism, removed her Jewish ethnicity by not casting a Jewish actress. But, like, newsflash, you can be Jewish and go to a Christmas party or an Easter party, you can even walk into a church and not burn!! Crazy!! Because it’s not just a religion. But since they didn’t need her being Jewish (religiously), Casey didn’t know you can still be Jewish without religion, and the ignorance erased an entire minority from the film. And also, Jews aren’t there when you need them and easy to throw out when you don’t. If you write a Jewish character, you can’t just decide to fuck that for a paycheck, or you’re just antisemitic.
TLDR: Casey used stereotypes for Nora and when it became clear that the movie wasn’t going to ~require~ Nora to be religiously Jewish, Casey (with their limited background) didn’t know what to do
#rwrb movie#red white and royal blue#red white royal blue movie#rwrb cast#rwrb#red white and royal blue movie#casey mcquiston#red white royal blue cast#nora holleran#rachel hilson#jewish#red white royal blue#cmq#rwrb film#nora rwrb
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Flames in the Window
Synopsis: Khonsu pulls Marc away for a mission, but for once you aren’t following him. And Marc has to make the tough choice: doing what Khonsu askes or spending Hanukkah with you.
Pair: Marc Spector x Jewish!fem!Reader, Steven Grant x Jewish!fem!Reader, Jake Lockley x Jewish!fem!Reader
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: light angst
Word Count: 2,080
A/N: not antisemitism allowed. Also please feel free to send me asks about the Moon System and their Jewish girlfriend hehe. Also I think the comics are influencing how I write cause it’s very different from the show.
Tags: @romanarose @softlybarnes
“What do you mean you don’t want to come with me?” Marc stared wide-eyed at you. You always went with him on his missions. But standing in the New York apartment he had moved into, you stood arms crossed.
“I’m not traveling with you on another mission. I don’t care what Khonsu wants, I’m not doing it.” Marc was surprised with how quickly you got your mind wrapped around the fact that Marc worked as Moon Knight serving an Egyptian God. But you were also very mad, and he was prepared for the jabs come Passover.
Marc walked over to you and rubbed your arms. “Baby, what’s wrong?”
You rolled your eyes. “Tomorrow is the 25th of Kislev.”
Marc raised an eyebrow, “No its December 3rd.”
You shook your head and sighed. “Hanukkah falls on the 25th of Kislev in the Hebrew calendar. Tomorrow is the 25th of Kislev.”
Marc sighed and closed his eyes. “Right.” He shook his head, “So we take a travel menorah.” Marc grinned at you.
You scuffed, “I’m not celebrating a holiday based on Judaism standing against oppression while you do errands for an Egyptian Deity.”
He had to give you credit. With how devoted you were, he half expected you to call him a hypocrite and break up with him when he told you about Khonsu. Khonsu even said you would leave because it would be the last straw. But you were still here, you still wanted to be with him, them.
He sighed, “Okay, you stay here in New York. I’ll go do this mission and when it's done, I’ll do whatever you want.”
Marc watched as the anger drained from your face and you looked down, “I want you to stay.” You whispered.
Marc sighed and kissed your forehead. He hugged you closely. “I know baby, but I have to do this.” You slowly wrapped your arms around his waist.
“Promise me, you’ll be back before the last night.” You looked up at him, chin pressed to his chest.
Marc thought over the timeline. He leaves in an hour. Hanukkah starts tomorrow. With travel and everything he’d be gone, five days tops. “It will be five days, tops. I promise to be back before the last candle is lit.” He smiled at you, stroking your cheek.
“I’m gonna hold you to that one Spector.” You stood on your tip toes and kissed him.
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“We’re not getting back in time, are we?” Steven asked as Marc tried to track their target. He and Jake were becoming constant reminders that in two days Hanukkah would end.
Sadly, for Marc, he was in an area that had a Jewish population, and he was reminded each night that he was closer to breaking his promise to you. So, between his Alters and the universe, Marc felt like he was going to break your heart.
“Amigo, if we don’t get back--”
Marc interpreted Jake, “I know, I know.” Marc sighed. This wasn’t supposed to take this long, but given it was the holidays, Marc should have realized the target would be surrounded with family; including children.
“Maybe we could come back after the holidays.” Steven suggested. It was a thought Marc had been thinking about as well. If he came back right after, the target would still be here, and the family would be gone already.
“My son, you must finish this before leaving.” Marc tensed as Khonsu’s voice surrounded him. Marc dropped his gaze from the target.
“I made her a promise.”
“But without me, that promise wouldn’t exist. You owe me your life.”
Marc clutched his fists. Even though Khonsu was unable to show himself, he still made himself known. Marc knew what you would say that Marc has his free will. That it seems to be the one thing he sold when he took Khonsu’s deal.
“I have done everything you asked of me. Even when it went against my own morals. The target you want gone will still be here when I get back.” Marc began to pack his stuff. “I’m going home to my girlfriend to celebrate Hanukkah with her.”
Marc put his bag over his shoulder and began to walk to the ladder leading down to the side alley.
“This will cost you Marc Spector.” Khonsu said as Marc’s feet touched the ground.
“Well according to you, you already own me.” Marc grumbled heading for his hotel room to get his plane ticket to get home to you.
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You stood cleaning out the wax drip from the night before to get the new candles in. It was the seventh night and each night you worried more and more that Marc wasn’t going to make it back in time. You trusted his promises but when it came to traditions, it was always hard to figure out what he was willing to do.
You sighed and began to set up the candles for the night’s lighting save for the Shamash. You traced your finger over the bird and flower design along the Hanukkiah body. It had become a tradition in your family to gift a new Hanukkiah on the first night.
You couldn’t bring yourself to open the one for this year as your parents had gotten it specifically for you and Marc.
You sniffled and pressed the heels of your hands into your eyes. You weren’t going to cry. It wasn’t worth crying over. You knew this was his life, that these were his choices.
You took a deep breath as a knock sound. You pushed your hair back and walked to the door. You opened it and came face to face with Moon Flowers and Sunflowers. You blinked at them before they moved to show you a pair of dark brown eyes.
“Hi baby.” Marc said shyly.
You blinked at him, “You’re here.”
“Yea, well I made you a promise.” He smiled lightly, “That and Jake and Steven would never forgive me if I broke it.”
You stepped back and Marc walked in dropping his bag and closed the door with his foot. You carefully took the flowers from him and walked to the kitchen. Marc following close behind you.
He looked around the kitchen as you set the flowers in water. He could see the remnants of latkes, you probably ate days ago with apple sauce, he guessed from the empty jar. And on the platter usually used for cake or pie, now sat sufganiyot.
“Oh, she made them at home,” Steven mused. All three could see that the sufganiyot weren’t uniformed and could see chocolate peeking out.
“Do you want one?” You asked after following Marc’s gaze.
“Maybe later,” he gave you a soft smile before pulling you to him. “So, what exactly did you make while I was gone?”
“Besides the sufganiyot where my Israeli friend kept on giving her two cents?” You smiled wrapping your arms around his neck. “I made Latkes, I tried Hanukkah honey balls-”
“Honey balls?” Marc asked as Jake snickered. Such a child.
“Fried dough covered in honey. It was actually pretty good considering I don’t like honey.” You giggled while playing with his curls. “I was planning on make some rugelach, but I started missing you too much.” Your smile fell away and you looked down. “I was worried you weren’t coming home.”
“Well, we’re here now.” Marc lifted your chin. “And you have us for the rest of the time.”
You smiled and held his wrist. You watched as his eyes rounded out and his shoulders relaxed. “Did you happen to make your famous challah, mi Vida?”
You bit your lower lip. Jake had slowly become obsessed with the challah you made. Maybe because you sometimes used honey and cinnamon instead of sugar and salt. “Sorry, I decided to go to services since my boys were gone.”
Jake pouted, “Well I guess you’ll have to make it up to us. I remember something about blintz?”
You rolled your eyes. You were going to kill your mother for introducing Jake to blintz. “Fruit or cheese?”
Jake gave a lopsided grin, “Surprise me.”
You smiled and pecked his lips before walking back towards the front window to light the Hanukkiah. Jake kept his hands on your waist the whole time. Once you stood in front of the table you had set up, you felt him tense behind you. “Marc?”
He hummed, “They just want to observe tonight.” You nodded and reached around him to dim the lights.
Marc looked around as the blue and white fairy lights stung up. That’s also when he noticed all the little things. There was a dancing rabbi animatronic, a few figurine bears holding dreidels and Hanukkiahs. He also noticed the living room table had a runner with varies symbols on it ranging from the Magen David to plates full of latkes. He wishes you could have been here to help you decorate.
Next Year, he promised himself.
When the smell of sulfur hit his nose, Marc faced forward again and wrapped his hand around yours that was holding the Shamash. He didn’t remember the prayers as clearly, so he listened to you and mouthed along as you both lit the seven candles; left to right, lighting the newest candle first.
When all the candles were lit, and you placed the Shamash in its place, Marc stood holding you as the flames flickered.
“I used to get the order mixed up,” Marc said. You looked at him. “My father would say, you set them up right to left and I thought that was how we light them, but he would always smile ruffle my hair and tell me we light them left to right. I used to pout cause it felt so simple and yet I forgot every year.”
“My dad used to fix me cause I would always get confused too.” You whispered, not wanting to break the ambience.
Marc kissed your forehead before nuzzling his nose with yours. “I promise, next year will be better.”
“Maybe we can even invite your dad?” You searched his face.
“Baby steps.” he whispered, gripping your waist.
“Baby steps.” you stroked his cheek and pecked his lips. “You did this with me and that’s a great step.”
He smiled, “So I noticed a box when I came in from your parents...”
“Oh yes they sent us a new Hanukkiah.” You said before moving from his hold and going to grab the box. “I didn’t want to open it without you.”
Marc chuckled, “They have high hopes for me sticking around, huh?”
You chewed on your lower lip as you sat on the couch. You weren’t going to tell him; it would be too much pressure. “I guess but let's enjoy it.” You smiled patting the spot next to you.
Marc walked over and sat next to you. You began ripping into the packaging and peeled the tape away. When you pulled it out, Marc blinked at it.
The Hanukkiah was glass fused with foiled gold and silver. You both realized it resembled that of a half moon. The candle holders were embedded in the glass, save for the Shamash which was raised to stand taller than the rest.
You handed it to Marc and pulled the card out of the box and opened it.
“To Y/N and Marc,
Chag Sameach! We saw this menorah while visiting family and thought of you two. Two halves to a whole.
We know Marc struggles with his Jewish identity but with you, our sweet Y/N, we know you will fill the other half.
We hope to see you for Pesach this year and wish you the best.
Much Love,
Mom and Dad.”
You folded the card up and set it back in the box before setting it on the floor. You looked at Marc to see his thumb rubbing against the body of the hanukkiah and a tear slip down his cheek. You wiped it away and pressed your lips to his cheek.
“I can’t believe, I almost missed opening this with you.” He gave a shuddered breath before setting the gift down and pulling you into his lap.
You closed your eyes as he nuzzled into your neck. You began to stroke his curls, letting one wrap around your finger loosely. “But you didn’t, and that’s the important fact.”
You worked to hold back your tears again as Marc sniffled. You two sitting in silence as the Hanukkah lights flickered in the window.
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🕎💜✡️ Hanukkah Sameach 💜🕎💜 Am Yisrael Chai ✡️💜🕎
Last night was the 3rd day~! I actually found some Hannukah goodies around town 🥰 Including a Sufganiyah scented candle from Bath & Body Works, and a "Love, Light, Latkes" sign at Aldi's. The Gelt and Dreidel I took home from Service on Friday ❤️
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Blessings of love and light to all on this 3rd night of Hanukkah 🙏🕎🙏
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Happy 3rd night of Hanukkah from the Prettiest Platypus! Tonight's gift is the gift of gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay
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Tis the damn season, people! This year at oc-challenges, we’re doing a winter holidays challenge! Challenges are Hanukkah,The Winter Solstice, Christmas, and New Years inspired. @aliverse and @elmunson have teamed up with @victoriapedrcttis and @maddies-buckley to come up with 32 prompts to hopefully inspire and delight you!
RULES
Be respectful and accepting, most holidays have their roots in religion and it’s important to both treat people of any religion with kindness and be sure any depictions of a religion you are not a part of is researched well and done respectfully.
You know the usual, don’t steal edits. If you feel an edit of yours or someone else’s has been stolen and would like to report it, follow these guidelines.
For any crossovers, make sure the other person is okay with crossovers.
Feel free to ask questions, all prompts are open to interpretation!
In order for your post to be included in this blog, it must be tagged with #owhc2022.
And last but certainly not least, have fun!
Challenges under the cut...
EIGHT DAYS OF HANUKKAH
For the first eight days, we will be celebrating Hanukkah!
Day One: Soon So Shall It Be By You (December 1st)
In the spirit of OC Challenges, our first challenge is dedicated to Jewish OCs; an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites and Hebrews of historical Israel and Judah. Create to your heart's content, and if you don’t have one of your own then feel free to make a new one inspired by this prompt or make something for someone else’s Jewish OC!
Day Two: All of The Honor (December 2nd)
Most winter holidays are about the appreciation of life, family, and friends. Today we’re making something to show an appreciation for someone else. Make something for a Jewish OC creator, let them know that they're loved and cherished.
Day Three: Hanukkah Oh Hanukkah (December 3rd)
Day three is all about the holiday itself! Make or write something nice about your Jewish OC celebrating Hanukkah by themselves, their friends, or family, or even an non Jewish OC celebrating with their Jewish friends or family!
Day Four: A Game of Dreidel (December 4th)
Much like the teetotum, the dreidel is a four sided spinning top toy that bears letters of the Hebrew alphabet. The game has become a famous tradition during Hanukkah, created as a way to help those study the Torah. Show us what your OC’s dreidel would look like or write about your OC playing the game with friends and family!
Day Five: Light The Candles, Count Your Blessings
On the first night of Hanukkah when you light the first candle with the shamash, you recite three blessings. For this day, take a look at what your OC values and the things and people they are thankful then make an edit or write something to highlight those things.
Day Six: In Honor of The Maccabees (December 6th)
The Maccabees were a priestly family of Jews who organized a successful rebellion against the Seleucid ruler Antiochus IV and reconsecrated the defiled Temple of Jerusalem. What is something that your oc would die / risk their life for? Have they done it already? Have they lead a rebellion or campaigned for change?
Day Seven: A Great Miracle Happened Here (December 7th)
In the holy temple in Jerusalem, a menorah burned for eight days. It became known as a miracle, giving Jews time to purify and rededicate sacred space. Where did your OCs miracles happen? Is there a place they consider sacred or special? A place that brings them great comfort?
Day Eight: Miracle of Eight Days (December 8th)
A small vial of oil to keep the flames burning for one night somehow miraculously burned the Temple's menorah for eight days during a time of war and prosecution. In that span of time, they were able to make more oil and keep the eternal flame lit. Has your OC ever experienced a miracle, figurative or literal? Has something they needed or loved but expected to abandon them lasted through their worries? Write or edit something about your OC’s personal miracles.
WINTER SOLSTICE
Challenges inspired by The Winter Solstice!
Day Nine: Blessed Be (December 9th)
Blessed be our capacity for creativity, creating ocs has made us friends and brightened our darkest days. Today, create something to celebrate a pagan oc.
Day Ten: Brightest Blessings (December 10th)
A good person wishes others only the brightest blessings, and today we are going to give our own blessings. Create something for a pagan oc creator!
Day Eleven: Time of Reflection (December 11th)
One tradition in winter solstice celebrations is to reflect on your past and those in it, for day eleven we are going to look at an oc from long past. Maybe you want to look at your first oc and reflect on how they’ve changed from first draft to final product? Maybe there’s an oc you’ve decided to scrap or finished with that you would like to honor one last time with an edit or drabble?
Day Twelve: Bask in The Evergreens (December 12th)
Evergreens are famous and honored for the exact reason you’d think— they remain lush even in the harshest circumstances. Today is all about forevers. Perhaps you want to honor an oc that remains eternal in your heart or persistent in your mind, maybe even do something as simple as creating something for an immortal oc?
Day Thirteen: Back to Mother Nature (December 13th)
One winter solstice tradition is to give back to nature and the creatures it mothers, some do this by decorating a tree to highlight it’s beauty and some do this by decorating a tree with edible food for animals among other things. For today, honor an oc who loves the natural phenomenons of their world whether that be through a love of nature, nature powers, or care for the animals of the world.
Day Fourteen: All The Pretty Lights (December 14th)
The winter solstice is celebrated on the shortest day and longest night of the year, thus we must find light in different ways. For this day, honor an oc who finds or is the light in the darkest day. Perhaps they are a mirrorball, reflecting all the best parts of others. Perhaps they simply have a talent in keeping hope alive, continuing to show love and optimism through all hardships no matter how hard survival is?
Day Fifteen: May The Flame Warm Our Hearts and Light Our Way (December 15th)
Today is about dedication; to gods and goddesses, those we cherish, our places of worship. For today, perhaps show or tell us how your OC would decorate their Yule alter? Perhaps how they would choose to honor their deities? Maybe show or discuss what gifts they would give to those they cherish?
Day Sixteen: Merry Solstice (December 16th)
It’s time for another celebration, this day is all about the holiday itself! Tell us about how your oc celebrates yule! Do they bake gingerbread, craft wreaths? Do they sit around the bonfire and tell stories?
Day Seventeen: Time of New Beginnings (December 17th)
Besides reflection, winter solstice is also big on renewal and new discoveries or ideas. Today, it’s time to do something to represent newness and change! You could create a brand new oc, perhaps highlight an oc with qualities you’d like to emobody in the new year in attempts of changing your life for the better?
MERRY MERRY CHRISTMAS
Some merry challenges for a merry christmas!
Day Eighteen: Baby’s First Christmas (December 18th)
Over the first year of a baby’s life, many people document a lot of the major moments—but when it comes to making memories, there’s nothing quite like Christmas Time. Recount your OC's first Christmas as an infant or as a recently new parent whose trying to make the holiday special with their little bundle of joy!
Day Nineteen: With Your Under The Mistletoe (December 19th)
In Norse culture, the Mistletoe plant was a sign of love and peace and Figg promised to kiss anyone who passed underneath it. For Celtic Druids, it was used to ward off evil spirits, provide good luck and even help to improve fertility. No matter what origins you prefer or have grown up knowing, both created the tradition of mistletoe hanging in the archway of a room where two rooms met to become one. Create something to celebrate two becoming one with an OC and their significant other under the mistletoe.
Day Twenty: For You and Me (December 20th)
The season is about giving and surprising those you care about with the perfect gift. Create a gif for your best friend who is in love with one or a few of your OCs! Make something inspired by your conversations that were based on an AU or a crossover with their very own OCs.
Day Twenty-One: Rocking Around The Christmas Tree (December 21st)
The Christmas tree, a symbol that represents permanence and immortality and decorated with lights, ornaments, and a star on top for the shining hope for humanity. For this challenge, write about and show how your OC(s), or send asks to your fellow creators about how their OC(s) would decorate their tree! Do they have a family tree that have homemade ornaments? Do they just have a personal pencil tree with peculiar theme? Do they get a fake tree or a real tree.
Day Twenty-Two: Jingle Bells Are Ringing, Everyone is Singing (December 22nd)
Other than gifts and decorating, Christmas music is a major part of the Holidays. From "All I Want for Christmas Is You" to "Last Christmas" which song best relates to your OC(s) this season? Do they enjoy Christmas Caroling around the neighbourhood? Do they sing a certain song every year that people automatically associate with them?
Day Twenty-Three: From Mine to Yours (December 23rd)
Christmas Cards are a great way to share love to those who live miles away from you, especially if you have no idea what to give them and just insert a $50 gift card in the envelope. Create a card that your OC would gift to someone else to spread kindness and warmth this chilly season.
Day Twenty-Four: Christmas Special (December 24th)
Hallmark is known for their very cheesy romantic TV Christmas movies but we always sit and devour the plot no matter what. As for the mainstream blockbuster movies such as Love Actually, The Holiday, and A Bad Moms Christmas, these are the movies that follow a different formula by giving us individual looks into the holiday season for different people and families with their own troubles and personal goals. For this day, you'll be inserting your OC(s) into their very own Holiday Special AU or making something for the actual holiday special of their fandom!
Day Twenty-Five: Giving, Receiving, and Appreciating (December 25th)
For the day in question that inspired the last seven challenges, we're taking it easy. To complete Christmas Day's challenge, simply make sure you signed up for and submitted ocpotlucks gift exchange than watch out for your gift and be sure to compliment others ocs and creations you see on the blog.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Some challenges to prepare us for the New Year!
Day Twenty-Six: First of The Year (December 26th)
Before we enter a new year of new beginning, let’s reflect on this years beginnings. For day one of our New Years themed challenges, let’s honor the first oc you made *this* year with some writing or an edit.
Day Twenty-Seven: You Make My Year Better (December 27th)
Saying goodbye is hard, but the hello can sometimes make everything worth it. For this day, appreciate a fandom you said hello to this year by making something for an oc you made for said new fandom.
Day Twenty-Eight: A Toast To You (December 28th)
You’ve heard it from a million people in a million ways; Skam says people need people, Girl Meets World says the secret of life is that people change people. So this day is about those people in the oc community who made your year better, and more specifically the ocs they created that changed and inspired your own writing and creativity. That’s right, we’re making something for your favorite oc of the year by someone else.
Day Twenty-Nine: The Best Part Of My Year (December 29th)
We all need ways to get through life, sometimes those things are always the same and sometimes they are hyper-fixations that get you up in the morning to explore. So, what oc did you find yourself fixating on most this year? Was it a brand new one, perhaps an old one you haven’t thought about in a while? On the twenty-eighth, use your passion to create something for your MOTY… muse of the year.
Day Thirty: I Still Love You (December 30th)
Friends break up, friends get married, strangers get born and strangers get buried, trends change, rumors fly through new skies… But that doesn’t mean some things don’t stay with us even when they lose our focus. Today, we are showing some love to those we may have accidentally left behind by making something for an oc you love that you feel you may have neglected this year.
Day Thirty-One: Practice Makes Perfect (December 31st)
A lot can change in just seconds, and even more can change in 365 days. Over the year, we’ve all learned and grown in so many different ways, and it’s time to show off. Remake an edit or rewrite a draft from early this year to remind yourself and others how far you’ve come!
Day Thirty-Two: Resolution (January 1st)
One of the most well-known traditions of new year celebration is to make resolutions. A New Year’s resolution is when someone makes a promise or sets an expectation for the new year that they are determined to live up too. Although these resolutions don’t always stay resolute, let’s get a good start on our attempts by making something on the first day of the year for an oc you want to appreciate and work on more throughout 2023.
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In 1945, Purim began at sundown on February 26th, a Monday.
This year, that doesn't do me a bit of good.
Five and a half years ago, when I began my project of tracing the Anglo- (and, later, American-) Jewish WWII experience by examining holiday observances, I felt fortunate that the holidays fell on nearly same Gregorian-calendar dates during the war as they did in the year in which I was posting (as here, for example).
My luck in that department has now run out: Purim begins on Saturday, March 23rd. (That's right: the day itself will also be Palm Sunday! I should tell you that, historically speaking, things have been known to get ugly when Purim falls during Holy Week.) And what follows from that, of course, is that this will be one of the rare years in which Passover doesn't coincide with Easter, which may mean that we'll all have to do double duty on the Christian "Seder" watch.
Anyway, as this project draws to a close, I've decided to do my holiday posts on the days on which they fall this year, rather than when they fell in 1945. However, I thought that it might be useful — and interesting, I hope — to offer an explanation of why the holidays seem to slide around in this way.
The Jewish calendar is basically lunar, in that each new month begins with the new moon. There's a problem with this, however. On the one hand, 12 lunar months are about 11 days shorter than the solar year. On the other, the three major festivals — Sukkot, Pesach (Passover), and Shavuot — are all tied to the agricultural cycle. That might not be literally true today, but certainly Passover is associated with the coming of Spring, and so on. And Hanukkah takes on added resonance from the fact that it involves eight nights of lighting more and more candles at the time of year when the nights are getting longer and longer. Rely on a purely lunar calendar for for a few years, and things are going to get out of whack.
Our solution to this is to insert an extra lunar month in the 3rd, 6th, 8th, 11th, 14th, 17th, and 19th years of the Metonic cycle, creating a leap year (shanah me'uberet, literally a pregnant year). The added month comes in between the months of Adar and Nisan and is called Adar Sheini (Second Adar). In a common year, Purim is Adar 14th; in a leap year, it's Adar Sheini 14th. This year, 5784 — year eight of the cycle — is a leap year; 5705 (year five), which fell in 1944-45, wasn't. (No, I didn't do the math myself. Of course I didn't! Please.)
All of this was codified around 350 C.E. There's more information about that here.
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Can’t Wait Wednesday (221): A cute little Hanukkah romance? Yes please.
Can’t Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Tressa of Wishful Endings. It’s based on Waiting on Wednesday, which was created by Jill of Breaking the Spine.
Eight Dates and Nights by Betsy Aldredge
Release date: October 3rd, 2023
Summary (from goodreads): New Yorker Hannah Levin is allergic to exactly two things, horses and tinsel. Unfortunately, she’s surrounded by both this Hanukkah when,…
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Holidays 12.18
Holidays
Answer the Phone Like Buddy the Elf Day
Arabic Language Day (UN)
Australian Christmas (Team Fortress)
Baranth Do (Elder Scrolls)
Flake Appreciation Day
Founder’s Day (Qatar)
Hug a Soccer Player Day
International Migrants Day (UN)
Minifig Day
National Scrooge Week begins (according to Mr. Ed)
National Twin Day
Nutcracker Day
Pink Panther Day
Play Bingo Day
Republic Day (Niger)
Sunday Newspaper Day
Tulya’s E’en (Beginning of Yule Season; Orkney Island)
Wear a Plunger On Your Head Day
Yuletide Lad #7 arrives (Hurdaskellir or Door-Slammer; Iceland)
Food & Drink Celebrations
Bake Cookies Day
Let's See What We Find in the Fridge Day
National Give a Wine Club Day
National Ham Salad Day
National “I Love Honey” Day
National Roast Suckling Pig Day
3rd Sunday in December
4th Sunday in Advent [1st Sunday before Xmas] (a.k.a. ...
Advent Sunday
Peace Sunday
Independence Days
New Jersey Statehood Day (#3; 1787)
Qatar (1878)
Feast Days
Eponalia (Feast of Epona; Roman goddess of fertility)
Expectation of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Christian)
Fantastic Finkleman (Muppetism)
Feast of Our Lady of Solitude (Mexico)
Flannán (Christian; Saint)
Gatianus (a.k.a. Gatian) of Tours (Christian; Saint)
Hanukkah (Judaism) [begins at sundown]
O Adonai (a.k.a. Great Advent Antiphons or Great Os; Christian; Saint)
Priestley (Positivist; Saint)
Rufus and Zozimus (Christian; Martyrs)
Running of the Roboderos (Church of the SubGenius)
Sebastian (Eastern Orthodox Church)
Unusual Music Instruments Day (Pastafarian)
Urdhyauli Parwa (Festival of the Animals; Nepal)
Winibald (Christian; Saint)
Lucky & Unlucky Days
Taian (大安 Japan) [Lucky all day.]
Tycho Brahe Unlucky Day (Scandinavia) [37 of 37]
Premieres
Anchorrman 2 (Film; 2013)
Avatar (Film; 2009)
The Ballad of the Green Berets, recorded by Staff Sgt. Barry Sadler (Song; 1965)
Brazil (Film; 1985)
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (Film; 1968)
The Color Purple (Film; 1985)
Doctor Faustus, by Christopher Marlowe (Play; 1592)
Her (Film; 2013)
The Lion Sleeps Tonight, by The Tokens (Song; 1961)
McCartney III, by Paul McCartney (Album; 2020)
The Nutcracker, by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Ballet; 1892)
Out of Africa (Film; 1985)
Twisting’ the Night Away, by Sam Cooke (Song; 1961)
The Two Towers (Film; 2002) [The Lord of the Rings #2]
Sisters (Film; 2015)
Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Film; 2015)
Today’s Name Days
Philipp, Wunibald (Austria)
Bosiljko, Dražen, Gracijan, Malahija (Croatia)
Miloslav (Czech Republic)
Lovise (Denmark)
Neeme, Neemo (Estonia)
Aapo, Aappo, Rami (Finland)
Briac, Gatien (France)
Esperanza, Gratian, Luise (Germany)
Floros, Sebastianos (Greece)
Auguszta (Hungary)
Graziano (Italy)
Jordisa, Klinta, Kristaps, Sarmis (Latvia)
Eivilė, Girdvilas, Gracijus (Lithuania)
Kate, Kristoffer (Norway)
Bogusław, Gracjan, Gracjana, Laurencja, Wilibald, Wszemir (Poland)
Daniil (Romania)
Sláva (Slovakia)
Esperanza (Spain)
Abraham (Sweden)
Griffin, Griffith, Ruff, Rufina, Rufus, Russ, Russell, Rusti, Rusty, Ty, Tyrus (USA)
Today is Also…
Day of Year: Day 352 of 2022; 13 days remaining in the year
ISO: Day 7 of week 50 of 2022
Celtic Tree Calendar: Ruis (Elder) [Day 23 of 28]
Chinese: Month 11 (Dōngyuè), Day 25 (Yi-Si)
Chinese Year of the: Tiger (until January 22, 2023)
Hebrew: 24 Kislev 5783
Islamic: 24 Jumada I 1444
J Cal: 22 Zima; Sunday [22 of 30]
Julian: 5 December 2022
Moon: 27%: Waning Crescent
Positivist: 16 Bichat (12th Month) [Priestley]
Runic Half Month: Jara (Year) [Day 9 of 15]
Season: Autumn (Day 87 of 90)
Zodiac: Sagittarius (Day 26 of 30)
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Holidays
Answer the Phone Like Buddy the Elf Day
Arabic Language Day (UN)
Australian Christmas (Team Fortress)
Baranth Do (Elder Scrolls)
Flake Appreciation Day
Founder’s Day (Qatar)
Hug a Soccer Player Day
International Migrants Day (UN)
Minifig Day
National Scrooge Week begins (according to Mr. Ed)
National Twin Day
Nutcracker Day
Pink Panther Day
Play Bingo Day
Republic Day (Niger)
Sunday Newspaper Day
Tulya’s E’en (Beginning of Yule Season; Orkney Island)
Wear a Plunger On Your Head Day
Yuletide Lad #7 arrives (Hurdaskellir or Door-Slammer; Iceland)
Food & Drink Celebrations
Bake Cookies Day
Let's See What We Find in the Fridge Day
National Give a Wine Club Day
National Ham Salad Day
National “I Love Honey” Day
National Roast Suckling Pig Day
3rd Sunday in December
4th Sunday in Advent [1st Sunday before Xmas] (a.k.a. ...
Advent Sunday
Peace Sunday
Independence Days
New Jersey Statehood Day (#3; 1787)
Qatar (1878)
Feast Days
Eponalia (Feast of Epona; Roman goddess of fertility)
Expectation of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Christian)
Fantastic Finkleman (Muppetism)
Feast of Our Lady of Solitude (Mexico)
Flannán (Christian; Saint)
Gatianus (a.k.a. Gatian) of Tours (Christian; Saint)
Hanukkah (Judaism) [begins at sundown]
O Adonai (a.k.a. Great Advent Antiphons or Great Os; Christian; Saint)
Priestley (Positivist; Saint)
Rufus and Zozimus (Christian; Martyrs)
Running of the Roboderos (Church of the SubGenius)
Sebastian (Eastern Orthodox Church)
Unusual Music Instruments Day (Pastafarian)
Urdhyauli Parwa (Festival of the Animals; Nepal)
Winibald (Christian; Saint)
Lucky & Unlucky Days
Taian (大安 Japan) [Lucky all day.]
Tycho Brahe Unlucky Day (Scandinavia) [37 of 37]
Premieres
Anchorrman 2 (Film; 2013)
Avatar (Film; 2009)
The Ballad of the Green Berets, recorded by Staff Sgt. Barry Sadler (Song; 1965)
Brazil (Film; 1985)
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (Film; 1968)
The Color Purple (Film; 1985)
Doctor Faustus, by Christopher Marlowe (Play; 1592)
Her (Film; 2013)
The Lion Sleeps Tonight, by The Tokens (Song; 1961)
McCartney III, by Paul McCartney (Album; 2020)
The Nutcracker, by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Ballet; 1892)
Out of Africa (Film; 1985)
Twisting’ the Night Away, by Sam Cooke (Song; 1961)
The Two Towers (Film; 2002) [The Lord of the Rings #2]
Sisters (Film; 2015)
Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Film; 2015)
Today’s Name Days
Philipp, Wunibald (Austria)
Bosiljko, Dražen, Gracijan, Malahija (Croatia)
Miloslav (Czech Republic)
Lovise (Denmark)
Neeme, Neemo (Estonia)
Aapo, Aappo, Rami (Finland)
Briac, Gatien (France)
Esperanza, Gratian, Luise (Germany)
Floros, Sebastianos (Greece)
Auguszta (Hungary)
Graziano (Italy)
Jordisa, Klinta, Kristaps, Sarmis (Latvia)
Eivilė, Girdvilas, Gracijus (Lithuania)
Kate, Kristoffer (Norway)
Bogusław, Gracjan, Gracjana, Laurencja, Wilibald, Wszemir (Poland)
Daniil (Romania)
Sláva (Slovakia)
Esperanza (Spain)
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Chinese: Month 11 (Dōngyuè), Day 25 (Yi-Si)
Chinese Year of the: Tiger (until January 22, 2023)
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Islamic: 24 Jumada I 1444
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Julian: 5 December 2022
Moon: 27%: Waning Crescent
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Season: Autumn (Day 87 of 90)
Zodiac: Sagittarius (Day 26 of 30)
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