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Discovered in the Mistletoe

So! It's November 7th! Clearly time to launch the Discovered Under the Mistletoe Challenge for Professionals fans!


1st 2nd 3rd
Advent Sunday
4th 5th
6th 7th 8th
Feast of the Immaculate Conception.
Bodhi Day
9th 10th
11th 12th 13th 14th 15th
16th
Hannukah
17th 18th 19th 20th
Hajj
21st 22nd
Yule (Winter Solstice)
23rd 24th
Christmas Eve
25th
Christmas Day
26th
Boxing Day.
St Stephen’s
Day
27th 28th 29th 30th
31st
New Years
Eve.
Hogmanay
1st
New Years
Day
2nd 3rd
Mahayana (Buddhist) New Year
4th
5th 6th
Epiphany.
Rastafari Christmas Day
7th 8th 9th






Discovered Under The Mistletoe is our Pros Christmas-Winter-Solstice challenge. If you'd like to participate (please, please do!) then all you need to do is choose a date, and then post something Pros-y and somehow seasonal on that day! And it doesn't have to be Christmas-y, it could just be winter-ish, or it could be related to one of the other festivals (even in the 1970s/80s there were people in the UK who would have been concerned with Hajj, for example). It might be inspired by [livejournal.com profile] empty_mirrors' gorgeous banner, or not. It might even be completely anti-Christmas (although a passing reference to fit into the comm would be nice)! Or it could just be a present offered to any Pros fans passing through the comm…

The hope is that people will receive something Pros in their flist (or by visiting the comm.) every day leading up to Christmas, and even through and to the New Year! Obviously the more people who take part the better it will be, and the more days we will have something posted. Feel free to choose more than one day as well – though if you do it might be nice to space them apart a little! It'd be great if we could cover most of December, right?

It doesn't have to be fic that's posted either (though that's always brill, obviously), it could be art, or icons or other graphics of course, but it could also be something completely different. Always wanted to set up your own Pros trivia quiz? Explain your version of how the lads would spend Christmas and why? Start a discussion about why Bodie adores winter and Doyle doesn't? Make up a Pros crossword puzzle? Post that scan you have of a pic no one else would see otherwise? Erm… stuff!

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 greatly received as well! 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!

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 (if that's okay!) 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!

And finally – this is a much bigger page than usual, if it's messing up anybody's flist, or you're on dial-up and it's too slow, please tell us and we'll put it under a cut after all. It's just that the calendar is so pretty… *g*


[identity profile] bistokidsfan77.livejournal.com 2006-11-07 11:00 pm (UTC)(link)
First to sign up :D I'll do a fic and a vid. Put me any day that needs to be done :D

[identity profile] bistokidsfan77.livejournal.com 2006-11-07 11:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Editing my post to say I reread the instructions - lol.... I'll take December 7th and the 31st.

[identity profile] byslantedlight.livejournal.com 2006-11-07 11:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Excellent! The 7th and 31st it is! [livejournal.com profile] empty_mirrors is even now rushing to block off your dates... *g*

I know I'll probably regret it...

[identity profile] elizabethoshea.livejournal.com 2006-11-07 11:57 pm (UTC)(link)
...but deadlines are good for me, so may I nab 6 January if nobody else has?

Love the idea of our very own advent calendar. And a new story (or picture, or songvid...) to look forward to every day of the season. What a treat!

Re: I know I'll probably regret it...

[identity profile] byslantedlight.livejournal.com 2006-11-08 12:00 am (UTC)(link)
You've just completely made my day! *g* The sixth is all yours!

[identity profile] myrebelcat.livejournal.com 2006-11-08 12:01 am (UTC)(link)
Hi!!! Can I have the first of December?

And look! I made a special icon just for this!

[identity profile] byslantedlight.livejournal.com 2006-11-08 12:09 am (UTC)(link)
The first it is - hee, now we need to fill in all the gaps in between the first and last date of the calendar!!

And hee - can I have one of those for Christmas too?

Re: I know I'll probably regret it...

[identity profile] elizabethoshea.livejournal.com 2006-11-08 12:11 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you! But see if you still think that come the sixth...

Re: I know I'll probably regret it...

[identity profile] byslantedlight.livejournal.com 2006-11-08 12:16 am (UTC)(link)
Lol - nah, I have vast swathes of faith!

[identity profile] myrebelcat.livejournal.com 2006-11-08 12:48 am (UTC)(link)
Doyle all wrapped up in a bow? You might be having to fight off other fangirls for him. And fanboys, come to think of it...

And while I'm at it, I'll be willing to take on an extra day if you find that you're having trouble filling them.

[identity profile] msmoat.livejournal.com 2006-11-08 12:49 am (UTC)(link)
Hello!

I'd like the 12th of December, please. It's my birthday, so I might as well work for it, right? *g*

[identity profile] byslantedlight.livejournal.com 2006-11-08 01:01 am (UTC)(link)
Hee! *rolls up sleeves*

Thank you! That's fabulous - we'll see how we go, but I suspect there'll be lots of days to fill in, even once most people have chosen! Cos when ya count it all up, we've opened it up to... *looks at fingers*...*they don't help, looks at calendar*... 36 days... which means we need 36 people to post! Still, good start I reckon, you never know!

[identity profile] byslantedlight.livejournal.com 2006-11-08 01:02 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, excellent thing to do on your birthday! There should be more people thinking like that, we'd soon have the world sorted... *g* The twelfth is all yours!

[identity profile] veronicaluv.livejournal.com 2006-11-08 01:25 am (UTC)(link)
May I have the 24th?

[identity profile] byslantedlight.livejournal.com 2006-11-08 01:30 am (UTC)(link)
Absolutely - thanks for taking part! (Your icon is lovely, btw, very haunting!)

[identity profile] veronicaluv.livejournal.com 2006-11-08 01:39 am (UTC)(link)
thank you! I'm slightly bemused to admit I took that photo myself - I'm the world's worst photographer, but Big Ben was kind to me that day ;).

[identity profile] byslantedlight.livejournal.com 2006-11-08 01:44 am (UTC)(link)
Hee! Some of the best pics I've ever taken have been the most unexpected - on a disposable, or with really weird light or summat, isn't it great when that happens?!

[identity profile] przed.livejournal.com 2006-11-08 05:31 am (UTC)(link)
Okay, I'll grab December 17th and give myself a birthday present. *g*

[identity profile] byslantedlight.livejournal.com 2006-11-08 08:35 am (UTC)(link)
December 17th it is, yeay! And happy birthday in advance, just in case I forget then! [livejournal.com profile] empty_mirrors will bags it for you with your icon - just as soon as she wakes up, I'm sure. *prods co-mod* *gets sore finger* Well, it is just a computer screen...

[identity profile] londonronnie.livejournal.com 2006-11-08 11:08 am (UTC)(link)
I'm probably going to regret this but...can I go for 30th December?

[identity profile] solosundance.livejournal.com 2006-11-08 12:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Must be out of my (Xmas) tree, but can I have 3 Jan please? Buddhist new year appeals strongly. I don't have ANY ideas right now, but maybe by zen ... (This is an exceptionally cool idea by the way.)

[identity profile] ancastar.livejournal.com 2006-11-09 01:56 am (UTC)(link)
Little more than a month away and I know my longer story is in no way going to be ready for this challenge. But I'd love to contribute something. May I have the 29th? Thanks ever so. :-)

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