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1st
Hot Pot
2nd
Rum and Black
3rd
Walnuts
4th
Mulligatawny Soup
5th
Cox's Orange Pippins
6th
Vindaloo
7th
Roast Chestnuts
8th
Mandarins and Tangerines
9th
Hot Chocolate
10th
Pigs in a Blanket
11th
Mulled Wine
12th
Roast Goose
13th
Christmas Cake
14th
Hot Toddy
15th
Stuffing
16th
Theakstone's Old Peculiar
17th
Sugar Plums
18th
Breaded Ham
19th
Devils on Horseback
20th
Toblerone
21st
Yule Log
22nd
Mince Pies
23rd
Sherry Trifle
24th
A Wee Dram for
Father Christmas
Roast Turkey, Brussels Sprouts,
Christmas Pudding and
BRANDY BUTTER!
26th
Selection Box
27th
Bubble and Squeak
28th
Cheese and Biscuits
29th
Apricot Schnapps
30th
Left Overs
31st
Champagne and
Christmas Crackers
      1st
Scottish Shortbread
2nd
Roast Duck
3rd
Bread Sauce
4th
Marzipan Fruit
5th
Even more
Leftovers
6th
Alka Seltzer


…which means that things are being…

Discovered In The Brandy Butter!

So… 'tis a gloomy Monday, the 12th of November, and as the skeletal branches of winter trees stretch their way to the cloud-thick skies, a girl's thoughts naturally turn to… the lads at Christmas! Well, during winter festivals of light, of one sort or another. *g* The shops are already strewn with red and green and sparkle, there are berries in the hedgerows, and candles are starting to look just right flickering their little orange hearts out on a windowsill. All of which means that this post is to announce the [livejournal.com profile] discoveredinalj Christmas-Winter-Solstice-General-Joy Challenge!

If you'd like to participate this year, then all you need to do is choose a date from the calendar, and then post something Pros-y and somehow (at least vaguely!) seasonal on that day. It doesn't have to be Christmas-y at all, but at this time of year in the Northern hemisphere, throughout history, people have used the long cold nights as an excuse to burn fires, make light, and be happy, so who're we to play about with tradition? *g* It could be inspired by [livejournal.com profile] empty_mirrors banner, or by someone's icon as it appears on the calendar, or it could just be a general present offered to any Pros fan passing through the comm… the world is your Pros-y lobster! If you're feeling so inclined it could even be anti-Christmas inspired…

This year, we're also including a prompt for each day of the calendar, so if you'd like something extra to be inspired by - well, Christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat... and we'd all like some figgy pudding, so bring some right here!. Food. It's all about winter food! We said it was a celebration, right? *g*

Oh, and Discovered In The Brandybutter is also the final part of the 30-Years-of-Pros celebration Discovered in 1977 Challenge, so if your creation fits in with that too, even better!

The hope is that people will receive something Pros in their flist (or by visiting the comm) every day leading up to Christmas, and through to the New Year. Obviously the more people who take part the better it will be, and the more days we'll have something posted. Last year's Discovered In The Mistletoe ended up being 40 days long - so many people offered to post, that we filled the entire calendar and had to add some extra days - now wouldn't it be nice if that happened again..?

It doesn't have to be fic that's posted either (though that's always brill, obviously), it could be art, or vids, or icons or other graphics of course, but it could also be something completely different. Last year we had a quotes challenge, hanjiis, caption contests - all sorts of inspired things!

As ever, we're happy to post for you, if you'd rather not do it yourself for any reason (such as Christmas being a hugely busy time for many people!) And if you'd like to offer "extra content" that can be slotted into days nobody has claimed that would be gratefully received as well! Please contact either one of us via the email addresses on the User Info page.

Please sign up as soon as possible (so that we can organise for whatever days appear to be empty etc) but feel free to sign up any time the comm is running – if you're suddenly inspired on 16th December to post on the 17th, and it's still an empty day, then comment below and go for it! Oh, except that the 25th is already full of Christmas-y goodness… sorry!

To sign up, please comment below with the date/s you would like to post or have your work/creation posted. We will then snag your icon to block off those day/s for you on the calendar. Then all you need to do is post on that day! And the icons on the calendar will then also become links to your post!

So… anyone interested? *g*
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Date: 2007-11-12 10:21 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] przed.livejournal.com
Yay! Count me in.

I'm going to claim Dec. 17 again. Why break with tradition.

Date: 2007-11-12 10:48 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] byslantedlight.livejournal.com
Yeay for tradition - the 17th is yours! [livejournal.com profile] empty_mirrors will claim your spot as soon as she gets back online! *g*

Date: 2007-11-12 10:23 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] melanieathene.livejournal.com
I'll take 'hot chocolate' on the 9th, please. *crosses fingers that the muse will co-operate with me*

Date: 2007-11-12 10:49 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] byslantedlight.livejournal.com
Oh, the visions that conjures... *g* 'tis yours, and your icon will be set up there to prove it! *g*

Date: 2007-11-12 10:34 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sc-fossil.livejournal.com
I'd like to ask for January 6th please.

Date: 2007-11-12 10:50 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] byslantedlight.livejournal.com
January 6th it is! Excellent! Is it okay for us to go to your user pics and nab one to post up in the calendar (to bags your spot)? Don't think we can really use the Golden Capri to represent you here in Brandy Butter!

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Date: 2007-11-12 10:48 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] probodie.livejournal.com
I'll go for the 24th please :D

Date: 2007-11-12 10:53 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] byslantedlight.livejournal.com
The 24th is all yours - [livejournal.com profile] empty_mirrors will get on the icon posting as fast as a very fast thing indeed... (albeit one that might be delayed until tomorrow-ish, but the promise is there - it's yours.) Okay, I'm clearly over-excited and need to go lie down for a bit... But yeay.

Date: 2007-11-12 11:05 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] aerye.livejournal.com
January 5th please!

Date: 2007-11-13 07:40 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] byslantedlight.livejournal.com
All yours! Yeay!

Date: 2007-11-13 12:35 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] msmoat.livejournal.com
The 21st, please. I'm looking forward to it. Although I've no idea...ack, panic already! *g*

Date: 2007-11-13 07:41 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] byslantedlight.livejournal.com
You always panic, and then you come up with summat fab. So we like you to panic... *g* (Not really - but we have faith!) Me, I'm off to panic...

Date: 2007-11-13 12:35 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] windrain10.livejournal.com
I would like to take December 20th, please, and I probably will need instructions on how to post. Thanks!

Date: 2007-11-13 07:42 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] byslantedlight.livejournal.com
Not a problem, we'll get you all sorted out. It's not as hard as it seems to look at first, I promise! And the 20th is all yours... *g*

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Date: 2007-11-13 12:45 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] crimson-37.livejournal.com
Please may I have the 30th of Dec. Thank you.

Date: 2007-11-13 07:42 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] byslantedlight.livejournal.com
You certainly may! Hurrah! Thank you! *g*

Date: 2007-11-13 12:54 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] veronicaluv.livejournal.com
May I have the 29th please?

Date: 2007-11-13 07:43 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] byslantedlight.livejournal.com
You certainly may... *g* 'tis all yours!

Date: 2007-11-13 02:09 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] minori-k.livejournal.com
Umm... I'd like to take December 28th. Thank you.

Date: 2007-11-13 07:43 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] byslantedlight.livejournal.com
It's all yours - yeay! Thank you!

Date: 2007-11-13 02:23 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] shaw012145.livejournal.com
December 13, please, if no-one else has taken it.

Date: 2007-11-13 07:44 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] byslantedlight.livejournal.com
They haven't - it's all yours! *g*

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Date: 2007-11-13 05:03 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] callistosh65.livejournal.com
And I'll take the 20th, the Toblerone one.

Date: 2007-11-13 07:38 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] byslantedlight.livejournal.com
Twentieth's already gone, sorry! Another one?

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Date: 2007-11-13 09:40 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] magenta-blue.livejournal.com
Yay! The calendar looked so pretty last year with everyone's icons - if ok with you, I am going to take the plunge with Dec 4th please, although (eek) how long away is that again? 3 weeks? Ack...!

Date: 2007-11-13 10:08 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] byslantedlight.livejournal.com
You're a star, you are - the 4th is all yours! (I was wondering how close to the 1st we'd end up starting this year! *g*)

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Date: 2007-11-13 09:43 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hgdoghouse.livejournal.com
I'd like to try, though I think I'll need help posting. Is the 27th is available?

Date: 2007-11-13 10:09 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] byslantedlight.livejournal.com
The 27th is all yours! And we shall sort out the posting, don't worry at all! *vbg*

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Date: 2007-11-13 11:25 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kiwisue.livejournal.com
Mmmmm - Devils on horseback - haven't had those in years, so yes please!

Date: 2007-11-13 12:05 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] byslantedlight.livejournal.com
*rushes to check what date that is...*

The 19th - excellent! All yours!

Date: 2007-11-13 11:31 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] izzie7.livejournal.com
Can I have 14th? Apart from one stalled work, hastily finished, I haven't written anything since the Lenten challenge, so maybe this will give me the kickstart I need.

On the other hand, it may just leave me a gibbering wreck on the floor, but I shouldn't let that discourage me, should I?

Date: 2007-11-13 12:06 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] byslantedlight.livejournal.com
You certainly can have the 14th! We can be gibbering wrecks together, okay? *g*

Date: 2007-11-13 11:35 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ailcia.livejournal.com
I've been really slack with Pros recently, but I'd love to give this a try!

May I have the 23rd, please? :D

Date: 2007-11-13 12:07 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] byslantedlight.livejournal.com
The 23rd is now yours! Enough of this slackness! *g* (*runs away to hide own slackness under desk*)

Date: 2007-11-13 01:07 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ancastar.livejournal.com
Coming out of my S&H inspired haze, I'd like to request December 31st, if it's still available. That should give me time to do some damage. Thanks!

Date: 2007-11-13 01:17 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] byslantedlight.livejournal.com
Oh, that's where you've been... *g*The 31st is still available - and now it's all yours! Welcome back!

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Date: 2007-11-13 01:39 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bistokids.livejournal.com
Last time I signed up for a challenge I missed the deadline by - oh, weeks, and I've been hiding ever since! But I'd like to try again. Would it be OK if I took the 8th? I promise I'll be there!

Date: 2007-11-13 01:43 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] byslantedlight.livejournal.com
Oh, I think we might just let you try again... *g* The 8th is all yours!

Date: 2007-11-13 01:48 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] solosundance.livejournal.com
gah, by the time I've blibbered about choosing a seasonal foodstuff to inspire me it'll be February ... so would you mind please just hitting me with a day at random (and if it's in the first week of December ... well that will just about serve me right *g*)

Date: 2007-11-13 01:54 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] byslantedlight.livejournal.com
Lol - how about... the first of December... *g* Sorry - kidding... Although... could you manage the 11th December, because we're a bit gappy around then? Or the 3rd January, if that's too traumatically early?

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Date: 2007-11-13 02:19 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] loyseofverlaine.livejournal.com
Can I have January 1? Give me a chance to indulge my Cowley fascination *BG*.

And i too will probably need posting help, since god knows where I'll actually *be* on that day.

Date: 2007-11-13 02:24 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] byslantedlight.livejournal.com
Hee - that's why we had the shortbread for the 1st as well! *vbg* 'tis all yours! And no worries about posting - get it to us by email sometime before, if it turns out you're internet-less, and we'll post it up for you!

Date: 2007-11-13 05:16 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] agentxpndble.livejournal.com
I'll take the 19th, please. Wallpapers and/or icons. I can post myself.


Oops... Never mind - I was going by blank spots and didn't see someone already claimed the day in a post... Just give me any other day that's open mid or late month (I probably won't do the theme.)
Edited Date: 2007-11-13 05:44 pm (UTC)

Date: 2007-11-13 05:53 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] byslantedlight.livejournal.com
Hi - and hee! Yeah, sorry, that one's gone. The day before is still open - the 18th?

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Date: 2007-11-14 02:59 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ankaree.livejournal.com
If Dec 15 is still available, I'd take that date.

Date: 2007-11-14 07:20 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] byslantedlight.livejournal.com
The 15th was available - and now it's all yours! *g*

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Date: 2007-11-14 11:06 am (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] krisserci5.livejournal.com
I want to do this. . . .dec 22. Mince pies. . . . why does Bodie spring to mind?

Date: 2007-11-14 11:14 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] byslantedlight.livejournal.com
Jolly good! The 22nd is all yours!

Date: 2007-11-14 07:19 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] enednoviel.livejournal.com
Okay, I'll bite. Can I have January 3rd please?

Date: 2007-11-14 07:37 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] byslantedlight.livejournal.com
Oh excellent - and you certainly can! January 3rd it is... *g*
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