Poor Planning Will Hamper Any Chance Of A Good Christmas
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Twice now I have worked the holiday season at the big meat and cheese gift shop. The one that ships packages. All over the store are signs, at eye level, stating that "you must order by December 15th for delivery by Christmas Eve." On Christmas Eve, I had this conversation repeatedly:
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A Holiday Haggle For Half The Happiness
Dec. 24th, 2025 03:30 pmnotalwaysright_feedRead A Holiday Haggle For Half The Happiness
One Christmas Eve evening, as our mom was putting us to bed, I was talking about how it was hard to sleep when I was so excited.
Mom: "Well, you have to try. The sooner you fall asleep, the sooner the morning comes."
Wednesday has just put Angel Biscuit dough into the fridge
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oursinWhat I read
Well, the Katherine Addison Cemeteries of Amalo re-read continued: I managed to access Lora Selezh and on to The Witness for the Dead, The Grief of Stones and The Tomb of Dragons (the latter was the one where I first began experiencing weird lagging effects on the ereader).
On the go
Seem to have several things currently on the go.
Still dipping in to Diary at the Centre of the Earth, which is becoming compelling, especially as so much of it is set not quite in my neighbourhood but very close and has allusions to things like busroutes familiar to me.
Started Ursula K Le Guin, The Lathe of Heaven (1971), which have been meaning to do since discovering the movie is online available and wishing to refresh my memory. Do have a copy but it is a) somewhere inaccessible and b) 1970s paperback probably in disintegrating condition so shelled out for (v reasonable) ebook. Not very far in yet - wow it's a bit generic c. 1970 nearish future dystopia! - do we need so much futtock-shroudery from Haber about his dream-machine? (feel that this may have been editor thinking this was Necessary Exposition?).
Also have started Dorothy Richardson, Pointed Roofs (Pilgrimage #1) (1915), for online reading group, which after various struggles have given in and am reading via Kindle app on tablet because stutter mode is NOT what one wants with Richardson's prose. Do have 1970sish Virago edition somewhere in the book maelstrom but disinclined to the turmoil of trying to locate.
Up next
That seems like enough to be going on with but I am in expectation of Christmas books.
Five Things on Xmas Eve
Dec. 24th, 2025 10:25 amoracne2. I did not send out Xmas cards this year, but I appreciate every one I received. I hope to be back to it next year.
3. I am thawing out a chuck roast to cook later this week, probably Friday. My tamarind-sauce-flavored vegetable soup from Sunday, which includes silken tofu, grape tomatoes, carrot, potato, and green beans, is very delicious, especially with a couple tablespoons of congee dumped in. Last night, I finished off my bag of post-surgery chicken nuggets and baked sliced golden potatoes at 425 degrees F with olive oil and salt.
4. I have been listening to a ton of Xmas music, so at least I am somewhat in the holiday spirit. I did not have energy to pull out my ornament tree and dress it up, but we have a smaller one downstairs so I moved it from the corner onto the dining room table--the ornaments were still on it from last year! We have some cards propped around the base, and I have more on the little desk in the guest room. I didn't use my usual space in the back room because it would block my DVD screen, which I need for the Blake's 7 watchalong and possibly even some Shakespeare.
5. I have tentative plans for Xmas afternoon with local friends. I want to get started on my fancy wooden turtle puzzle (which I have had for several years), and also to do some mending of clothing. I especially want to try needle-felting a hole in a very old black cashmere cardigan (commercially knitted); I was wearing it when I broke my elbow years ago, so couldn't wash it for weeks, and it got a moth hole under one arm before I was healed up. I am not sure if the hole is too big for felting. We shall see. I have washed it after its long storage!
Commander Claus Throws The Ensign Elves Under The Bus
Dec. 24th, 2025 02:30 pmnotalwaysright_feedRead Commander Claus Throws The Ensign Elves Under The Bus
Imagine being the child who is last to be called, sitting there and watching as everyone else gets their turn, the anticipation building, waiting.
And imagine being the child whose name still hasn't been called when Santa reaches the end of the gifts in his bag...
Let The Holiday Baggage Go
Dec. 24th, 2025 02:00 pmnotalwaysright_feedRead Let The Holiday Baggage Go
Customer: "That's not how I wanted it packed. Start again and I'll direct you."
Me: "It isn't in my job description to pack your bags; I am doing it to be polite."
Customer: "It's in your job description to serve me!"
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Dec. 24th, 2025 01:45 pmnotalwaysright_feed(I’m cutting fabric for an older customer, and one fabric is very floral and fruit-related. I’ve worked here since we opened and I’m in my 30s.) Customer: “That fabric makes you want a glass of wine.” Me: *hums politely* Customer: “You’re probably not old enough to drink yet, huh?” Me: “Oh, I am.” (I resist […]
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Dec. 24th, 2025 12:45 pmnotalwaysright_feed(My friend’s big sister is about the worst travel companion I’ve ever had. Quite aside her general disdain for anything cultural, she is about the most disrespectful tourist you can encounter, on top of having a childish sense of humor: her antics before this story include asking the guide at Pompeii whether she was ashamed […]
Next Christmas, Get Her The Gift Of Better Planning
Dec. 24th, 2025 12:00 pmnotalwaysright_feedRead Next Christmas, Get Her The Gift Of Better Planning
Customer: “Present… Wife… Forgot…”
Me: “Oh, dear. Okay, do you have something in mind?”
Customer: “No… I have no idea at all.”
Urban VPN Proxy Surreptitiously Intercepts AI Chats
Dec. 24th, 2025 12:03 pmbruce_schneier_feedThis is pretty scary:
Urban VPN Proxy targets conversations across ten AI platforms: ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Microsoft Copilot, Perplexity, DeepSeek, Grok (xAI), Meta AI.
For each platform, the extension includes a dedicated “executor” script designed to intercept and capture conversations. The harvesting is enabled by default through hardcoded flags in the extension’s configuration.
There is no user-facing toggle to disable this. The only way to stop the data collection is to uninstall the extension entirely.
[…]
The data collection operates independently of the VPN functionality. Whether the VPN is connected or not, the harvesting runs continuously in the background.
[…]
What gets captured:
- Every prompt you send to the AI
Every response you receive- Conversation identifiers and timestamps
- Session metadata
- The specific AI platform and model used
BoingBoing post.
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Dec. 24th, 2025 11:00 amnotalwaysright_feedI am a real estate photographer. I am finishing up a shoot of a house that is almost vacant (minus one table + mattress on the floor), although there are still some items in the closet. It is a small, very basic home with no special features or anything significant. The homeowner approaches me as […]
Solitary Challenge: Babylon 5: On The Outside
Dec. 24th, 2025 10:41 ambadly_knitted posting in ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png){kind=small}
fan_flashworksTitle: On The Outside
Fandom: Babylon 5
Author:
badly_knittedCharacters: Garibaldi, Zack Allen
Rating: PG
Word Count: 300
Spoilers/Setting: Moments of Transition.
Summary: These days, Garibaldi can only rely on himself.
Content Notes: None needed.
Written For: Challenge 501: Amnesty 83, using Challenge 30: Solitary.
Disclaimer: I don’t own Babylon 5, or the characters. They belong to J. Michael Straczynski.
A/N: Triple drabble.
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Dec. 24th, 2025 10:00 amnotalwaysright_feedHere in the UK we often have people knocking door-to-door requesting that you sign up to regular donations for whichever animal or children’s charity it might be. They can usually be easily identified as they roam in packs, have matching colour jerseys, and ID badges on lanyards. They are colloquially known as “Chuggers” (ie “Charity […]
This Guy Really Needs To Touch Glass
Dec. 24th, 2025 10:00 amnotalwaysright_feedRead This Guy Really Needs To Touch Glass
Employee: "Sir, this bird is too small and fragile for the wrapping machine. It needs more precise care for gift wrapping, which I am happy to do—"
Customer: "—Do I need to ask one of the guys here to teach you how to operate machinery?"
Wednesday 24/12/2025
Dec. 24th, 2025 11:00 amdark_kana posting in 3_good_things_a_day2) going to celebrate Christmas Eve with my parents and my sister and her hubby and their kids. Very much looking forward to it, I love spending time together and yum food
3) already looking forward to seeing the reaction of some people when they open their presents. I'm having fun presents for everyone ^^
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Dec. 24th, 2025 09:00 amnotalwaysright_feedThere is a high-end resort that I often service. When a customer of theirs has a problem, they report it to housekeeping. The report goes through 4 or 5 people before it gets to me. After service, I submit a report that is *supposed* to go back through all those people. A lot of times, […]
Time To Waylay This Christmas Day Cliché
Dec. 24th, 2025 08:00 amnotalwaysright_feedRead Time To Waylay This Christmas Day Cliché
Caller: "What hours are you open today and tomorrow?"
Me: "We close at 6 PM today and we're closed tomorrow."
Caller: "What! That's so early! And closed tomorrow! Did you say closed!?"
Just One Thing (24 December 2025)
Dec. 24th, 2025 08:26 amnanila posting in awesomeersComment with Just One Thing you've accomplished in the last 24 hours or so. It doesn't have to be a hard thing, or even a thing that you think is particularly awesome. Just a thing that you did.
Feel free to share more than one thing if you're feeling particularly accomplished! Extra credit: find someone in the comments and give them props for what they achieved!
Nothing is too big, too small, too strange or too cryptic. And in case you'd rather do this in private, anonymous comments are screened. I will only unscreen if you ask me to.
Go!
Advent calendar 24
Dec. 24th, 2025 08:16 amantisoppistWill saw there only a gap in the crowd, with beyond it the group of musicians. As he stood there, they struck up once more 'Good King Wenceslas', the carol they had been playing when first he entered the room, through the Doors. Merrily the whole gathering joined in singing, and then the next verse came and Merriman's deep voice was ringing out across the room, and Will realised, blinking, that the verse to come was his.
He drew breath, and raised his head.
Sire he lives a good league hence,
Underneath the mountain ...
And there was no moment of farewell, no moment in which he saw the nineteenth century vanish away, but suddenly with no awareness of change, as he sang he knew that Time had somehow blinked, and another young voice was singing with him, the two of them so nearly simultaneous that anyone who could not see the lips moving would have sworn that it was one boy's voice alone . . .
[...]
On Christmas night, Will always slept with James. Both twin beds were still in James's room from the time before Will had moved up to Stephen's attic. The only difference now was that James kept Will's old bed piled with op art cushions, and referred to it as 'my chaise longue'. There was something about Christmas Eve, they both felt, that demanded company; one needed somebody to whisper to, during the warm beautiful dream-taut moments between hanging the empty stocking at the end of the bed, and dropping into the cosy oblivion that would flower into the marvel of Christmas morning.
And it was the same as it always was, as he lay curled up happily in his snug wrappings, promising himself that he would stay awake, until, until...
... until he woke, in the dim morning room with a glimmer of light creeping round the dark square of the curtained window, and saw and heard nothing for an enchanted expectant space, because all his senses were concentrated on the weighty feel, over and around his blanketed feet, of strange bumps and corners and shapes that had not been there when he fell asleep. And it was Christmas Day.
So, 1000xResist
Dec. 24th, 2025 08:10 amrydra_wongBasically a walking simulator/visual novel, so don't go expecting complex gameplay, but HOLY FUCK.
For all of you looking for fiction with fucked-up complicated women who are somewhere on a spectrum from "morally grey" to "evil but sympathetic" (with the odd dip into "idealistic but destructive") having fucked-up dynamics with other fucked-up complicated women: 1000xResist has SO MANY of them. It has almost no characters who don't fit that archetype, in fact.
(I considered whether it passes the reverse-Bechdel test -- i.e. two male characters have a conversation that's not about a woman -- and I think it may juuust scrape past in a 5-second exchange in one of the flashbacks, but barely. There are very very few men in this story, for plot-related reasons.)
I found out afterwards that the development team were a devised theatre group who decided to start making a game when everything was shut down during the pandemic, and somehow this fully checks out (complimentary).
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1675830/1000xRESIST/ (you can even pick it up in a bundle with Slay The Princess for bonus visual novel headfuck)
Do note the content notes from the devs: Photosensitivity Warning: Flashing Lights, Cursing and Crude Language, Generational Trauma, Acts of Violence and Terrorism, Disease Outbreak, Mention of Suicide, Mention of Animal Cruelty/Pet Death, Blood, Body Horror, Emotional Abuse, Bullying, Dead Bodies, Vomit, Drowning, Fire, Gore, Needles, Racism and General Mature Content.
(I would also add a specific note for torture, and for fucked-up mother-daughter and sister-sister relationships, that being one of the core elements of the game, along with the aforementioned generational trauma.)
December Days 02025 #23: Chaos
Dec. 23rd, 2025 11:30 pmsilveradept( 23: Chaos )
12 Days (til) Christmas Day 11
Dec. 23rd, 2025 11:08 pmashkittyI don’t have a lot of OT3s – my affection for codependent couples doesn’t really lend itself to polyamory – but this one has always been formative. I think I read T. H. White in high school and thought, Aha! So that’s what’s going on! and ended up years later doing queer stuff with medieval knights for an actual job. Anyway it’s not a long read – I want to keep it short because I’m sure the holiday season is really getting busy by now – but I hope you enjoy it.
The Art of Courtly Love (Arthur/Lancelot/Guinevere, Arthurian Legend)
Rated M
‘It was Christmas night, so the king and queen held a feast. The hall was trimmed with holly and mistletoe above the doors, and a poet from the North had sung of heroes and lovers. Arthur sat in the centre of the high table with Guinevere and Lancelot on his left and his right. The stewards had brought in the second subtlety, the Blessed Virgin standing atop a map of the world with a gilded model of Camelot in her cupped hands.’
Song: Personent Hodie (Mediæval Bæbes version). Attested in a 16th-century Finnish hymbook, it seems to come from a 14th-century song and who knows prior to that. Not the oldest medieval Christmas hymn I have, but one that catches the feeling of the fic better than some others.
Rec: So Pleasing a Thing by Raja815.(Star Trek TOS, Kirk/Spock)
Rated T
This follows Kirk and Spock after they've sorted themselves out post-Gol and post-V'ger and got married, but both being devoted to their careers as well as each other, they have some rough patches. What I love is how the author shows the difficulties they're facing, without being melodramatic--just the very real tensions of two overworked people who are devoted to their vocations as well as to each other; there are cultural differences and errors of ignorance, but the depth of their love is never actually in question.
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Mister Plow Is Canadian?!
Dec. 24th, 2025 05:30 amnotalwaysright_feedRead Mister Plow Is Canadian?!
I trudged over there with my shovel, and I had just started the first row when a random guy in a snowplow turned in and cleared the whole driveway in two minutes, easy.
Distant as a dream of the cradle on this lonesome beach
Dec. 23rd, 2025 11:25 pmsovayI spent a remarkable portion of this day having conversations related to employment, but one of them was a thorough delight. I hadn't known about the practical, ritual links of the Jewish Association for Death Education.
We lit the candle for my grandfather's yahrzeit, our ghost story for Christmas Eve.
Daily Happiness
Dec. 23rd, 2025 08:27 pmtorachan2. The rain started today but so far did not significantly interfere with my day. Rained lightly on the way to the salon, but had stopped by the time I got there (very good because I had to park around the block) and was still dry when I left and also when I arrived at work. Very light sprinkling when I left work, but not bad. And it was still dry when I got home, so we were able to take our evening walk. Tomorrow is supposed to be the worst of it, so I've decided not to go in to work tomorrow. I have nothing that really needs me to be there and the only reason I was planning to go in to begin with is because I also need to pick up my Christmas cake at the nearby bakery. So I do still have to drive down there, but I was able to move the pickup time to early in the morning and I'll just pop down and get it and hopefully not get too wet and then relax the rest of the day indoors.
3. We got an extension on the work project until mid February and I think we can meet that deadline. The company who is customizing the software for us said that is the hard deadline really for real this time to keep the go live date of spring 2027, and upper management really does not want to move that date, so fingers crossed. Based on where we are now, though, it does seem very doable.
4. Only a kitty would be comfy half hanging off the sofa lol.
If You Don’t Have Anything Nice To Say Then Scoot Over
Dec. 24th, 2025 04:00 amnotalwaysright_feedRead If You Don’t Have Anything Nice To Say Then Scoot Over
Other Customer: "God, these millennials are just so lazy and disrespectful. Can't even bother to walk around and are taking carts away from those who need it."
Dear Miss Manners:Is my neighbor my new bestie or a frigid hag?
Dec. 23rd, 2025 11:12 pmjadelennox posting in agonyauntDear Miss Manners: Several years ago, a divorced woman exactly my age moved in next door. I liked her very much and tried to become friends with her. ( Read more... )
sourceNine Christmases And Counting!
Dec. 24th, 2025 02:00 amnotalwaysright_feedRead Nine Christmases And Counting!
Staff Member: "These are slightly damaged so we can't sell them. I'm taking them to the dumpster. You can grab as many as you want. The only thing I need to do is empty the cart."
find a way to get the next one
Dec. 23rd, 2025 09:21 pmmusesfoolToday, I baked the strawberry (doubled to make 80), apple cider (60), and funfetti (doubled to make 80) cupcakes - there could have been more funfetti, but not enough to fill a whole pan, so I didn't bother. I added cinnamon bits from King Arthur to the apple cider ones and dipped them in maple cinnamon sugar, which is a change, one that hopefully people will like.
I also discovered that the cupcake carriers I've had sitting in a box under a chair in my living room for a few months are the wrong size (they are for standard-sized cupcakes) so I only have 10 mini ones and I need 13, so I will use the some foil lasagna pans for my brother and sister and one of the kids - they'll get a few more cupcakes out of it, since the carriers hold 2 dozen but the 9 x 13" tray fits about 30. *hands* I'm just glad I still have a pack of them left to use; otherwise, I'd have been up a creek.
Tomorrow is Pipe-a-palooza 7: The Pipening! (yeah, it's kind of shocking to me I've been doing cupcakes for 7 years now - I started in 2019 - but I like it more than the chocolates [and it's also less time-consuming than the chocolates were] and I can't do ice creams anymore due to logistics, though they remain my all-time favorite of the homemade Christmas gifts I've done over the years.) Wish me luck! It's always the hardest part for me. Hopefully I will remember to take pictures to share afterwards.
Whoops, I started this entry an hour ago and got distracted by stuff like packing my overnight bag and refilling my water bottle etc. so I'm just gonna hit post now and work up the energy to go wash my hair.
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( 6-day plan, day 5 )
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Welcome To Retail, Part 13
Dec. 24th, 2025 01:00 amnotalwaysright_feedRead Welcome To Retail, Part 13
Other Guy: "I'm gonna sleep in."
Teller: "Haha, I mean holiday plans."
Other Guy: "Sleep in. Maybe sleep a bit more."
Teller: "You're just gonna… sleep?"
sunnymodffa posting in fail_fandomanonI'll bring some red delicious fruit soup.
Some raw broccoli, just like meme told me to with their eyebrows from across the store.
I can't believe nobody is bringing spider bread. Do holiday traditions mean nothing to you people?!
- Rice! From a rice cooker!
-- And I will bring rice from a pot on the stove.
--- We’re all going to DIE.
All the
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Taking A White Christmas Way Too Literally
Dec. 24th, 2025 12:00 amnotalwaysright_feedRead Taking A White Christmas Way Too Literally
Customer: "Where are the holiday Barbies?!"
Me: "In the Toys section, aisles forty-nine and fifty."
Customer: "Well then you obviously don't know what you're talking about as I was just there and I didn't see any!"
Fandom Fifty: #44
Dec. 23rd, 2025 06:36 pmsenmutSEVEN?! Okay, 3 of these were son's fault.
~ Love, Simon - I wound up unironically loving the way this played out. May have teared up a bit.
~ Solo: A Star Wars Story - Had been on the fence, fell for both Val and L3-37, GO ME FOR PICKING THE DOOMED ONES.
~ Venom - I had not kept up with comics, but I swear this version is almost like if every time The Maxx had been talking to himself, he'd been two people. I really did enjoy the film.
~ Bumblebee - LOL, I only just watched this in the past year. Twice. I really wish I had not waited but GO CHARLIE!
~ Aquaman - So I saw the reunion scene between Tom and Atlanna, and it hit my RexSoka buttons, so I watched it. Liked it a lot more than I had Wonder Woman!
~ Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse - OMG, so freaking awesome! I LOVE THIS FILM.
and my fave:
~ Black Panther - So this is where I fell back in love with some of the MCU again. There's not a Wakandan I don't love, even the antagonists. This made me give a damn about the BP property in ways I had not thought possible, and proves that you have to have the right creative effort leaders!
WHOOT: Highlander Gift fic
Dec. 23rd, 2025 06:06 pmsenmutChapters: 1/1
Fandom: Highlander: The Series
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Amanda Darieux/Rebecca Horne
Characters: Amanda Darieux, Rebecca Horne, Rachel Ellenstein, Sunda Kastagir
Additional Tags: Fun, Adventure, Thievery, Humor
Summary:
Rebecca visits Kastagir at his fancy new hotel. Then Amanda shows up. Antics ensue.
That’s What You Call A Clock Out Knock Out
Dec. 23rd, 2025 11:00 pmnotalwaysright_feedRead That’s What You Call A Clock Out Knock Out
Manager: "You can’t go yet. We have too many customers."
Me: "My shift ends at five. I’ll be done with this customer at five."
Manager: "No. You leave when I tell you to leave."
[embodiment] huh
Dec. 23rd, 2025 11:03 pmkaberettSlightly to my surprise, earlier today I got a text from my GP saying approximately "yes your serum ferritin is now 'normal', but also, uh, by this we mean '15, with a reference range of 13-150, after six weeks of supplements', so... keep taking the supplements and we'll retest in six weeks!!!"
It is possible that the reason this actually got flagged at all was in fact that I've got a slightly elevated white cell count, and had I just had normal serum ferritin I'd have had to submit the "uhhh sooooo..." eConsult. Which I'd been gearing up to do, because the serum ferritin result showed up in the NHS app sooner than anything else!
Unfortunately, I had been working myself up to mentioning some Possible Additional Signs Of Concern in said eConsult (the various unimportant bleeding, like "there is usually old blood when I blow my nose BUT/AND I am very much using a steroid nasal spray every day") and I now have a solid excuse to keep putting it off for another six weeks, but hey. No longer officially anaemic! Pity about what's going to happen when I run out of supplementary iron, huh!
A Christmas Miracle Starts On 34th Street But Won’t Make It All The Way To California
Dec. 23rd, 2025 10:00 pmnotalwaysright_feedRead A Christmas Miracle Starts On 34th Street But Won’t Make It All The Way To California
I work the front desk at a neighborhood post office. It’s late December, so we’re deep in the holiday chaos.
Customer: "I need this to get to California by tomorrow.
Read A Christmas Miracle Starts On 34th Street But Won’t Make It All The Way To California
I Will Not Bend Over Backwards For You
Dec. 23rd, 2025 09:00 pmnotalwaysright_feedRead I Will Not Bend Over Backwards For You
I slowly walk into the pharmacy, in pain, and find what I need.
Me: *To the checkout girl.* "Can you please fetch me that back pain medication?"
Checkout Clerk: "Why? It's not exactly on the top shelf."
Preorders Of Christmas Past
Dec. 23rd, 2025 08:00 pmnotalwaysright_feedRead Preorders Of Christmas Past
Customer: "I hope you're happy! You ruined my daughter's Christmas!"
Me: "Ma'am, I work in retail, and we will be working here again in thirty-six hours. Happiness isn't an option, and Christmases don't last long enough to be ruined. Is there anything else I can help you with?"
Prompt 2706: Team
Dec. 23rd, 2025 09:58 pmimmortalje posting in dailyiconsclosed
Today's prompt is: team
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Tuesday word: Reindeer
Dec. 23rd, 2025 12:44 pmsimplyn2deep posting in 1word1dayReindeer (noun)
rein·deer [reyn-deer]
noun
1. any of several large deer of the genus Rangifer, of northern and arctic regions of Europe, Asia, and North America, both male and female of which have antlers.
Compare meaning
How does reindeer compare to similar and commonly confused words? Explore the most common comparisons:
reindeer vs. deer
caribou vs. reindeer
Origin: First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English raynder(e), from Old Norse hreindȳri, equivalent to hreinn “reindeer” + dȳr “animal” (cognate with deer )
Example Sentences
It's also got a proper tree with decorations, there's a Rudolf reindeer toy and they've put some thought into all the splashes of red.
From BBC
"The trip meant so much to us. Leighton loved Lapland and enjoyed all the activities like visiting Santa's post office, Mrs Claus' house and seeing the reindeer," he added.
From BBC
Animal activists are calling for a ban on live reindeer events this Christmas, claiming their evidence shows serious welfare concerns.
From BBC
Let the reindeer chow cool before serving — or packing.
From Salon
A sign states that “Santa is feeding the reindeer.”
From Los Angeles Times