#Winter holidays

[autumncottageattic]

gammsystrar

#christmas tree #new year tree #country living #cozy cottage life #country life #country aesthetic #winter holidays #winter aesthetic #winter vibes #cozy winter

[incognitopolls]

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[fatphobiabusters]

Fat people deserve to enjoy feasting holidays just as much as thin people.

Fat people, eat what you want today. Allow yourself a second plate. Take home leftovers. Don't force yourself to be last in line for food. Shut down diet and weight talk. Tell the people who try to start it that it makes you uncomfortable. Wear what you like to dinner. Enjoy dessert. Do not tell yourself to "make up" for this meal tomorrow.

You are inherently allowed and deserve to eat food because you are a living, breathing human being, and no one can take that away from you. Anyone who says otherwise about you and your right to nourish yourself is valuing thinness over your literal survival needs. Their opinion is trash and should be thrown out with the rest of the garbage.

Stay strong today. The diet culture and fatphobic talk will be in full force, but you are stronger, and your needs are more important than the bigoted opinions of judgemental friends or family members.

You've got this.

-Mod Worthy

#fatphobia #trauma healing #fat liberation #fat positive #internalized fatphobia #thanksgiving #winter holidays #diet culture #Mod Worthy

[foolsfrogg]

this is me asking for it to snow before Yule please please please pl

similar to how I think Hilda’s teeth would be sharper; I think Baba’s would be a bit more rounded after the transition

#PLEASE ITS BEEN RAINING ALL WEEK #i love the rain #but like #white christmas #pretty please #hilda #hilda netflix #hilda the series #hilda the show #hilda (hilda) #hilda fanart #fanart #hilda baba #troll hilda #trolls #snow #winter #yule #christmas #winter holidays

[marksandrec]

Marks and Rec: Misc #2481

Merry Christmas/Nadolig Llawen! I just feel like Shane and the Mari Lwyd would be buddies, haha.

#shane madej #mari lwyd #watcher #incorrect quotes #marks and rec misc #source: original #watcher entertainment #puppet history #christmas #wales #cymru #food mention #capslock #merr chrismas #winter holidays

[jewishaesthetics]

Chanukah in the snowy woods

#jumblr #menorah #chanukah #hanukkah #aes #jewish aesthetic #winter aesthetic #winter holidays #holiday aesthetic #latkes #sufganiot

[marinawoznjuksworld]

#winter mood #winter time #winter holidays #winter #joy #happytime #happy day #be happy #winter days #december #funny animals #funny moments #funny dog #funny #music video #video #show

[winter-christmas-girl]

#christmas #december #winter #snow #holiday season #merry christmas #christmas tree #christmas day #christmas eve #happy christmas #winter holidays #happyholidays

[autumncottageattic]

jultiderna

#christmas tree aesthetic #christmas tree #new year tree #christmas spirit #winter holidays #winter decor #country living #country life #cozy cottage life #cottage aesthetic #cozy cottage #cozy aesthetic #cozy atmosphere #winter atmosphere #winter aesthetic

[incognitopolls]

Anon's sibling has a theory that people who don't celebrate a major holiday in winter are more prone to seasonal depression because they don't have festivities and holiday cheer to look forward to.

*"Major" holiday in the sense that it's a significant reason to celebrate personally, not necessarily just major calendar holidays– for example, Hanukkah isn't a major holiday by religious tradition, but some individuals love it and might consider it "major" on a personal level.

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[yourdependente]

First Day Skiing 🎿

#skiing #winter #winter session #winter sports #ski #winter activities #mountains #winter looks #snowday #apressskiing #alpine skiing #skiingday #romania #snow sports #winter holidays #winter vacation #ski trip #my content #my photography #yourdependente

[gbiechele]

Winter Solstice

Minolta MD 50mm f/1.2 Sony A7

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[homeiswherethewitchcraftis]

Reminder for the holidays this year. Homemade, thrifted, and homegrown gifts are amazing.

A house plant or herbs from your window box. Eggs from your hens if you got them. Home baked goods and thrifted clothes/decor are all great gifts. A thrifted basket full of homemade candy and treats with a nice throw from the goodwill is a 10/10 gift that doesn't break the bank.

#cottagecore #tradfem #grandmacore #homesteading #farmcore #homemaking #dark cottagecore #grandma core #witch #winter holidays #christmas #handmade gifts

[marksandrec]

Marks and Rec: Misc #2476

(Father has done the double standard.) (Dialogue from dadmann_walking on twitter.)

#markiplier #chicaplier #unus annus #crankgameplays #chica the dog #incorrect quotes #marks and rec misc #source: twitter #christmas #winter holidays #vid: chica's first christmas tree #vid: woofus roofus best dog moments in unus annus #cursing #swearing

[schweizercomics]

Companions of Christmas day 4: Chyskhaan, Khaarchana, and Ekhe Dyyl

Chyskhaan

One of two traditional giftgivers of the Yakut of Siberia (the other being Ekhe Dyyl), Chyskhaan lives north of Oymyakon, the coldest town in the world. Since time began, people have brought him gifts on the longest night of the year as a tribute, in the hopes that he will mitigate the cold and allow warmth and daylight to return to Siberia (though slowly and evenly, that the villages might not be flooded from the snow melt).

He spends the week of Christmas going through the offerings and taking what he will need for the year, and then, on New Year’s, he distributes the remaining majority of gifts to children and those in need who, regardless of their station, are treated by Chyskhaan with the dignity and ceremony as would befit a king or queen.

Ekhe Dyyl

Ekhe Dyyl is one of two traditional giftgivers of the Yakut people of Siberia (the other being Chyskhaan). Whereas Chyskhaan is imperious and icy, a reminder of the command that winter holds over the lives of those who live most deeply in its grip, Ekhe is warm and unpretentious, a proud bumpkin and boisterous reveler who rides a dirty, shaggy bull named Ükerinto into the towns and villages he visits.

When presented with a bowl of delicious mare’s milk, Ekhe will wave his brushwhip over a child and a gift will appear in their hands.

Khaarchana

Khaarchana is the granddaughter of both Chyskhaan on her mother’s side and Ekhe Dyyl on her father’s. From birth, she learned to bounce back and forth between their very different holiday celebrations and expectations. Chyskhaan’s reverent and solemn traditionalism and Ekhe’s edacious, riotous merrymaking are often at stark contrast, as are the grandfathers themselves: Chyskhaan has, on more than one occasion, called Ekhe a classless, gluttonous yokel, and Ekhe has let Chyskhaan know that the former considers the latter a stuffy, bumptious snob.

When the winter giftgivers were, for a generation, expelled from Russia following its revolution, Khaarchana realized that children across Siberia would suffer greatly from the absence of her grandfathers. Despite the danger posed by Stalin’s minions and the difficulty in reconciling the two seemingly different approaches to the holidays, Khaarchana decided to fill their shoes, making sure that no child in (what is now) the Sakha Republic would go without during winter festivities, and that the festivities themselves would be as rich and wonderful as they had ever been.

Going in with no experience, she consulted the longtime friend and colleague of both grandfathers, Santa Claus, whose advice was to be true to herself. The celebrations of the winter holidays are always changing and growing, and reverence and merrymaking needn’t be mutually exclusive.

Knowing the peril that her mission would put her in, Santa gave Khaarchana a magical snowflake, which, when worn on her head, would render her invisible, allowing her to plan and maneuver under the eyes of the Russian secret police, only removing it and allowing herself to be seen on the New Year when she would hand out the presents she had strategically hidden in homes across Siberia.

When her grandfathers were eventually permitted to return to the Russian-controlled region, they found that Khaarchana had kept the spirit of love and giving alive during their absence, and had unified their two approaches into one one messy, inconsistent, glorious celebration. Though both were resistant to change, and to each other, Chyskhaan and Ehke began to accompany Khaarchana on her rounds, and, though they still bicker like old hens, they have become close friends, while Khaarchana, in addition to her role as giftgiver, is the patron of all who have to navigate the sometimes-conflicting holiday celebrations (and schedules) of more than one family.

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Happy December, friends! Each year around this time I post up drawings of Christmas and other winter holiday figures, along with narratives to explain the practices with which folklorists and holiday buffs might be familiar. When stories exist, I use them; when they don't, I do what I can to piece together what folklore surrounds them to fill in the gaps (or, in some instances, defer to the theories of my friend and fellow narrative reconcilianist Benito Cereno). I hope you enjoy them!

#Winter Holidays #Christmas Around the World #Chyskhaan #Khaarchana #Ekhe Dyyl #Siberia

[m-eowdy]

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