Occurs to me that Christian cultural hegemony can be pretty well encapsulated by the fact that it is normal for people to say "Happy Chanukah to those who celebrate," and it is normal for many of those same people to say, "Merry Christmas, everyone!"
Text of message (in case it goes by too fast) below the cut.
Dear Tumblr-verse,
Happy Holidays to the tumblr community. When I stumbled onto here a few years ago, looking for a place to talk about fanfic and fan spaces, I never expected to find such a lovely group of people. I look forward to interacting with you all every day, whether you only appear once in a while as a short comment in my feed, whether I anxiously await your next art post or fanfic, or whether you drown my feed in your latest fandom enthusiasm. I am happy to call you my friends.
You all are the best, and no matter what holiday you celebrate, I hope it is full of joy and peace. And… also… if you wish… these crazies… (all cgs are from Cybird Ikemen sengoku).
And if I missed tagging you, a thousand apologies, but tumblr apparently has a person limit on these and would not allow me to tag my entire mutuals list.
Special shoutout to those who decorated and commented on my rainbow tree @imlivingformyselfdontmindme @telomeke @dribs-and-drabbles @lost-my-sanity1 @airenyah 😁 Now, I feel slightly ashamed that I left a very generic message. Still, the sentiments are sincere: Happy Holidays from me to you ☺️
@deedala tagged me in Deco My Tree, where you leave little messages on someone's tree that don't open until xmas!
What a super fun idea! Play along if you'd like, @sweetbee78 @sweetperversiongirl @silvanshadow @creepkinginc @look-i-love-u @energievie @heymacy @heymrspatel @deathclassic @rereadanon @redwiccanrobin @mzshko @michellemisfit @depressedstressedlemonzest @stocious @doshiart @bawlbrayker @juliakayyy @tsuga-of-mars @whatthebodygraspsnot @mikhailoisbaby and anyone else!
(To those who don't celebrate, I still hope your day went wonderfully 😊✨)
Here's a little something I made for everyone to show my gratitude for following/supporting/interacting with me this year. You guys are definitely the best! Thank you very much! To all the bonds/friendships formed, may these continue in the coming years! 💖💖💖
I missed the exact moment by about 21 hours, but I accidentally stayed up through the shortest night of my year (too much caffeine + too much sleep the previous night). I did end up studying outside in the sun, as my folding chair arrived and I can now sit on my roof. 🏖️ I'll count that as an (unintentional) celebration.
I hope you all enjoy the longest days of your year 🌞 or your light starting to return🕯️