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christmas is my absolute favorite holiday! i like spending time with my family i'm usually a finnicky shut-in, but christmas really brings out happiness from within me i think the decorations are wonderful, and the spirit of giving is really sweet, money aside (and i much prefer the cold of winter no matter how you cut it... i hate the summer) fall only scores high on my seasons tier list because it means christmas is close! DAYS UNTIL CHRISTMAS

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blank space to follow // but i guess it's a close second // god i hate sitting through halloween first // i'd love to be decorating a tree right now, but as of writing this, i have to wait // no matter who those people are, now or in the future // i can't wait to share turkey with the folks that mean the most to me // getting fat is your god-given right on a holiday. // sometimes it's because they're inebriated other times it's because they got real fat // and christmas day voice chats always hit different // even if they're just "people on the internet", they're still very dear to me // i look forward every year to spending christmas with my friends // people always understood my love for games! // one year i got a minecraft periodic table for christmas. it's still hanging over my desk. // that anecdote up there is one of my sweeter ones ░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░⠀░ ▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░ ▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓ █▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓█▓