Discovered in the Holly and the Ivy

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It's that time of year again - mid-November......and ten whole years ago empty_mirrors and I sat on opposite sides of the world and wondered if anyone would join in a Pros Christmas/Solstice/Winter/Let-there-be-light type of challenge... *g* Ten years ago! My partner in crime sadly (for me) moved on to other things, but discoveredinalj is still going - and here we are again. And yet again I'm wondering if anyone would like to join in... *g*

After wondering and puzzling, I decided to be inspired by our very first Christmas challenge - Discovered in the Mistletoe - and chose the Holly and the Ivy for the theme this year. It's about rising and running and playing with merry organs, and even about prickles and blood and dying - actually rather Pros-y, I thought. And it's greenery, and celebrating the cycles, and I thought that was what we were doing here at the comm too.

I've mucked together a placeholder banner, but our tenth anniversary Discoveredinalj artist is the fabulous minori_k, and this year her banner is going to kick us off on the 1st December. Until then, it's a mystery - but it's the tenth anniversary banner, and being minori_k, it's going to be something special, and I can't wait to see it... *g* Until then though - it's sign-up time!

( This is how it works... )

If I've missed out anything vital, or you have any questions, the do let me know in the comments - and otherwise, sign-ups are open, for the tenth anniversary Pros Christmas/Solstice/Winter discoveredinalj challenge!
http://discoveredinalj.livejournal.com/tag/murphybabehollyivy

1st Holly	2nd Ivy	3rd Both	4th Full Grown	5th Trees
6th Wood	7th Holly	8th Bears	9th Crown	10th Oh!
11th Rising	12th Sun	13th Running	14th Deer	15th Playing
16th Merry	17th Organ	18th Sweet	19th Singing	20th Choir
21st Holly	22nd Blossom	23rd White	24th Lily Flower	25th Happy Christmas Day!
26th Holly	27th Berry	28th Red	29th Blood	30th Holly
31st Prickle				1st Sharp
2nd Thorn	3rd Oh!	4th Rising	5th Running	6th Morn

(And if you're very good, you might recognise that calendar backing as the very first Discovered in the Mistletoe calendar, as designed by empty_mirrors... *g*)