#the decorations

[grumpy-aaron-dingle]

Emmerdale, 20.02.2017

[alright-fuckhead]

Viv Hope | 25.12.2004

[you-show-me-love]

I have a theory that the conflict at the beginning of season 11 is a direct connection to the end of season 11.

Mickey spent their wedding money on Ian's 1 year anniversary surprise party.

Here is the evidence I've made up collected

We know from their wedding Mickey is a planner and that if the event is important to him he will go all out.

We also know Ian is gone like min 40 hours a week for his legit job and Mickey is not working leaving him plenty of time to plan

If Mickey is not at the Gallagher house we see him (in the early season especially) at the Alibi aka where the party is held. Here it is safe to stash party supplies and plan the event in peace.

When else between the events of season 11 would Mickey have planned this? Not during their move to the Westside or Terry's demise that's for sure. Also I have a feeling money didn't go missing as easily once their business started and Ian was keeping it in a bank account.

In conclusion Mickey planned, purchased, and executed an amazing anniversary gift for Ian using their wedding gift money. I have convinced myself of this and will not be told otherwise.

[sweetbambilove]

The whole PLL episode with the Halloween party on a train is a vibe

[cinnamonwhor3]

I can’t even lie I fuckin love everything about Christmas

[uwmspeccoll]

It’s Fine Press Friday!

This week we present The Decorations: A Christmas Story, by English horror fiction writer Ramsey Campbell with wood engravings by Ladislav Hanka, designed and printed letterpress from hand set Joanna types in 2005 by C. Mikal Oness at Sutton Hoo Press in Stockton, Minnesota. All 250 copies in the edition were signed by the author and the artist. The book was printed for Alpenhouse Apparitions, an imprint of Sutton Hoo Press dedicated to primarily publishing supernatural and other genre fiction in hand-made fine press editions.

The Decorations is a short ghost story specifically written for this publisher.

“David, a young boy, tries to navigate family tensions during a visit to his grandparents for the Christmas holidays. David’s mother has recently been abandoned by her husband, and David’s grandmother, who is struggling with dementia, obsesses over a plastic Santa Claus decoration coming loose from the roof of her house. The narrative slowly builds to a terrifying, ambiguous climax.”

Who doesn’t love some horror around the holidays?

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–Sarah, Special Collections Undergraduate Assistant

[wanderingmind867]

Is it weird that Christmas is the only holiday I like (even though I'm not christian)? I suppose some people probably think it is. But I don't like Christmas for the religious aspect of it. I like it mainly for the mental association I have with it from years of media exposure. The fact that I dislike most other holidays does help too, though. Halloween is too freaky because of all the horror. April Fool's is about pranks, which I find mean-spirited. Easter is just as religious as Christmas, only it's missing the beautiful wintery aesthetic and general sense of goodwill. My birthday is mostly depressing now, because I'm in shock that I'm gonna be 21.

Most holidays just don't work for me. But Christmas does. The movies, the colours, the twinkling lights and the music that's soothing and beautiful and peaceful. Stories of love and charity and kindness. Christmas is special for me. Christmas is special, and no other holiday really gets it. It's kind of a personal thing, I suppose. I understand other people don't like Christmas as much, and I respect that. I just wanted to be confident that my love of Christmas wasn't necessarily weird for my lack of religion.