The Winter Holiday Thread

Holiday Spirit symptoms (read below for more information before filling out poll)


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BANDWITH

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It’s that time of year again, fellow ..forumers? ..SFSians? What the hell is the demonym for this place, anyway?
No matter!
Its time to:
  • Spend your imaginary $600 stimulus check on gifts for the friends and family you don’t have!
  • Pretend you live somewhere that it snows so that you can see it for the last time!
  • Sacrifice your carbohydrates and dairy products to an enormous man!
  • Die horribly due to Holiday Spirit!

...

Actually, now that I think about it, doesn’t really all seem too fun. Disappointing.

Getting back to the consistent idea this thread supposedly has, here’s what you’re actually supposed to do:
  • Share any stories/pictures/etc of fun things in the winter holidays
  • Ask Horus to write an essay about why he 100% wants the SLS for Christmas
  • Show off a neat rocket you made that is holiday related
  • Tell about a few traditions or gifts you have/got
  • Fill out the poll above (expires sometime around January 1st, 2021) with the symptoms of Holiday Spirit1 you are currently suffering from

1: Holiday Spirit is a highly dangerous and contagious variant of Christmas Spirit. Believed to have started on October 3rd, 2020, it is often spread via carols, books, bodily fluids, snow, festive drinks, and biohazardous outdoor displays. Like Christmas Spirit, the disease usually subsides by early to mid January but in severe cases may become chronic. Given the similarities to Christmas Spirit, it is expected to cause 75% of winter-related deaths. Symptoms are as displayed above. Minor cases exhibit 1-3 symptom(s), while moderate and severe cases may have 4-7 and 8-10 symptoms, respectively. There is no cure.

(also, if you have somehow not noticed, both Holiday Spirit and Christmas Spirit are a joke. There is an actual, real, disease that you should be worried about, not these two. Stay safe, folks.)
 

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I'll choose the last two :p :p
 

Earl

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Good to know that I'm not experiencing minor cases of holiday-related death.
 

BANDWITH

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Good ol James Brown with nause, overeating, and no symptoms. Lol
 
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The Dark in the Light

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Insomnia and chills, that's me regardless of the season, lol.
As for any stories I have of my holiday, I hung out with my friend today and played too much War Thunder.
 

Earl

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To the tune of Mariah Careys 'All I want for christmas is you'
I dont want a lot for christmas
there is just one thing i need
and I just want a rocket booster
filled with all that Delta V
I'm gonna send it to the moon
I know I will not launch it soon
make my wish come true…
 

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I dont want a lot for christmas
there is just one thing i need
and I just want a rocket booster
filled with all that Delta V
I'm gonna send it to the moon
I know I will not launch it soon
make my wish come true…
Huh, this sounds suspiciously like a rocket I have heard of before. It started with an S or something, I can’t remember. Pretty sure it was for NASA...
 

BANDWITH

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I dont want a lot for christmas
there is just one thing i need
and I just want a rocket booster
filled with all that Delta V
I'm gonna send it to the moon
I know I will not launch it soon
make my wish come true…
*rocket failure montage as music crescendos*
 

Earl

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Huh, this sounds suspiciously like a rocket I have heard of before. It started with an S or something, I can’t remember. Pretty sure it was for NASA...
huh, what a coincidence!
 
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So I got 15k Golden Eagles and the Japanese Pacific Campaign for War Thunder, Minecraft Java and some candy, a nice mug and cool looking model.
 

BANDWITH

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So I got 15k Golden Eagles and the Japanese Pacific Campaign for War Thunder, Minecraft Java and some candy, a nice mug and cool looking model.
Nice!

I got a few things as well.
I got a signed copy of Vernor Vinge’s “A Deepness in the Sky” (it wasn’t supposed to be signed, I don’t even know who the guy is), “Guide to Troubled Birds,” “The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of North America,” Simple Rockets 2 for my iPad, and this shirt:
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I have no idea how or why most of my presents are bird related.

Also a ton of candy.
 
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Nice!

I got a few things as well.
I got a signed copy of Vernor Vinge’s “A Deepness in the Sky” (it wasn’t supposed to be signed, I don’t even know who the guy is), “Guide to Troubled Birds,” “The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of North America,” Simple Rockets 2 for my iPad, and this shirt:
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I have no idea how or why most of my presents are bird related.

Also a ton of candy.
Haha, nice. If there's a book I want to get a hold of, it'll be The Art of War by Sun Tzu. I was debating whether or not to ask for a model of IJN Akagi, but I'll save that for another time.