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Holidays 1.14
Holidays
Assembly Line Workers' Day
Caesarean Section Day
Cat Day (French Republic)
Defender of the Motherland Day (Uzbekistan)
Diary Day (South Korea)
Flag Day (Georgia)
George Price Day (Belize)
Human Be-In Day
International Kite Day
International Male Chastity Day
Makar Sankranti (Kite Day; India)
Mallard Day (Oxford, England)
National Dolls Doing Business Day
National Dress Up Your Pet Day
National Forest Conservation Day (Thailand)
National Pothole Day (UK) [Closest Weekday to 15th]
National Saturday the 14th
National STI-Q Day
National Undhiyu Day (India)
National Vodou Day (New Orleans, Louisiana)
Organize Your Home Day
Revolution and Youth Day (Tunisia)
Schnitzelbank Day
STIQ Day (UK)
Sultan’s Day (Malaysia)
Take a Missionary to Lunch Day
Unknown Citizens Day (Philippines)
Veterans Day (India)
World Logic Day (UN)
Food & Drink Celebrations
Cakes and Ale Day (England)
Hot Pastrami Sandwich Day
National Undhiyu Day (India)
2nd Sunday in January
Baptism of the Lord [Sunday after Epiphany]
Blessing of the Sea (Margate, UK) [Sunday after 6th]
Meitlisunntig (Switzerland) [2nd Sunday]
National Sunday Supper Day [2nd Sunday]
No Pants Subway Ride [2nd Sunday]
Volunteer Fireman's Day [2nd Sunday]
Yamayaki (Grass Burning on Mount Wakakasuyama & Fireworks; Japan)
Independence & Related Days
Ratification Day (Treaty of Paris ratified, ending Revolutionary War; US; 1784)
Journée de la souveraineté retrouvée (Restored Sovereignty Day; Mali)
New Year’s Days
Amenzu n Yennayer (a.k.a. Aseggwas Amaziɣ, ⴰⵙⴳⴳⴰⵙ ⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖ or Amazigh New Year; Algeria)
Azhyrnykhua (Abkhazia; Day the World was Created)
The Burning o' the Clavie (Burghead, Scotland)
Hen Galan (Wales)
New Year's Day (Julian Calendar)
Novy God (Russian New Year)
Old New Year (a.k.a. ...
Alter Silvester (Switzerland)
Anul Nou pe stil vechi (Romania)
Հին Նոր տարի (Armenia)
Стары Новы год (Belarus)
Стара Нова година (Bulgaria, Macedonia)
Старый Новый год (Russia)
Српска Нова година (Serbia)
Старий Новий рік (Ukraine)
ძველით ახალი წელი (Georgia)
Παλαιό νέο έτος (Greece)
Orthodox New Year (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Yennayer (Berber Calendar New Year’s Day)
Festivals Beginning January 14, 2024
Africa Cup of Nations (Abidjan, Ivory Coast) [thru 2.11]
Cologne Furniture Fair (Cologne, Germany) [thru 1.18]
Critics’ Choice Awards (Santa Monica, California)
Fire & Ice Festival: Under the Sea (Somerset, Pennsylvania) [thru 1.14]
International Istanbul Open Backgammon Championship (Istanbul, Turkey) [thru 1.14]
Martin Luther King Parade, Walking the Talk, and Festival (Long Beach, California)
School Nutrition Industry Conference (Orland, Florida) [thru 1.16]
Feast Days
Barba'shmin (a.k.a. Barbasceminus; Christian; Saint)
Barry the Honeybee (Muppetism)
Basil of Ostrong (a.k.a. Basil the Great; Orthodox Church; Saint) [Serbia]
Berthe Morisot (Artology)
Bhogi begins (Festival to Surya, a Solar Diety; India)
Buddha (Positivist; Saint)
Circumcision of Jesus Christ (Orthodox Church)
Devasahayam Pillai (Latin Church; Blessed)
Divina Pastora (Barquisimeto)
Dondoyaki (Fire Festival; Japan)
Einar Hákonarson (Artology)
Eivind Berggrav (Lutheran)
Feast of Divina Pastora (Barquisimeto, Venezuela)
Feast of Nina (Bulgaria)
Feast of the Ass (Medieval Christianity)
Felix of Nola (Christian; Martyr)
Festum Asinorum (Medieval Burlesque Festival)
Gort Day (Church of the SubGenius)
Guido Franch Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)
Henri Fantan-Latour (Artology)
Hestia’s Day (Pagan)
Hilary (Christian; Saint)
Isaias and Sabbas (Christian; Saint)
Jean-Baptiste van Loo (Artology)
Macrina the Elder (Christian; Saint)
Odoric of Pordenone (Christian; Saint)
Pongol (Tamil Harvest Festival, India) [Usually 1.14 or 15]
Sava of Serbia (Christian; Saint)
Sidereal Winter Solstice (South, Southeast Asian cultures) (a.k.a. ...
Magh Bihu (Assam)
Maghe Sankranti (Nepal)
Maghi (Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab)
Makar Sankranti (Harvest Festival; India, Malaysia, Thailand)
Pongol begins (Tamil Nadu)
Tamil hai Pongal Day (Sri Lanka)
Uttarayan (Uttarakhand, Gujarat and Rajasthan)
Spell to Let Go Day (Starza Pagan Book of Days)
Thai Pongal (Sri Lanka)
Thorrablat (a.k.a. Þorrablót; Midwinter Festival; Iceland)
Thorrablat (Norse/Heathen Festival to Thor, God of Thunder)
Traditional Day of Offering (Bhutan)
Wear a Colander Day (Pastafarian)
Lucky & Unlucky Days
Sakimake (先負 Japan) [Bad luck in the morning, good luck in the afternoon.]
Umu Limnu (Evil Day; Babylonian Calendar; 2 of 60)
Unfortunate Day (Pagan) [5 of 57]
Premieres
Appleseed (Anime Film; 2005)
Batty Man, Parts 3 & 4 (Underdog Cartoon, S3, Eps. 31 & 32; 1967)
Belle (Anime Film; 2022)
The BFG, by Roald Dahl (Novel; 1982)
Bosko in Dutch (WB LT Cartoon; 1933)
The Boy Named If, by Elvis Costello (Album; 2022)
Bugs’ Bonnets (WB MM Cartoon; 1956)
Cape Fear, by John D. MacDonald (Novel; 1957)
The Captain and the Kids (MGM Cartoon; 1939)
Cookie’ with Gags (Fleischer/Famous Popeye Cartoon; 1955)
Dog Gone Modern (WB MM Cartoon; 1939)
Elektra (Film; 2005)
Father Brown (UK TV Series; 2015)
5-4-3-2-1 or The Quick Launch Counter (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S5, Ep. 248; 1964)
Get Thee Behind Me Satan, recorded by Harriet Hilliard (Song; 1936)
Goof Gas Attack, Part 7 (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S5, Ep. 247; 1964)
A Helping Paw (Color Rhapsody Cartoon; 1941)
Home, Tweet Home (WB MM Cartoon; 1950)
The House (Animated Film; 2022)
Independent People, by Halldór Laxness (Novel; 1934)
In Good Company (Film; 2005)
Inside Llewyn Davis (Film; 2014)
Lonesome Traveler, by Jack Kerouac (Essays; 1960)
Low, by David Bowie (Album; 1977)
No Hunting (Disney Cartoon; 1955)
Other Voices, Other Rooms, by Truman Capote (Novel; 1948)
Paul Simon, by Paul Simon (Album; 1972)
Permanent Waves, by Rush (Album; 1980)
Pirates from Below (Animated Cartoon; Jonny Quest #18; 1965)
The Poseidon Adventure, by Paul Gallico (Novel; 1969)
Pueblo Pluto (Disney Cartoon; 1949)
Red Riding Hoodlum (Woody Woodpecker Cartoon; 1957)
Sanford and Son (TV Series; 1972)
Saturday Evening Puss (Tom & Jerry Cartoon; 1950)
Scanners (Film; 1981)
The Today Show (TV Series; 1952)
Tosca, by Giacomo Puccini (Opera; 1900)
Waiting on a War, by the Foo Fighters (Song; 2021)
Today’s Name Days
Engelmar, Felix, Rainer (Austria)
Feliks, Malahija, Rajko, Srećko (Croatia)
Radovan (Czech Republic)
Felix (Denmark)
Feliks, Õnneleid (Estonia)
Sakari, Saku, Sasu (Finland)
Nina (France)
Engelmar, Felix, Rainer (Germany)
Nina (Greece)
Bódog (Hungary)
Dazio, Macrina (Italy)
Raitis, Roberta, Roberts (Latvia)
Auksė, Feliksas, Hilarijus, Laimis (Lithuania)
Herbjørg, Herbjørn (Norway)
Feliks, Hilary, Odo, Radogost (Poland)
Nina (Romania)
Radovan (Slovakia)
Félix (Spain)
Felicia, Felix (Sweden)
Adam, Nina (Ukraine)
Alair, Felice, Felicia, Felicity, Felix, Hilary, Hillary, Hillery (USA)
Today is Also…
Day of Year: Day 14 of 2024; 352 days remaining in the year
ISO: Day 7 of week 2 of 2024
Celtic Tree Calendar: Beth (Birch) [Day 20 of 28]
Chinese: Month 12 (Yi-Chou), Day 4 (Ding-Chou)
Chinese Year of the: Rabbit 4721 (until February 10, 2024)
Hebrew: 4 Shevat 5784
Islamic: 3 Rajab 1445
J Cal: 14 White; Sevenday [13 of 30]
Julian: 1 January 2024
Moon: 15%: Waxing Crescent
Positivist: 14 Moses (1st Month) [Buddha]
Runic Half Month: Peorth (Womb, Dice Cup) [Day 5 of 15]
Season: Winter (Day 25 of 89)
Zodiac: Capricorn (Day 24 of 31)
Calendar Changes
January (a.k.a. Ianuarius; Julian Calendar) [Month 1 of 12]
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The word for Christmas in late Old English is Cristes Maesse, the Mass of Christ, first found in 1038, and Cristes-messe in 1131; in Latin, Dies Natalis.
Early Celebration
Christmas was not among the earliest festivals of the Church.
Saints Irenaeus and Tertullian omit it from their lists of feasts. Origen, glancing perhaps at the discreditable imperial Natalitia, asserts that in the Scriptures, sinners alone, not saints, celebrate their birthday.
Arnobius can still ridicule the "birthdays" of the gods.
The first evidence of the feast is from Egypt.
About A.D. 200, Clement of Alexandria says that certain Egyptian theologians "over curiously" assign, not the year alone, but the day of Christ's birth, placing it on 25 Pachon (May 20), in the twenty-eighth year of Augustus.
The December feast therefore reached Egypt between 427 and 433.
In Rome, the earliest evidence is in the Philocalian Calendar, compiled in 354, which contains three important entries.
In the civil calendar, December 25 is marked "Natalis Invicti."
In the "Depositio Martyrum," a list of Roman or early and universally venerated martyrs, under December 25 is found "VIII kal. ian. natus Christus in Betleem Iudæ."
De Santi (L'Orig. delle Fest. Nat., in Civiltæ Cattolica, 1907), following Erbes, argues that Rome took over the Eastern Epiphany, now with a definite Nativity colouring and, with increasing number of Eastern Churches, placed it on December 25.
Later, both the East and West divided their feast, leaving Ephiphany on January 6 and Nativity on December 25, respectively.
The earlier hypothesis still seems preferable.
Origin of Date
Concerning the date of Christ's birth, the Gospels give no help.
Upon their data, contradictory arguments are based. The census would have been impossible in winter: a whole population could not then be put in motion.
Again, in winter, it must have been, then only field labour was suspended. However, Rome was not thus considerate.
Authorities, moreover, differ as to whether shepherds could or would keep flocks exposed during the nights of the rainy season.
Natalis Invicti
The well-known solar feast, however, of Natalis Invicti, celebrated on December 25, has a strong claim on the responsibility for our December date.
For the history of the solar cult, its position in the Roman Empire and syncretism with Mithraism have collected the evidence for the feast, which reached its climax of popularity under Aurelian in 274.
In 1700, Filippo del Torre first saw its importance.
It is marked, as has been said, without addition in Philocalus' Calendar.
It would be impossible here to outline the history of solar symbolism and language as applied to God, the Messiah, and Christ in Jewish or Chrisian canonical, patristic, or devotional works.
Hymns and Christmas offices abound in instances; the texts are well arranged by Cumont.
Liturgy and Custom
The fixing of this date fixed those too of Circumcision, Presentation, Expectation, Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Nativity, and Conception of the Baptist (cf. Thurston in Amer. Eccl. Rev., December, 1898).
Till the tenth century, Christmas counted, in papal reckoning, as the beginning of the ecclesiastical year, as it still does in Bulls.
Boniface VIII (1294-1303) restored temporarily this usage, to which Germany held longest.
The Crib (creche) or Nativity Scene
In 1223, Saint Francis of Assisi originated the crib of today by laicizing a hitherto ecclesiastical custom, henceforward extra-liturgical and popular.
The presence of ox and ass is due to a misinterpretation of Isaias 1:3 and Habakkuk 3:2 ("Itala" version), though they appear in the unique fourth-century "Nativity" discovered in the Saint Sebastian catacombs in 1877.
The ass on which Balaam rode in the Reims mystery won for the feast the title Festum Asinorum (Ducange, op. cit., s.v. Festum).
Hymns and Carols
The degeneration of these plays, in part, occasioned the diffusion of noels, pastorali, and carols, to which was accorded, at times, a quasi-liturgical position.
Prudentius, in the fourth century, is the first (and in that century alone) to hymn the Nativity, for the "Vox clara" (hymn for Lauds in Advent).
"Christe Redemptor" (Vespers and Matins of Christmas) cannot be assigned to Ambrose.
"A solis ortu" is certainly, however, by Sedulius (fifth century).
The earliest German Weihnachtslieder date from the eleventh and twelfth centuries, the earliest noels from the eleventh, the earliest carols from the thirteenth.
The famous "Stabat Mater Speciosa" is attributed to Jacopone da Todi (1230-1306).
"Adeste Fideles" is, at the earliest, of the seventeenth century.
These essentially popular airs, and even words must, however, have existed long before they were put down in writing.
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Please see below the scenarios for E.T Fest! These are simply prompts to get your characters interacting with new muses, some fun ideas to push you and your characters from your comfort zones. Allocations are below the cut.
Please don’t feel constrained to the below — they are starting blocks to give you ideas of how to interact with fresh faces.
All these scenarios have been randomly assigned so, if you don’t think they fit with your muse or if there are any problems, please let us know!
Participation in the below is not mandatory.
However, what is mandatory is that you reach out to at least one character you have not interacted before during your time in Roswell.
THE KIDS ARE BACK
You’re enjoying watching your favorite artist play on the main stage, when a child tugs on your shirt with tears in their eyes! It looks like you’ve been chosen to return them to their parents, having lost their guardian in the excitement of the festival. Feeling a twinge of parental instinct your muses band together in order to reunite the child with their company, even if it takes trawling through the entirety of the field to find them. Please tag all interactions with #etf.thekidsareback — Ian Cahill + Isaias Cabrera + Nora Huynh + Jaden Lapointe + Poppy Dupont + Ramona Colby + Winter Carver + Stevie Novo.
SWEATER WEATHER
It’s a wardrobe disaster! Your character spent all month looking for the perfect ensemble for E.T festival, and now a ‘Free Hugs’ guy has covered your outfit in beer, glitter and god knows what else. It’s up to your muses to find something alternative (and equally as stylish) to wear before the next act comes on, whether that’s stealing somebody’s jacket while they’re not looking, buying some of the awesome new merchandise, or fashioning a bralette out of aluminium foil and paper towels. Please tag all interactions with #etf.sweaterweather — Zoren Reyes, Olivia “Liv” Sunar, Fletcher Liu, Lara Fitzgerald, Mickey Cannon, Rose Anong, Adrienne Gano.
LOVE & PRIDE
Your characters meet each other in the middle of the Pride march after getting separated from their usual group of friends, and band together to create some eye-catching signs and some new chants to bring cheer to the festivities. With your flags, face paint or some E.T festival merch, you’re showing your Pride and ally-ship by screaming the festival down. Lets hope you don’t get separated from each other too! Please tag all interactions with #etf.loveandpride — Maristella De León, Zoe Lovel, Xiomara Cordova, Sparrow Moore, Jack Huxley, Breanne Samaya, Quentin Dupre, Sophie Jones.
THE GREAT ESCAPE
Your character’s festival wristband has fallen off in a particularly sweaty mosh pit and now, after leaving the festival grounds (for a cigarette, a sit down, or some food that didn’t require a loan to buy) you’re refused entry. Your muses have to find a way back into the festival without being spotted by security and banned for the rest of the night. Will you band together and ensure you slip beneath the radar undetected, or rush the gates in one mad dash for success? All you know is one thing — you’re not missing the headliner. Please tag all interactions with #etf.thegreatescape — Jovi Dicamillo, Theo Fischers, Juniper Green, Artemis Wallis, Suraj Das, Astra Osorio, Gunner Dunn.
THE ROCK SHOW
Your character’s favourite artist is performing at E.T Festival! You really enjoyed their set, but now you’re desperate to meet them and it seems you can’t find them anywhere at the festival. You decide to formulate a plan to sneak backstage and it works, but the backstage area is too big, and now you’re lost, Is that a security guard coming toward you? Oh no, come up with an excuse, quick! Maybe that innocent bystander will help you come up with a get-out? Please tag all interactions with #etf.therockshow — Deniz Ersoy, Connor “Soggy” Braxton, Emmett Moore, Sebastian “Seb” Ortiz, Simba ‘Sim’ Gano, Riggs Maddow, Selena Suksai.
KARMA CHAMELEON
Your character is hyping themselves up to perform on the local talent stage where, between acts, there is a karaoke machine to make use of. The crowd that gathered is a little too large for their liking, and they need hyping up to be able to pick a song and, finally, actually get the guts to perform it! Fill this muse with heightened self confidence or shred what little self-esteem they have left by throwing them into the deep end; the choice is up to you. Just, please, don’t sing Wonderwall! Please tag all interactions with #etf.karmachameleon — April Winslow, Darryon Sims, Serena Miller, Ender Baptista, Nao Chiba, Alara Zorlu, Juliette “Jett” Moore, Wylie Fyfe.
AMERICAN PIE
Your character promised they’d help a friend run their food truck for a brief stint as they enjoy a break to grab some water and use the facilities. They vowed they’d be back in twenty minutes, but the clock is ticking.. The queue is doubling, there’s the smell of smoke in the air, your favorite artist is only minutes away and your festival outfit reeks of grease. Will you make an excuse and go running into the sunset with a hot-dog burdened stranger, or will you enlist the help of an observer to relieve the tension. Please tag all interactions with #etf.americanpie — Lance Cannon, Adiya Kaur, Avery Cooper, Holly Berne, Rollo Moore, Amavi Rosales, Alev Özberk.
CELEBRITY STATUS
Time seems to stand still when you’re at the festival. Your character (and their friends) have stopped off to take a breather, but whilst enjoying the June heat they notice.. wait.. isn’t that? Is that one of the headliners, stumbling through the crowds in a daze? Turns out one of the billed artists has had a little too much to drink backstage and has been unleashed out into the real world. It’s now your responsibility, whether you like it or not, to babysit the celebrity and return them to the rest of the band, but not without having a little fun first. Please tag all interactions with #etf.celebritystatus — Imogen Xu, Caroline Davis, Aofie Gallagher, Rhys Taylor, Jurriaan Knight, Manuel ‘Manu’ Gonzáles, Brook Tumanday.
VAMPIRE MONEY
Whilst in the queue to buy some much-anticipated merchandise, your character puts their hand int heir pockets to realise their money has disappeared. What can they do? Perhaps they leave the queue to try and track down their wallet or a few singles caught in the wind, or perhaps a silver tongue could help them sway a few bucks from the person in front of them. Either way, it’s going to be a long night without a dime to their name, and that E.T fest t-shirt would just look great on them. Please tag all interactions with #etf.vampiremoney — Lonette Hastings, Aryan Chabra, Maya Åhlund, Victoria Adsuar, Archie MacMillan, Dilan Sunar, Alicia Molina-Cordova.
FAT LIP
Your character has been having perhaps a little too much fun at the festival, dancing away the afternoons and evenings without a care in the world. It turns out your mother’s vows of drinking enough water and ensuring you’re wearing enough sunscreen weren’t pointless, after all. You’ve been banished to the medical tent and told to stay inside until you feel 100%, to drink water and enjoy a snack (on the house) to replenish lost energy. Time to make some new friends to pass the time — blowing up latex gloves and pretending you’re a cockerel is always endless fun, right? Please tag all interactions with #etf.fatlip — Bryce Sirilan, Matilda “Mattie” Laurent, Mei Xuan, Striker Cannon, Bridget Matusiak, Weston Davis, Joseph Berne.
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Holidays 1.14
Holidays
Assembly Line Workers' Day
Caesarean Section Day
Cat Day (French Republic)
Defender of the Motherland Day (Uzbekistan)
Diary Day (South Korea)
Flag Day (Georgia)
George Price Day (Belize)
Human Be-In Day
International Kite Day
International Male Chastity Day
Makar Sankranti (Kite Day; India)
Mallard Day (Oxford, England)
National Dolls Doing Business Day
National Dress Up Your Pet Day
National Forest Conservation Day (Thailand)
National Pothole Day (UK) [Closest Weekday to 15th]
National Saturday the 14th
National STI-Q Day
National Undhiyu Day (India)
National Vodou Day (New Orleans, Louisiana)
Organize Your Home Day
Revolution and Youth Day (Tunisia)
Schnitzelbank Day
STIQ Day (UK)
Sultan’s Day (Malaysia)
Take a Missionary to Lunch Day
Unknown Citizens Day (Philippines)
Veterans Day (India)
World Logic Day (UN)
Food & Drink Celebrations
Cakes and Ale Day (England)
Hot Pastrami Sandwich Day
National Undhiyu Day (India)
2nd Sunday in January
Baptism of the Lord [Sunday after Epiphany]
Blessing of the Sea (Margate, UK) [Sunday after 6th]
Meitlisunntig (Switzerland) [2nd Sunday]
National Sunday Supper Day [2nd Sunday]
No Pants Subway Ride [2nd Sunday]
Volunteer Fireman's Day [2nd Sunday]
Yamayaki (Grass Burning on Mount Wakakasuyama & Fireworks; Japan)
Independence & Related Days
Ratification Day (Treaty of Paris ratified, ending Revolutionary War; US; 1784)
Journée de la souveraineté retrouvée (Restored Sovereignty Day; Mali)
New Year’s Days
Amenzu n Yennayer (a.k.a. Aseggwas Amaziɣ, ⴰⵙⴳⴳⴰⵙ ⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖ or Amazigh New Year; Algeria)
Azhyrnykhua (Abkhazia; Day the World was Created)
The Burning o' the Clavie (Burghead, Scotland)
Hen Galan (Wales)
New Year's Day (Julian Calendar)
Novy God (Russian New Year)
Old New Year (a.k.a. ...
Alter Silvester (Switzerland)
Anul Nou pe stil vechi (Romania)
Հին Նոր տարի (Armenia)
Стары Новы год (Belarus)
Стара Нова година (Bulgaria, Macedonia)
Старый Новый год (Russia)
Српска Нова година (Serbia)
Старий Новий рік (Ukraine)
ძველით ახალი წელი (Georgia)
Παλαιό νέο έτος (Greece)
Orthodox New Year (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Yennayer (Berber Calendar New Year’s Day)
Festivals Beginning January 14, 2024
Africa Cup of Nations (Abidjan, Ivory Coast) [thru 2.11]
Cologne Furniture Fair (Cologne, Germany) [thru 1.18]
Critics’ Choice Awards (Santa Monica, California)
Fire & Ice Festival: Under the Sea (Somerset, Pennsylvania) [thru 1.14]
International Istanbul Open Backgammon Championship (Istanbul, Turkey) [thru 1.14]
Martin Luther King Parade, Walking the Talk, and Festival (Long Beach, California)
School Nutrition Industry Conference (Orland, Florida) [thru 1.16]
Feast Days
Barba'shmin (a.k.a. Barbasceminus; Christian; Saint)
Barry the Honeybee (Muppetism)
Basil of Ostrong (a.k.a. Basil the Great; Orthodox Church; Saint) [Serbia]
Berthe Morisot (Artology)
Bhogi begins (Festival to Surya, a Solar Diety; India)
Buddha (Positivist; Saint)
Circumcision of Jesus Christ (Orthodox Church)
Devasahayam Pillai (Latin Church; Blessed)
Divina Pastora (Barquisimeto)
Dondoyaki (Fire Festival; Japan)
Einar Hákonarson (Artology)
Eivind Berggrav (Lutheran)
Feast of Divina Pastora (Barquisimeto, Venezuela)
Feast of Nina (Bulgaria)
Feast of the Ass (Medieval Christianity)
Felix of Nola (Christian; Martyr)
Festum Asinorum (Medieval Burlesque Festival)
Gort Day (Church of the SubGenius)
Guido Franch Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)
Henri Fantan-Latour (Artology)
Hestia’s Day (Pagan)
Hilary (Christian; Saint)
Isaias and Sabbas (Christian; Saint)
Jean-Baptiste van Loo (Artology)
Macrina the Elder (Christian; Saint)
Odoric of Pordenone (Christian; Saint)
Pongol (Tamil Harvest Festival, India) [Usually 1.14 or 15]
Sava of Serbia (Christian; Saint)
Sidereal Winter Solstice (South, Southeast Asian cultures) (a.k.a. ...
Magh Bihu (Assam)
Maghe Sankranti (Nepal)
Maghi (Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab)
Makar Sankranti (Harvest Festival; India, Malaysia, Thailand)
Pongol begins (Tamil Nadu)
Tamil hai Pongal Day (Sri Lanka)
Uttarayan (Uttarakhand, Gujarat and Rajasthan)
Spell to Let Go Day (Starza Pagan Book of Days)
Thai Pongal (Sri Lanka)
Thorrablat (a.k.a. Þorrablót; Midwinter Festival; Iceland)
Thorrablat (Norse/Heathen Festival to Thor, God of Thunder)
Traditional Day of Offering (Bhutan)
Wear a Colander Day (Pastafarian)
Lucky & Unlucky Days
Sakimake (先負 Japan) [Bad luck in the morning, good luck in the afternoon.]
Umu Limnu (Evil Day; Babylonian Calendar; 2 of 60)
Unfortunate Day (Pagan) [5 of 57]
Premieres
Appleseed (Anime Film; 2005)
Batty Man, Parts 3 & 4 (Underdog Cartoon, S3, Eps. 31 & 32; 1967)
Belle (Anime Film; 2022)
The BFG, by Roald Dahl (Novel; 1982)
Bosko in Dutch (WB LT Cartoon; 1933)
The Boy Named If, by Elvis Costello (Album; 2022)
Bugs’ Bonnets (WB MM Cartoon; 1956)
Cape Fear, by John D. MacDonald (Novel; 1957)
The Captain and the Kids (MGM Cartoon; 1939)
Cookie’ with Gags (Fleischer/Famous Popeye Cartoon; 1955)
Dog Gone Modern (WB MM Cartoon; 1939)
Elektra (Film; 2005)
Father Brown (UK TV Series; 2015)
5-4-3-2-1 or The Quick Launch Counter (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S5, Ep. 248; 1964)
Get Thee Behind Me Satan, recorded by Harriet Hilliard (Song; 1936)
Goof Gas Attack, Part 7 (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S5, Ep. 247; 1964)
A Helping Paw (Color Rhapsody Cartoon; 1941)
Home, Tweet Home (WB MM Cartoon; 1950)
The House (Animated Film; 2022)
Independent People, by Halldór Laxness (Novel; 1934)
In Good Company (Film; 2005)
Inside Llewyn Davis (Film; 2014)
Lonesome Traveler, by Jack Kerouac (Essays; 1960)
Low, by David Bowie (Album; 1977)
No Hunting (Disney Cartoon; 1955)
Other Voices, Other Rooms, by Truman Capote (Novel; 1948)
Paul Simon, by Paul Simon (Album; 1972)
Permanent Waves, by Rush (Album; 1980)
Pirates from Below (Animated Cartoon; Jonny Quest #18; 1965)
The Poseidon Adventure, by Paul Gallico (Novel; 1969)
Pueblo Pluto (Disney Cartoon; 1949)
Red Riding Hoodlum (Woody Woodpecker Cartoon; 1957)
Sanford and Son (TV Series; 1972)
Saturday Evening Puss (Tom & Jerry Cartoon; 1950)
Scanners (Film; 1981)
The Today Show (TV Series; 1952)
Tosca, by Giacomo Puccini (Opera; 1900)
Waiting on a War, by the Foo Fighters (Song; 2021)
Today’s Name Days
Engelmar, Felix, Rainer (Austria)
Feliks, Malahija, Rajko, Srećko (Croatia)
Radovan (Czech Republic)
Felix (Denmark)
Feliks, Õnneleid (Estonia)
Sakari, Saku, Sasu (Finland)
Nina (France)
Engelmar, Felix, Rainer (Germany)
Nina (Greece)
Bódog (Hungary)
Dazio, Macrina (Italy)
Raitis, Roberta, Roberts (Latvia)
Auksė, Feliksas, Hilarijus, Laimis (Lithuania)
Herbjørg, Herbjørn (Norway)
Feliks, Hilary, Odo, Radogost (Poland)
Nina (Romania)
Radovan (Slovakia)
Félix (Spain)
Felicia, Felix (Sweden)
Adam, Nina (Ukraine)
Alair, Felice, Felicia, Felicity, Felix, Hilary, Hillary, Hillery (USA)
Today is Also…
Day of Year: Day 14 of 2024; 352 days remaining in the year
ISO: Day 7 of week 2 of 2024
Celtic Tree Calendar: Beth (Birch) [Day 20 of 28]
Chinese: Month 12 (Yi-Chou), Day 4 (Ding-Chou)
Chinese Year of the: Rabbit 4721 (until February 10, 2024)
Hebrew: 4 Shevat 5784
Islamic: 3 Rajab 1445
J Cal: 14 White; Sevenday [13 of 30]
Julian: 1 January 2024
Moon: 15%: Waxing Crescent
Positivist: 14 Moses (1st Month) [Buddha]
Runic Half Month: Peorth (Womb, Dice Cup) [Day 5 of 15]
Season: Winter (Day 25 of 89)
Zodiac: Capricorn (Day 24 of 31)
Calendar Changes
January (a.k.a. Ianuarius; Julian Calendar) [Month 1 of 12]
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Discovery: Isaias Elpes
Isaias Elpes is an award-winning composer and musician from Brazil who is now based in LA, creating beautiful instrumental ditties along the way.
By Jane Howkins
WINTER is the title of his latest track, although it has quite an optimistic vibe to it, despite the title and all the things associated with that dark season. As expected, the song is instrumental in nature, but don’t let that put you…
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Travel poster for Chile by the Ministry of Tourism (c. 1930). Artwork by Isaias.
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Isaia A/W 2018
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Holidays 1.14
Holidays
Assembly Line Workers' Day
Azhyrnykhua (Abkhazia; Day the World was Created)
Caesarean Section Day
Defender of the Motherland Day (Uzbekistan)
Diary Day (South Korea)
Human Be-In Day
International Kite Day
Mallard Day (Oxford, England)
National Dolls Doing Business Day
National Dress Up Your Pet Day
National Forest Conservation Day (Thailand)
National Pothole Day (UK)
National Saturday the 14th
National STI-Q Day
National Undhiyu Day (India)
Old New Year's Day (Russia, Wales; Julian Calendar)
Organize Your Home Day
Revolution and Youth Day (Tunisia)
Schnitzelbank Day
Sultan’s Day (Malaysia)
Take a Missionary to Lunch Day
Veterans Day (India)
World Logic Day (UN)
Yennayer (Berbers)
Food & Drink Celebrations
Cakes and Ale Day (England)
Hot Pastrami Sandwich Day
2nd Saturday in January
Children’s Day (Thailand) [2nd Saturday]
Eagle Day [2nd Saturday]
Expose Bill Gates Day [2nd Saturday]
National Vision Board Day [2nd Saturday]
Vinegrower's Day (Bulgaria)
Independence Days
Ratification Day (Treaty of Paris ratified, ending Revolutionary War; US)
Feast Days
Barba'shmin (a.k.a. Barbasceminus; Christian; Saint)
Barry the Honeybee (Muppetism)
Buddha (Positivist; Saint)
Devasahayam Pillai (Latin Church; Blessed)
Divina Pastora (Barquisimeto)
Dondoyaki (Fire Festival; Japan)
Eivind Berggrav (Lutheran)
Feast of Divina Pastora (Barquisimeto, Venezuela)
Feast of Nina (Bulgaria)
Feast of the Ass (Medieval Christianity)
Felix of Nola (Christian; Saint)
Gort Day (Church of the SubGenius)
Guido Franch Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)
Hilary (Christian; Saint)
Isaias and Sabbas (Christian; Saint)
Macrina the Elder (Christian; Saint)
Odoric of Pordenone (Christian; Saint)
Pongol (Tamil Harvest Festival, India) [varies]
Sava of Serbia (Christian; Saint)
Sidereal Winter Solstice (South, Southeast Asian cultures) (a.k.a. ...
Magh Bihu (Assam)
Maghe Sankranti (Nepal)
Maghi (Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab)
Makar Sankranti (Harvest Festival; India, Malaysia, Thailand)
Pongol begins (Tamil Nadu)
Tamil hai Pongal Day (Sri Lanka)
Uttarayan (Uttarakhand, Gujarat and Rajasthan)
Thorrablt (a.k.a. Þorrablót; midwinter festival; Iceland)
Traditional Day of Offering (Bhutan)
Wear a Collander Day (Pastafarian)
Lucky & Unlucky Days
Butsumetsu (仏滅 Japan) [Unlucky all day.]
Umu Limnu (Evil Day; Babylonian Calendar; 2 of 60)
Unfortunate Day (Pagan) [5 of 57]
Premieres
The BFG, by Roald Dahl (Novel; 1982)
The Boy Named If, by Elvis Costello (Album; 2022)
Elektra (Film; 2005)
Father Brown (UK TV Series; 2015)
Get Thee Behind Me Satan, recorded by Harriet Hilliard (Song; 1936)
In Good Company (Film; 2005)
Low, by David Bowie (Album; 1977)
No Hunting (Disney Cartoon; 1955)
Paul Simon, by Paul Simon (Album; 1972)
Permanent Waves, by Rush (Album; 1980)
Pueblo Pluto (Disney Cartoon; 1949)
Sanford and Son (TV Series; 1972)
Scanners (Film; 1981)
The Today Show (TV Series; 1952)
Tosca, by Giacomo Puccini (Opera; 1900)
Waiting on a War, by the Foo Fighters (Song; 2021)
Today’s Name Days
Engelmar, Felix, Rainer (Austria)
Feliks, Malahija, Rajko, Srećko (Croatia)
Radovan (Czech Republic)
Felix (Denmark)
Feliks, Õnneleid (Estonia)
Sakari, Saku, Sasu (Finland)
Nina (France)
Engelmar, Felix, Rainer (Germany)
Nina (Greece)
Bódog (Hungary)
Dazio, Macrina (Italy)
Raitis, Roberta, Roberts (Latvia)
Auksė, Feliksas, Hilarijus, Laimis (Lithuania)
Herbjørg, Herbjørn (Norway)
Feliks, Hilary, Odo, Radogost (Poland)
Nina (Romania)
Radovan (Slovakia)
Félix (Spain)
Felicia, Felix (Sweden)
Adam, Nina (Ukraine)
Alair, Felice, Felicia, Felicity, Felix, Hilary, Hillary, Hillery (USA)
Today is Also…
Day of Year: Day 14 of 2023; 351 days remaining in the year
ISO: Day 6 of week 2 of 2023
Celtic Tree Calendar: Beth (Birch) [Day 21 of 28]
Chinese: Month 12 (Dōngyuè), Day 23 (Red-Shen)
Chinese Year of the: Tiger (until January 22, 2023)
Hebrew: 21 Teveth 5783
Islamic: 21 Jumada II 1444
J Cal: 14 Aer; Sunday [14 of 30]
Julian: 1 January 2023
Moon: 53%: Waning Gibbous
Positivist: 14 Moses (1st Month) [Buddha]
Runic Half Month: Peorth (Womb, Dice Cup) [Day 5 of 15]
Season: Winter (Day 25 of 90)
Zodiac: Capricorn (Day 24 of 30)
Calendar Changes
January (a.k.a. Ianuarius; Julian Calendar) [Month 1 of 12]
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The word for Christmas in late Old English is Cristes Maesse, the Mass of Christ, first found in 1038; Cristes-messe in 1131; in Latin Dies Natalis.
Early Celebration
Christmas was not among the earliest festivals of the Church.
Saints Irenaeus and Tertullian omit it from their lists of feasts. Origen, glancing perhaps at the discreditable imperial Natalitia, asserts that in the Scriptures, sinners alone, not saints, celebrate their birthday.
Arnobius can still ridicule the "birthdays" of the gods.
The first evidence of the feast is from Egypt.
About A.D. 200, Clement of Alexandria says that certain Egyptian theologians "over curiously" assign, not the year alone, but the day of Christ's birth, placing it on 25 Pachon (May 20) in the twenty-eighth year of Augustus.
The December feast therefore reached Egypt between 427 and 433.
In Rome, the earliest evidence is in the Philocalian Calendar, compiled in 354, which contains three important entries.
In the civil calendar, December 25 is marked "Natalis Invicti."
In the "Depositio Martyrum," a list of Roman or early and universally venerated martyrs, under December 25 is found "VIII kal. ian. natus Christus in Betleem Iudæ."
De Santi (L'Orig. delle Fest. Nat., in Civiltæ Cattolica, 1907), following Erbes, argues that Rome took over the Eastern Epiphany, now with a definite Nativity colouring and, with as increasing number of Eastern Churches, placed it on December 25.
Later, both the East and West divided their feast, leaving Ephiphany on January 6, and Nativity on December 25, respectively. The earlier hypothesis still seems preferable.
Origin of Date
Concerning the date of Christ's birth, the Gospels give no help; upon their data, contradictory arguments are based.
The census would have been impossible in winter: a whole population could not then be put in motion.
Authorities moreover differ as to whether shepherds could or would keep flocks exposed during the nights of the rainy season.
Natalis Invicti
The well-known solar feast, however, of Natalis Invicti, celebrated on December 25, has a strong claim on the responsibility for our December date.
For the history of the solar cult, it would be its position in the Roman Empire and syncretism with Mithraism.
(See Cumont's epoch-making "Textes et Monuments" etc., I, ii, 4, 6, p. 355.)
Mommsen (Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum, 12, p. 338) has collected the evidence for the feast, which reached its climax of popularity under Aurelian in 274.
In 1700, Filippo del Torre first saw its importance. It is marked, as has been said, without addition in Philocalus' Calendar.
It would be impossible here even to outline the history of solar symbolism and language as applied to God, the Messiah, and Christ in Jewish or Chrisian canonical, patristic, or devotional works.
Hymns and Christmas offices abound in instances; the texts are well arranged by Cumont.
Liturgy and Custom
The arrangement of this date also fixed those of Circumcision and Presentation, Expectation, Annunciation B.V.M., and Nativity and Conception of the Baptist (cf. Thurston in Amer. Eccl. Rev., December, 1898).
Until the tenth century, Christmas counted, in papal reckoning, as the beginning of the ecclesiastical year, as it still does in Bulls.
Boniface VIII (1294-1303) restored temporarily this usage, to which Germany held longest.
The Crib (creche) or Nativity Scene
Saint Francis of Assisi in 1223 originated the current crib by laicizing a hitherto ecclesiastical custom, thus extra-liturgical and popular.
The presence of ox and ass is due to a misinterpretation of Isaias 1:3 and Habakkuk 3:2 ("Itala" version), though they appear in the unique fourth-century "Nativity" discovered in the Saint Sebastian catacombs in 1877.
The ass on which Balaam rode in the Reims mystery won for the feast the title Festum Asinorum (Ducange, op. cit., s.v. Festum).
Hymns and Carols
The degeneration of these plays, in part, occasioned the diffusion of noels, pastorali and carols, to which was accorded at times a quasi-liturgical position.
Prudentius, in the fourth century, is the first (and in that century alone) to hymn the Nativity for the "Vox clara" (hymn for Lauds in Advent).
"Christe Redemptor" (Vespers and Matins of Christmas) cannot be assigned to Ambrose. "A solis ortu" is certainly, however, by Sedulius (fifth century).
The earliest German Weihnachtslieder date from the eleventh and twelfth centuries -- the earliest noels from the eleventh and the earliest carols from the thirteenth.
The famous "Stabat Mater Speciosa" is attributed to Jacopone da Todi (1230-1306).
"Adeste Fideles" is, at the earliest, of the seventeenth century. However, these words must have existed long before they were put down in writing.
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can you tell us more about the zartin fan children?
of course :D I'm always glad to talk about my children uwu
Arthur, the oldest
full name: Arthur Isaias Varmitech Kratt (likes Varmitech more, sounds more interesting)
height: 1.58mts (5'2) and will stay like that
his birthday is sometime during winter
can't sleep unless everything is dark
was allergic to peanuts but cured himself out of spite
Sol, the youngest
full name: Sol Varmitech Kratt (likes Kratt more just to mess with Arthur)
height: 1.40mts (4'7), will grow taller than Arthur
her birthday is during summer
abuses the "little sibling privilege" a lot
she admires both her parents success and wants to do something important with her life
extra stuff:
Sol's name (sun) was because she was originally going to be blonde but she looks better with black hair honestly
Both love scary stories
Both love playing pranks on each other. sometimes making a mess in the house, sometime waiting weeks or months to complete the prank, and sometimes accidentally pranking their parents
They have been lightly electrocuted more than once. Each and every time having to endure a lecture by Zach on security
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Check out this listing I just added to my Poshmark closet: Robbin Girl | Nomel Platform Winter Ankle Boots.
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Holidays 1.14
Holidays
Assembly Line Workers' Day
Azhyrnykhua (Abkhazia; Day the World was Created)
Caesarean Section Day
Defender of the Motherland Day (Uzbekistan)
Diary Day (South Korea)
Human Be-In Day
International Kite Day
Mallard Day (Oxford, England)
National Dolls Doing Business Day
National Dress Up Your Pet Day
National Forest Conservation Day (Thailand)
National Pothole Day (UK)
National Saturday the 14th
National STI-Q Day
National Undhiyu Day (India)
Old New Year's Day (Russia, Wales; Julian Calendar)
Organize Your Home Day
Revolution and Youth Day (Tunisia)
Schnitzelbank Day
Sultan’s Day (Malaysia)
Take a Missionary to Lunch Day
Veterans Day (India)
World Logic Day (UN)
Yennayer (Berbers)
Food & Drink Celebrations
Cakes and Ale Day (England)
Hot Pastrami Sandwich Day
2nd Saturday in January
Children’s Day (Thailand) [2nd Saturday]
Eagle Day [2nd Saturday]
Expose Bill Gates Day [2nd Saturday]
National Vision Board Day [2nd Saturday]
Vinegrower's Day (Bulgaria)
Independence Days
Ratification Day (Treaty of Paris ratified, ending Revolutionary War; US)
Feast Days
Barba'shmin (a.k.a. Barbasceminus; Christian; Saint)
Barry the Honeybee (Muppetism)
Buddha (Positivist; Saint)
Devasahayam Pillai (Latin Church; Blessed)
Divina Pastora (Barquisimeto)
Dondoyaki (Fire Festival; Japan)
Eivind Berggrav (Lutheran)
Feast of Divina Pastora (Barquisimeto, Venezuela)
Feast of Nina (Bulgaria)
Feast of the Ass (Medieval Christianity)
Felix of Nola (Christian; Saint)
Gort Day (Church of the SubGenius)
Guido Franch Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)
Hilary (Christian; Saint)
Isaias and Sabbas (Christian; Saint)
Macrina the Elder (Christian; Saint)
Odoric of Pordenone (Christian; Saint)
Pongol (Tamil Harvest Festival, India) [varies]
Sava of Serbia (Christian; Saint)
Sidereal Winter Solstice (South, Southeast Asian cultures) (a.k.a. ...
Magh Bihu (Assam)
Maghe Sankranti (Nepal)
Maghi (Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab)
Makar Sankranti (Harvest Festival; India, Malaysia, Thailand)
Pongol begins (Tamil Nadu)
Tamil hai Pongal Day (Sri Lanka)
Uttarayan (Uttarakhand, Gujarat and Rajasthan)
Thorrablt (a.k.a. Þorrablót; midwinter festival; Iceland)
Traditional Day of Offering (Bhutan)
Wear a Collander Day (Pastafarian)
Lucky & Unlucky Days
Butsumetsu (仏滅 Japan) [Unlucky all day.]
Umu Limnu (Evil Day; Babylonian Calendar; 2 of 60)
Unfortunate Day (Pagan) [5 of 57]
Premieres
The BFG, by Roald Dahl (Novel; 1982)
The Boy Named If, by Elvis Costello (Album; 2022)
Elektra (Film; 2005)
Father Brown (UK TV Series; 2015)
Get Thee Behind Me Satan, recorded by Harriet Hilliard (Song; 1936)
In Good Company (Film; 2005)
Low, by David Bowie (Album; 1977)
No Hunting (Disney Cartoon; 1955)
Paul Simon, by Paul Simon (Album; 1972)
Permanent Waves, by Rush (Album; 1980)
Pueblo Pluto (Disney Cartoon; 1949)
Sanford and Son (TV Series; 1972)
Scanners (Film; 1981)
The Today Show (TV Series; 1952)
Tosca, by Giacomo Puccini (Opera; 1900)
Waiting on a War, by the Foo Fighters (Song; 2021)
Today’s Name Days
Engelmar, Felix, Rainer (Austria)
Feliks, Malahija, Rajko, Srećko (Croatia)
Radovan (Czech Republic)
Felix (Denmark)
Feliks, Õnneleid (Estonia)
Sakari, Saku, Sasu (Finland)
Nina (France)
Engelmar, Felix, Rainer (Germany)
Nina (Greece)
Bódog (Hungary)
Dazio, Macrina (Italy)
Raitis, Roberta, Roberts (Latvia)
Auksė, Feliksas, Hilarijus, Laimis (Lithuania)
Herbjørg, Herbjørn (Norway)
Feliks, Hilary, Odo, Radogost (Poland)
Nina (Romania)
Radovan (Slovakia)
Félix (Spain)
Felicia, Felix (Sweden)
Adam, Nina (Ukraine)
Alair, Felice, Felicia, Felicity, Felix, Hilary, Hillary, Hillery (USA)
Today is Also…
Day of Year: Day 14 of 2023; 351 days remaining in the year
ISO: Day 6 of week 2 of 2023
Celtic Tree Calendar: Beth (Birch) [Day 21 of 28]
Chinese: Month 12 (Dōngyuè), Day 23 (Red-Shen)
Chinese Year of the: Tiger (until January 22, 2023)
Hebrew: 21 Teveth 5783
Islamic: 21 Jumada II 1444
J Cal: 14 Aer; Sunday [14 of 30]
Julian: 1 January 2023
Moon: 53%: Waning Gibbous
Positivist: 14 Moses (1st Month) [Buddha]
Runic Half Month: Peorth (Womb, Dice Cup) [Day 5 of 15]
Season: Winter (Day 25 of 90)
Zodiac: Capricorn (Day 24 of 30)
Calendar Changes
January (a.k.a. Ianuarius; Julian Calendar) [Month 1 of 12]
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iwaoi & the 1 by Taylor swift folklore album, For the song request things if that’s still open!!
here you go, anon! i’ve written more iwaoi-as-exes content over the past week than i thought i ever would :’)
the 1 - taylor swift
pairing: iwaizumi hajime/oikawa tooru
content: angst with a hopeful ending (it’s actually not that angsty they’re just not together), magical realism, timeskip
wc: 921
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Argentina brings with it a break from the past. The moment Oikawa steps out of the airport, backpack over his shoulder, suitcase in tow, he takes in the humid summer air, and something loosens in his chest. It still hurts - the ache of losing Iwaizumi is akin to that of amputating a limb - but it hurts less. And then Oikawa spots Jose Blanco standing in front of an electric blue sportscar, holding a handmade sign, and he smiles. He’ll be alright.
Oikawa settles into his spot on the team with ease. At eighteen, he’s the youngest, just past legal drinking age, and the other members make it their mission to show him the ropes. He’s subjected to affectionate nicknames and hair ruffles on the court, crushing hugs and rapidfire teasing Spanish outside it. Slowly, he starts to heal. Missing Iwaizumi takes a backseat.
Part of life in Argentina is the festivities. Oikawa has never been one to pass up a good party, but his teammates drag him into town a staggering amount of nights per month. If not for their strict training regimens, Oikawa would have no idea how they stay in shape.
This particular night is more sedate than usual. It finds the team occupying a table at a small garden restaurant a few blocks away from downtown San Juan. The place is called La Fuente, apparently because of an old fountain in the courtyard that no one thought to remove when it was built.
Oikawa passed it by on his way into the restaurant. It didn’t look like much; a central tier made of mottled brown stone standing in a shallow brick pool. Matteo and Isaias were jostling him, pushing him forward to get to their table faster, and Oikawa let it go.
But now he’s gotten his fill of Argentinian barbeque and Bonarda wine, and he decides to get some air. The captain, Aman Valdiviezo, stops him on his way. “Where you off to, Tooru?” he asks.
“I think I’ll head out to the fountain to clear my head,” Oikawa says, swaying slightly on his feet. His head is buzzing, and the excursion might help him sober up.
“Don’t fall in,” Aman says. His tone is jovial, but not without a note of warning. Oikawa frowns.
Aman just chuckles and pats him on the back, and Oikawa wishes him a good night and heads outside.
The night is dark and pleasant, and Oikawa takes a deep breath of the fresh air. The party is still audible, but it sounds distant, as if from another world. It feels a little more lonely out here, or maybe that’s just his imagination.
He takes a seat on the edge of the fountain, pressing his hand against the cool brick. A look into the clear water reveals that the bottom is speckled with coins of all shapes and sizes. Most are Argentinian, but there are a few that he recognizes as American or European, and others of more mysterious origin.
Fumbling for his wallet, Oikawa takes out one of the ten yen coins he keeps with him for good luck. He presses it to his lips before flipping it into the water; it lands with a small plop.
The water ripples, and Oikawa frowns, leaning closer to look. One coin shouldn’t be able to cause such a disturbance.
He sucks in a sharp inhale when his reflection fades in the water, replaced with a familiar face. Iwaizumi’s face.
Oikawa watches with wide eyes as the pool shows him a scene of Iwaizumi in line at the grocery store, the same endearing scrunch between his eyebrows as he picks out lettuce. Iwaizumi taking notes in his early morning lecture. Iwaizumi and some strange girl at a club. Iwaizumi taking her hand and whispering something in her ear and leading her off the dance floor back to his dorm.
The last one almost drives Oikawa to put his fist through the water. But before he can, the image changes, morphs into something more tender.
Oikawa’s breath hitches when he recognizes himself, body curled into Iwaizumi’s side on the couch in front of some action movie. It’s a memory from before they started dating, but Iwaizumi holds him like a lover, the arm around his shoulders tentative yet so sweet. Them kissing for the first time in the middle of winter, cold lips and warm breath. Them with Hanamaki and Matsukawa on the night before their graduation, passing around a stolen bottle of rosé.
Their time together plays out like a film reel, and when it ends, Oikawa finds that he’s unconsciously reached for it, fingers floating mere centimeters above the water’s surface.
Pulling his hand back, Oikawa presses it to his flushed cheek. It comes away wet with tears. Oikawa blinks. He doesn’t know when he started crying.
He’s happy here, even without Iwaizumi, but still he wonders… if he never left the country, would they have made it? If Iwaizumi had kissed him earlier, if they had more time to be in love, if they just fought harder to stay together -
With trembling fingers, Oikawa unlocks his phone and taps on Iwaizumi’s contact number. He knows the rule is to never call your ex when you’re drunk, but he doesn’t feel drunk. His head is clearer than it’s been in a long time.
Tossing one more coin into the water for good luck, Oikawa hits call, and he holds his breath for a few agonizing seconds while the ringtone plays.
Iwaizumi picks up.
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