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themanicnami · 3 years

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Willow’s Witchy Wishlist 2020

Hey guys! It’s that time of year again, and I’ve seen a few of these going around. Like usual, I will do my best to participate to because especially after this year we’ve had.

Now with that being said, we all know many of us are having financial issues (myself included), so I want to stress you DO NOT have to buy me anything. I have plenty other things on my wish list that is free! And I will be doing my best with others that I see on here asking for the same. With that being said - if you do want to get me something that requires shipping please IM me or send me an ask for further details.

Willow’s Wish List

Stickers: I love collecting them, any kind: cheap, scented, fuzzy, shiny, big, small, scrapbooking, etc. I love them all and I use them in spells! So I always am happy to see them as gifts!

Recipes: I am trying really really hard to start cooking though with so limited hours and there for limited income its hard for me to find recipes that don’t call for fifteen or more ingredients. But I am always happy to find recipes for cheap, affordable and/or low ingredient count recipes! I am far from a picky eater with only mild reactions to acidic foods so for the most part any recipe I am happy to receive! Links or typed up or just a photo - never needs to be fancy!

Gel Pens: another of one of the only things that I will mention that costs money other than the stickers is gel pens: I use them for my grimoire, for spells, at work to try to brighten up the few shifts I have, I use them for D&D and for list making to help my anxiety. I adore them so very much, no matter color or even brand.

Witchy Crafts: Like recipes I am trying very hard to expand my little arts and crafts and things to do at home during quarantine and partial unemployment. Anything that is low cost and fun to do I am happy to hear about! Especially if there is a witchy twist to it!

Pet Photos: I love pets, I love looking at pet photos and one of the things that can really help calm me after an anxiety episode which have been more frequent due to everything going on: due to this please send me pet photos! all pets are welcome!

E-book/PDF Recommendations: if anyone has any good folklore, mythology, witchcraft, pagan and/or history ebooks or pdfs that are free to read and are good quality/interesting then please do let me know! These have been really helping me pass time.

Movie Recommendations: Again, this is how I’m passing some time especially after an anxious day. I have Hulu (share with a friend) and Netflix (family account) but other than that I am not able to buy anything else at this time (esp. not expensive ones like disney+ or hbo x-x) But if you know any good movies on those sites or elsewhere (dailymotion, youtube, etc) please let me know! I specifically enjoy: documentaries, crime/mystery, horror, fantasy, animated, musicals and era films.

I hope this wasn’t asking too much again, I know many of us are struggling! If you are interested, I am still doing commissions but otherwise I just want everyone to have a good safe end to 2020. Happy Yule, Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukah, Happy Kwanzaa, Happy Holidays and everyone please stay safe! Especially my fellow people still struggling here in the states with anti-maskers and every else trying to drag us down more.

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#2020 wish list #witchy wish list #witchy wishlist

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violenceenthusiast · 3 years

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“Happy Hunter Hanukah” from the Bunker Holiday Party 2020!!

the 3 Jews at the party did not coordinate this color palette ahead of time it just worked out that way

how did Aaron Bass, Rufus Turner, and Eileen Leahy - three characters who never meet in canon due to various states of deadness - end up at this party?? something something after defeating Chuck the boys file a wrongful death suit with their GodSon and get all their loved ones back *handwave*

the ‘B’ on Rufus’ belt IS for ‘Bobby’

not pictured: Sam and Eileen’s engagement rings

happy first night of hanukah y’all !!

bonus Jewish spn content:

Rebecca “Becky” Rosen sketch

#supernatural fanart #eileen leahy #saileen #rufus turner #aaron bass #becky rosen #spn finale fix it #a very supernatural hanukah #my art #jupernatural #this is a finale denialist blog #i make this content for me and no one else lmao #but i hope some of yall get a kick out of this too :)#i know eileen isnt jewish in text but #shoshannah is so i claim eileen too #im jewish/irish let me project in peace!!#my color choices said trans rights babeyy #fern posting

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jewishfreakshow · 3 years

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(Posted 12:07 am, EST, 2020, Dec 21st)

Two weeks ago in Idaho, the only Anne Frank memorial was defaced with 9 swastika stickers saying "We are everywhere"

A few days ago a jewish highschool in Brooklyn New York was vandalized by two currently unknown men. A swastika was graffied on the outside of it.

Roughly a week ago a jewish highschool website was hacked and filled with imagery of swastikas, slurs, and other dighstinnf hate speech towards jewish people.

During Hanukah a jewish family in france was physically and verbally assaulted by four people for playing Hebrew songs in their car.

A few days ago a police officer in Massachusetts quit his job after it was made public he had carved a swastika into the paint of another officers vehicle.

To every nonjew out there, I'm fucking begging you to start listening to us when we tell you that anti-semitism still exist. We're begging you to start taking us seriously and start calling out anti-semitism when you hear it. It's not something old that never happens anymore. Anti-semitism still exists in many forms, We are still being killed and attacked for being Jewish. We still face microaggresions everyday from Goyim. We get called kykes, oven dodgers, we're told to go get gassed, n@zi and holocaust jokes are made directly to our face by Goyim, and when we say anything we're either told to shut up or no one fucking listens. I'm fucking tired of people not caring about my people. If you ignore the voices of Jewish people you are supporting n@zis. If you have the abilites and resources to help Jewish people and you don't, you're supporting n@zis. If this or any post similar to this offends you, you are part of the fucking problem. We've been telling you for fucking AGES anti-semitism is still a huge problem and you've ignored us. Start standing up for jewish people and open your fucking ears and listen to us. 60% of all religious crimes in america alone are towards jewish people. This isn't just about our "feelings". We are actively being attacked and MURDERED. Start supporting jewish voices and start calling out your shitty anti-semitic friends and any antisemite you can. We are humans. We matter just as much as any fucking Goyim out there.

#jewish #jew #hanukah #chanukah #n@zi tw #antisemitism #antisemites #antisemetism tw #k word #slur tw #judisam

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girlactionfigure · 3 years

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Plan Z

In the Fall of 2012, Bibi Netanyahu and then Minister of Defense Ehud Barak had a plan to destroy Iran’s capability to make nuclear weapons. The plan was not executed because of opposition from the Cabinet, the Israeli security establishment, and of course the Obama Administration, which was facing an election and secretly negotiating with Iran toward what would become the JCPOA.

The “nuclear deal” that was ultimately signed in 2015 provided Iran with cash for its Hezbollah terrorists and its expansion into Iraq and Syria, as well as fully legitimizing Iran’s nuclear project in 10-15 years. Even before then, the JCPOA lacked adequate safeguards to prevent cheating, and Iran took advantage of the loopholes to pursue development of uranium and plutonium bombs.

The Obama Administration was following a playbook developed – in part by advisor Ben Rhodes – in the 2006 Iraq Study Report, which intended to extricate the US from Iraq and bring about overall stability in the region by appeasing and empowering Iran and Syria (there was still an independent Syria then) at Israel’s expense. It seemed to me then, and still does today, that the negative consequences for Israel from the plan were not simply an unfortunate byproduct of it, but rather a desired outcome.

President Trump took the opposite tack, choosing to weaken Iran and empower America’s traditional allies in the region, Israel and the Sunni Arab states. He took the US out of the JCPOA, re-imposed sanctions on Iran, recognized Israel’s sovereignty in the Golan and Jerusalem (the 2006 plan envisioned Israel transferring the Golan to Syria), and encouraged an alliance between Israel and the Sunni Arab states.

If Trump’s policy to build up a strong countervailing power while weakening and isolating Iran would continue, then it might be possible to force Iran to give up its nuclear dreams without military action. But if, as seems likely, Joe Biden takes office as President of the US on 20 January 2021, then everything may change.

The following is sheer fantasy. I don’t know what the PM of Israel is thinking, I am not acquainted with anyone in the Trump Administration, the Biden team, or Israel’s defense establishment, and I have no insider knowledge about anything.

By Chanukah 5781 [10 December 2020], it became clear to the Prime Minister of Israel that President-elect Biden, although personally not particularly anti-Israel, was assembling a team heavy with individuals that were less than sympathetic to our point of view, like Susan Rice, Jake Sullivan, and Daniel Benaim. Biden had also made appointments that were concessions to the extreme left wing of the Democratic party that had almost defeated him in the race for the nomination. Intelligence reports showed a continuous flow of communications between Biden and the headquarters of the group led by Barack Obama, located only about 3 km. from the White House.

The PM of Israel was worried. Biden had already announced his intention to re-engage with Iran, which would probably mean a loosening of sanctions. The PM knew that the Iranians had recently made significant progress toward the development of a nuclear arsenal. He had no confidence that the Biden Administration would have the will to stop them; he could imagine a repeat of the JCPOA process, in which Iran made a fool of US negotiators.

Israel would have to stop Iran, or nobody would.

The PM knew that during the Obama Administration the Americans considered Israel a prime target for intelligence-gathering. The Americans had been operating a radar installation in Israel since 2008 that could spot air activity anywhere in the country, even small drones. Electronic communications in Israel’s defense headquarters, the Kiriya in Tel Aviv, have been tapped for some time. It would be very hard to take almost any kind of military action against Iran without the Americans finding out.

The PM decided that if Israel were to take action, it would have to be before 20 January, when Biden would be inaugurated. Indeed, considering the precedent of the incoming Obama team which aborted the ground invasion of Gaza in January 2009, it would have to be before Biden’s people got themselves organized. Otherwise, he was sure the Americans would act, diplomatically or even kinetically, to prevent Israel from striking the Iranian nuclear program.

Such an operation would not be simple or easy. The Iranian assets that would need to be destroyed are buried deeply underground and defended by surface-to-air missile batteries. The moment Israel attacked, the Iranians would unleash Hezbollah in Lebanon, which had some 130,000 short range rockets and longer range missiles, some with precision guidance. They are fitted on mobile launchers and ensconced in the homes of civilians. Hezbollah has plans to invade across the northern border, and kill Israelis and take hostages.

But the IDF has been preparing for this for some time. There is a plan called tochnit zayin [Plan Z]. The Prime Minister convened his mini-security cabinet, a subset of a subset of the cabinet, including the Minister of Defense and several others, together with the IDF Chief of Staff and a few key officers, including the Air Force and Navy commanders. The meeting took all of 15 minutes. The clock began to tick on tochnit zayin.

The IDF announced that it would carry out a defensive exercise on our northern border. It was not a massive exercise, and only a small number of reserve units were called up. Several days later an Israeli submarine moved into position in the Persian Gulf (or, if you prefer, the Arabian Gulf). At 0200 on the 4th day of Hanukah, the submarine fired a missile almost straight up. The missile contained a small nuclear bomb designed to maximize the production of gamma rays, and it exploded high in the stratosphere at an altitude of about 100 km. A person on the ground might see a small dot of light if he knew where to look; he would not be injured or even feel anything.

Most of the gamma radiation from the explosion was absorbed by the air. The gamma rays ripped electrons from atoms in the air, and the electrons spun downward; their motion in the Earth’s magnetic field produced a powerful pulse of electromagnetic radiation, lasting only one millionth of a second but containing an enormous amount of energy. Much of Iran was blanketed by this pulse. Electrical conductors that it passed over had high voltages induced in them, and semiconductor devices, especially those connected to power lines or antennas, were reduced to inert lumps of silicon. Telephone and cellular networks, broadcasting equipment, internet routers, the power grid, and countless other things became inoperative. Even emergency generators, with their solid-state controls, didn’t start.

When Israeli aircraft arrived to bomb the nuclear sites with multiple bunker-busters, Iranian radar was dark. When eyewitnesses tried to alert their commanders, they were unable to do so. When they finally drove to Teheran to inform their leaders (most vehicles were still operative, especially older ones), their leaders could not communicate with each other, or, importantly, with Hezbollah in Lebanon.

Lebanon is too close to Israel to receive the same treatment, but units of Israeli special forces penetrated its borders and destroyed communications infrastructure and cut cables at key points. A bombing campaign followed, aimed primarily at the nervous system of the country – the power grid and communications systems. In 2006, the IDF was surprised by its inability to intercept and interrupt communications over Hezbollah’s fiber optic network. Since then, it’s been documented and mapped. It was quickly destroyed. Since 2006 the IDF has collected good intelligence about Hezbollah’s installations, including the hiding places of mobile rocket launchers and weapons depots. Many of them were destroyed almost immediately.

The Hezbollah leadership was targeted; unlike in 2006, the IDF knew where they were and was able to kill them. Without a head and a nervous system, and without support from Iran, Hezbollah was demoralized, and was unable to sustain a massive rocket attack. There was some damage to Israel’s home front, but Iron Dome and Arrow antimissile systems significantly reduced it.

All this happened in a couple of days. By the time Hanukah was over, the Lebanese government – less Hezbollah – was suing for peace. In Iran, economic paralysis had begun to set in.

The US and the Russians, who had been informed only an hour before the operation, offered to help Iran and Lebanon to rebuild, as did Israel and the Gulf states – on condition that the mullahs in Iran and what was left of Hezbollah in Lebanon would have no role in the government. They accepted.

By the time Joe Biden became president, he faced a whole new Middle East.

Abu Yehuda

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johnthestitcher · 3 years

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Jack Black performing the Hanukah Blessing in perfect Hebrew

http://jewtube.com/2019/12/jack-black-performs-the-prayer-for-hanukkah/

Wake up, y’all! Chanukah is ‘early’ this year - December 10-18, 2020.

#hanukah #chanukah #judaism #jack black

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everlarkholidaystyle · 4 years

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Thank you to @567inpanem for coming up with the prompts…so excited.

The rules are simple chose a prompt write a story, draw a picture, make a meme, make a collage, or a music video, or even a soundtrack to the holidays. And submit it here starting on the Winter Solstice Saturday December 21, 2019 and extending to January 6, 2020 the End of the Holiday season…

Bake Off

*Peeta easily wins best baker title in his district with his special ginger bread recipe. But now he’s baking against the best of the districts! Will he be the Mellark that finally brings the grand title to 12? Intrigue! Deception! Sabotage! Bribery! It’s the grand quarter quell bake off has it all! Who will be crowned top baker and forever enjoy the special 25 yr title, fame glory and fortune! Your host Caesar Flickerman, with guest star taste testers including…Katniss desperate, agrees to work as secret agent, get close to Peeta, steal recipe and plans for a very special top secret gingerbread house, mess up his ingredients, make him oversleep after wild sex, anything necessary to keep him from beating the career district contestant! Will Peeta take home the big prize?

*Story of 1000 origami cranes in one year for luck or wish. Peeta makes 1000 (mockingjay) cookies?

D12 Fall Harvest

*Harvest Festival in D12 provides opportunity for all to not only celebrate bounty but also to give thanks, exchange gifts, participate in matching ceremony in anticipation of annual day of matrimony held on the winter solstice. Snapshot of Peeta and Katniss through the years?

*Harvest Festival is competition like Olympics or Highland games? Winners awarded cornucopia of food for the coming winter?

D12 Parcel Day

*The way those Parcel Days could have gone to forge relationship between Peeta and Katniss if it was something more, if for example they had to work together on things like what goes in them (maybe start off cold, then argue over differences, then get to know each other, grow together).

Thanks Giving

First Feast in 1621 lasted 3 days, 90 native Americans Wampanoag and 53 Pilgrims, celebrated successful harvest - feast, games, military exercises, diplomacy. Only 4 of 20 Mayflower women survived to the feast! Men helped cook for the party. No oven. 1863 Lincoln declared holiday. Make Katniss either survivor of voyage or Native?

Christmas & Hanukkah

See Prompt Nine.

New Years

Old college friends dispersed after graduation, but the group meets up every New Years for a night of drinking and catching up on the year and reminiscing and resolutions. At least for a while. But then they drift apart, skip years… until one (ok, I just realized this is getting closer to the movie big chill with every tweak). Or st. Elmo’s fire. But I like the concept of Katniss and Peeta having something in college and kept it secret but something happens and there’s secret is exposed….

Peeta and Katniss have crushes on the other one, attend a masquerade and neither one tells the other what there dressed as and they meet at the party and they do not realize they are attracted to their friend; maybe this can be an arranged marriage effort to match people attracted to each other by personality, not appearance, and the positive match confuses them? Or attendance is a psychology course requirement? (My intro psych had 1,000 students.)

Canon Based Non-Holiday Specific

something about coal…legend that La Befana witch flies down chimney, left gifts for good children, coal for naughty…Epiphany January 6 = end of Christmas season, day 3 wise men arrive manger BUT once Katniss is Victor, has $, sneaks buckets of coal for all the seam children to keep warm fire going, Peeta sneaks small raisin nut loaves? Or maybe this is parcel day beginning of legendary Mockingjay flies and delivers coal and sweet music. Maybe we can leave it like an open-ended thing parcel day in the and the districts how do you think each district celebrated partial day

Prompt #1 A Dog’s New Year’s Eve Prompts -

A dog living on a college campus in Columbia observed that paying cashier = get a cookie. So, for the last 5 years, dog picks up large leaf, carries to cashier, gets cookie, too. What if cashier is lonely baker Peeta? Stray dog actually belongs to Katniss. Because dog always snarls at Haymitch, he calls it “Katniss.” Peeta overhears, assumes the dog is “Katniss.” Haymitch doesn’t correct him.

Peeta reads horoscope for 2019 Year of the Dog: “For single people, they have a large possibility to meet some excellent friends of opposite sex and develop a romantic relationship with one of them.”

Peeta needs to find a date for New Years Eve and is running out of time! Hears Katniss over the radio reading the article he wrote “…Dog girls…need to pursue or express affection of boy dogs bravely. In addition, joining in more social activities on weekends is also an effective way to find true love…” Followed by a “BAHUMBUG Love is dead…dogs do not fall in love…hell like people dogs fall in lust’” Peeta wants to find this woman and set her straight…Love is not a Bahumbug.

What if dog getting too heavy like Columbian dog, vet accuses Katniss feeding dog junk, Katniss follows dog, catches baker feeding her now overweight dog, confronts him. But, Year of the Dog! So, HEA magic.

Prompt Idea #2 (Cultural Holiday)

*Pliny the Elder, a Roman who was one of the world’s first known naturalists, thought the Druids’ beliefs about mistletoe (that “mistletoe, taken in drink, will impart fecundity to all animals that are barren.” and hung it over their doors for luck) were silly, but the reputation stuck thanks in part to a Norse myth: definitely something with mistletoe and drinking its properties to become fertile

*Frigga, goddess of love and marriage, loved her son Baldur so much that she and Baldur’s wife teamed up to make all the world’s plants and animals to promise not to hurt him. Well, they got all the plants, except mistletoe. Loki, god of mischief, realized the mistake and made a spear out of mistletoe and killed Baldur. As Frigga cried over the loss of her son, her motherly tears turned into mistletoe berries. Those berries somehow brought Baldur back to life, so Frigga declared mistletoe to be a symbol of love. According to The Smithsonian magazine, “Mistletoe would come to hang over our doors as a reminder to never forget. We kiss beneath it to remember what Baldur’s wife and mother forgot.”

Prompt Idea #3 Candy Land Hunger Games edition

Weird holiday hunger games - Arena is a winter wonderland of marzipan mutts, “Snow” monster, Peeta and Katniss are gingerbread, she reattaches his leg with frosting, in crystal candy cave he can’t stop from taking a nibble she’s so delicious, it rains lemon drops, it snows powdered sugar, watch out for milk lake danger…

Prompt Idea #4 Misfit Toys

*On the Island of Misfit Toys, one new toy (Katniss?) perfect but with broken or lost heart, damaged toy soldier Peeta? determined to help with other toys (victors or tributes?)

Prompt Idea #5 Holiday Dueling Booth

Katniss and Peeta’s relationship has gone sour. For extra cash, Katniss opens a seasonal booth at the farmer’s market selling simple homemade baked goods, like apple cake, acorn flour scones. Peeta tries to get her attention by pushing her buttons, opens an upscale baked goods booth next to hers.

Prompt Idea #6 Tim Burton Holiday

Too much eggnog, Katniss nightmare: Mad Capital scientist builds a “Edward scissorhands” boy mutt but with kitchen gadget appendages. D12 turns on him. Katniss goes on daring journey to find only person who can help. Dr Wires lives underground with oompaloompa-like helpers (former victor mutts).

Prompt Idea #7 - Story Book Hero

Katniss is a working mom who doesn’t have time for all the school volunteer opportunities, but finds herself signed up for weekly storytime for December - The Story Book hero comes to life

Prompt Idea #8 Holiday Shopper

Wealthy Peeta and Finnick like betting on the stupidest things, each hires a professional personal shopper, tries to come up with Christmas shopping list item that will be the straw that breaks the camel’s back. But Katniss desperately needs the money, resolved not to quit.

Prompt Idea #9 - Open Ended Holiday Prompt -be creative any HG Parring any and all works

Looking for perfect gift Hanukah / Christmas

Eight Days of Hanukah

Office parties

School art projects

Deadlines

Should old acquaintance be forgot

Singer / Caroling / Rock Band / TV Show

Resolutions -

Snowstorms -

Holiday show

Gift of the Magi

Let’s find your smile (like a treasure hunt, by end found happiness)

Secret Santa party games

Gift Exchange

Twelve days of Christmas

New Years masquerade ball

Oh and one more thing don’t forget to #Everlarkholidaystyle2019

#everlarkholidaystyle2019

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hprarepairnet · 4 years

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WE HAVE DECIDED NOW THAT EVERY CHALLENGE WILL BE BASED ON SEASONS. WHICH MEANS, THIS CHALLENGE WILL LAST FROM DECEMBER 1ST, 2019 TO FEBRUARY 29TH, 2020. FOR THIS CHALLENGE, ALL YOUR CONTENT WILL NEED TO BE REVOLVED AROUND THE WINTER SEASON.

This could be your favorite pairing celebrating Christmas or Hanukah (or any other winter holidays), partying on New Years Eve, or just playing in the snow! It can be canon or completely AU or not even anything I have mentioned. It’s up to you! Anything works as long as it fits the theme and season.

This challenge is being run by us at the @hprarepairnet and the @slytherdornet, but it is open to anyone that would like to participate. There are a few things you need to keep in mind if you would like to be involved:

These edits can be made for any Slytherin x Gryffindor pairing or any pairing considered rare across the HP fandom.

If you make an edit of a rare-pair that is not between a Slytherin x Gryffindor, only the @hprarepairnet will reblog the edit. The @slytherdornet will only reblog content having to do with Slytherin x Gryffindor pairings.

Make sure to use the appropriate challenge tags and network tags if you want us to see your work for the challenge! Use the general tags #hprarepairnet and #slytherdornet, but also use the challenge specific tags #slytherdornetchallenge and #hprarepairnetchallenge!

Also make sure to specify in the caption of your post that this is for the @hprarepairnet and @slytherdornet winter challenge!

And last but not least, the content you make for these pairings can be graphics, moodboards, aesthetics, one-shots, fanfics, headcanons, etc.

From both nets, we hope you choose to participate! It will be a blast. We can’t wait to share our content with you all winter long. If you have any questions, you can send an ask to either of the networks! But please make sure to signal boost this challenge as many times as you can throughout the season, so the word is spread! It is a long challenge, and we do not want it to die out. Thank you all so much for your support. x

#hprarepairnet #slytherdornet #rarepotterpairs #slytheringirlsgang #wizardrynet #hpedit #hogwartsonline #wizardingsource #hptriadsnet

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stressedkitkatttt · 4 years

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Can you do something about them experiencing a new culture for Christmas? My family is Trinidadian, and the way we celebrate Christmas is quite different from a typical American Christmas. I just think it would be cute because they wouldn’t know what to do lol. It really doesn’t matter which boy is, so surprise me!

Okay so this request was very interesting and I really loved writing it! You are Jewish in the story(because I am fairly familiar with it but I am NOT Jewish, so I may not get everything right) and I hope that this doesn’t offend anyone. For the Jewish holiday I choose Hanukkah.

I have a second part that may include you and him spending Christmas together and may or may not have some smut 👀. The only difference being that you are Trinidadian(like the lovely person who requested this because a Trinidadian Christmas is pretty cool) and you travel to Trinidad. I can post that as well if y'all want it. Also I’ve never been to Miami soooo…….

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Warnings: Fluff. Fluff all around. Erick being awkward. Possibly tooth-rotting fluff.

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Christmas. A time to spend with family and friends then wrap up in a fuzzy blanket in front of the fire and sip hot cocoa. All that would be nice except for two things. You live in an apartment, which has no fireplace, and you live in Miami. Winters in Miami are basically cool summer days. The coldest it gets usually somewhere in the 60s and of course it doesn’t snow. But you can look past all that. What you really looked forward to was spending time with your family and of course your boyfriend, Erick. You’ve dated for a little over a year now and you can say that he’s the sweetest boy in the world.

Last year’s Christmas was amazing. Erick took you to see his family in Havana, Cuba. You spent the night with him and his family: enjoying amazing Cuban food and the celebration mass that gathered in Havana. To say you were scared to meet the rest of his family was an understatement. But they loved you and with Erick, there to comfort you when your anxiety rose too high, it felt like you had a second home by the end of the night.

This year was going to be different. Your family had flown out to Miami to see you and boy were you shocked to see your mom, dad, grandma, grandpa, and some cousins show up at your door. You cried a little and when Erick came home from work, your family was all over him: telling him how adorable he was, how you and him made a cute couple, etc. You grew more and more excited the closer Christmas came because with your family here, you could indulge on your Christmas traditions and best of all? You get to show Erick some of your culture and traditions. You always talked about your mom’s traditional cooking and what your family used to do on holidays but now that you get to show him?

You're the happiest girl alive.

When you first told Erick that your family didn’t celebrate Christmas, he was a little shocked. Almost every year you guys had a Christmas tree and celebrated like any traditional Christmas. He was a little nervous because he didn’t know what to do, what to expect, what if he did something wrong and accidentally offended your family and they don’t want you two to be together anymore? On the night before Kwanzaa starts, you took him to your shared room and calmed his nerves.

“But amor, what if I do something wrong?” He asks, squeezing your hand and pulling you closer. “What if I do something wrong and your family doesn’t want us to be together?”

You laugh a little at how nervous he is. You take your hand and bring it to his cheek, turning his head to face you. “Erick, look at me,” you say softly. He slowly brings his head up, green eyes meeting yours. “Remember how nervous I was about meeting your family last year? You helped me relax and showed me how to do things?” He nods. “Well, I promise to do the same. I’ll show you what to do and if you do something wrong, my family isn’t going to be offended. Plus, they see how much you make me happy. And what makes me happy makes them happy.”

He takes a deep breath and nods, bringing his hand up to yours and leans into it. You pull him closer and kiss his lips. He melts almost instantly and brings his hand to your head, pulling you deeper into the kiss. Giggles from the doorway made the both of you jolt away and look to see two of your little cousins. With a hearty laugh, you spring from the bed and chase them down the hall, Erick letting out a chuckle of his own before following suit.

December 22: You had cleared off a small table and your mom brought over the menorah. Erick was puzzled to say the least and as your family brought out the necessary things to light it, he leaned down and whispered, “What is that?”

“That is a menorah.” You reply. “Hanukah celebrates the victory of the Maccabees over the Syrian-Greek army, who were trying to take over Jerusalem. In the Holy Temple, there was a menorah and one vial of oil. The oil was only supposed to last one day but instead lasted eight - hence why there are eight spaces for the candles. And the one in the middle is used to light the other eight.” You would go into more detail but you didn’t want to bore Erick with your tradition’s origin. That’s your father and grandfather’s job.

Just before the sun started to set, you began helping your mom and grandma make traditional fried foods to eat after the lighting of the first candle. Erick was on the couch with your dad and grandpa. You looked over at the couch from the small island in the kitchen and couldn’t help smile. Your mom appeared beside you and followed your gaze, smiling as well. She rubbed your back softly. “You two are so perfect together, you know?” You replied with a distant ‘Mhm’.

“Do you plan on getting married?” Your grandma asks from behind you. You whip around and stare at her with a shocked expression. Your grandma must’ve felt you look at her and she began laughing. She turns and looks at you, a mischievous glint in her eye. “I’m just messing with you, honey.” Before she turns and goes back to frying Latkes.

The sunset from the apartment is breathtaking and everyone watches it until it disappears and it’s time to light the first candle. “Natalie, would you do the honors?” Your mom asks, stepping away from the menorah after light the middle one. You stand up from the couch and walk over to menorah, some soft traditional music playing in the background. You take the helper candle and light the first candle. Your grandma and grandpa begin to say a traditional prayer while Erick sits on the couch awkwardly. You smile and walk back to sit down by him, gently rubbing his back as you lean against him. His hand finds yours and you squeeze it gently.

When the prayer is done, your mom gets the food from the kitchen counter and brings them over. You light up at the foods you haven’t eaten in years. “Okay, so these are latkes, which are fried potato pancakes,” you tell Erick while taking a bite out of one. You offer it to him and he takes a bite, letting out a small 'Mm’. You laugh and offer him something he’s familiar with - tostones; fried plantains. He was a fan of those to say the least.

When everyone had finished eating, your little cousins came up to you and Erick. “Do you guys want to play Dreidel?” You look at Erick and drag him to the floor. “Okay, so this is how you play,” your little cousin explained how to play. When the game started, he was a little confused but slowly got the hang of it. When the last day came to light the candle, you gave Erick the honors and he lit up at the now fully-lit menorah.

Over the next eight days you taught Erick more about your Jewish traditions and he slowly got more and more comfortable with your family, just as you did with his a year ago. And finally the day came and your family had to leave. You were sad to see them go and made them promise to call you when they got off the plane.

After you bid them farewell and closed the door, a pair of arms wrapped themselves around your waist and pair of lips found your neck. “Tengo un regalo para ti,” he mumbled against your skin. He grabbed your hand and led you to the bedroom. “Cierra los ojos, nena.” He said just before you got to the bedroom door. You giggle and close your eyes, hearing the door open and feeling his hand guide you to the bed. You straighten up and put your hands on your lap. Erick walks away for a few moments before returning and sitting down next to you on the bed. “Okay, open your eyes.”

You open your eyes and look down at his hands, seeing a beautiful necklace you had wanted from a few months ago. Your jaw drops and you almost tear up a little bit. “Erick, you didn’t…” You say in disbelief. He sets down the box and grabs the necklace. You lean forward and let him put it on. It fits perfectly. You squeal and run to the body mirror and check out the necklace. Erick comes up behind you and looks at you through the mirror. “I can’t believe you got this for me, Erick. Thank you.” You turn and peck him on the cheek. He turns your head and you look at him. He leans in and kisses you. “Te amo,” he mumbles against your lips.

“Te quiero también.”

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Wow. Just wow. I almost died writing this because Erick seriously melts my heart. The other boys do too but something about Erick… Anyways. I hope you guys enjoy this as much as I enjoyed writing it. First post of 2020. Hope y'all had some good holidays! Was also gonna add some cheesy thing at the end like “You’re the best gift of all” but nah…..

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