If you missed it, or haven’t heard yet, @sailorsantaclaus is open for business for the 2015 holiday season! We’re the sister-Santa to @tuxecretsanta–where they deal in digital gifts, we work by snail mail and exchange merch with other Tumblr users through real-life post.
Curious how it works? You can check out our FAQ for information on when things are sent, how much it costs (if you’re a Moonie on a budget you will be pleasantly surprised), safety for all participants, and other related topics–and if that sounds good, we’ve got just a couple of pretty easy rules to make the exchange fun and painless for everyone.
Your last stop will be the page of stuff the mod needs to know so she can match you with a great Santa and giftee–fill it out, submit or email, and you’re all set! A lot of people have already said they’re really excited to come back for a second year; I hope you’ll join them!
Hi, guys! I got a few people asking whether Tuxecret Santa would be running this year, which I’m grateful for because I’ve been so busy moving I completely forgot that it was… even a thing that happened. But it reminded me how I’d been thinking of the way the event is organised, based on feedback and personal observations of the past couple of years;
Basically, everyone is too busy. People sign up with good intentions, not knowing how exhausted they’re going to be when Christmas actually comes. Having the due date come after Christmas was meant to help alleviate that but it’s clear that the majority are still just too busy in the weeks surrounding Christmas and New Years.
I am proposing we compensate for this with two actions;
1) Change the date of the event currently known as “Tuxecret Santa”.
What date? June 30th, Sailor Moon’s (and Chibi Moon’s) birthday! Sign-ups will start mid-May, you’ll have most of June to prepare the gifts, and then all the presents will be shared on the birthday date! June 30th has fewer scheduling conflicts, which opens up the event for people who previously couldn’t participate or found they had to drop out due to time restraints, and helps minimize the risk of no-shows.
2) Replace the existing “Tuxecret Santa” event with something else in the meantime to preserve the Holiday spirit.
What ‘something else’? Rather than sharing gifts individually, the new event would have fans donate gifts which are then released to the public once a day over December, counting down to the New Year, with the final gifts being released on the 31st. These gifts would be the same things you would normally make for Tuxecret Santa - fanart, fanfiction drabbles, gifs, videos, fanmixes, etc. - but with different prompts and wider appeal. It provides an outlet for people who want to contribute, without the pressure on those who can’t.
Hey, fortythousandth! I’m sorry for taking so long to finish your gift! But it’s finally here and I hope you like it! I was really happy when I found out that my santee was also a big fan of harumichi, so I made my gift with a lot of love. Happy Holidays and a wonderful 2015 for you!
Well! In case you didn’t notice from the avalanche of posts, all the gifts - well over 100 of them - have now been released. Well, what are you waiting for? Go and explore all the wonderful goodies!
How to find your gift, method 1:
If you’re the kind of person who always shakes their gifts before they open them, and starts with the smallest first, you can take your time as you browse through all of the presents. There’s bound to be piles of surprises that, even if they weren’t made for you, may as well have been; TuxecretSanta is a smörgåsbord of Sailor Moon fun, and there’s no rush.
http://tuxecretsanta.tumblr.com/
If you're in a particular mood, you can also browse the gifts by what kind of content they have using these tags:
Fanart | Fanfiction | Graphics | Gifs | Manga Colorings | Fanmix | Fashion | Music | Videos
How to find your gift, method 2:
Nah, let’s face it, you’re the kind who starts with the biggest present and always tears the paper. No shame in it! To directly find the gift that was made for you, search for posts tagged with your Tumblr name.
If you changed your URL, try searching for your current username and the username that you signed up for the event using. If you need help, come see us.
I can’t find my gift!
Don’t panic! It may have been mis-tagged, or tagged with an old URL you forgot about. If there isn’t a present in your tag and you can’t go through all the posts to try and find it, contact us and we’ll see what’s up.
Remember also to check the tag for your Santee! Not only do you get to see how much they love your present, you can also double check that we got everything OK and nothing got lost in translation. If you do notice something wrong, contact us ASAP and we’ll fix it up.
Glad tidings and a Happy New Year! Tuxecret Santa 2014 was a blast; we’ll see you for 2015!!
Happy holidays! Inspired by your favorite characters and my hulu rewatch of Sailor Moon R, here is a picture of Ami helping Chibiusa study! It has been awhile since I’ve drawn anything, so I hope it’s okay!
For Horu-chan. Happy holidays, and I hope you enjoy!
The Monumental Catastrophe
“USAGI-CHAN!”
Usagi shrieked, jumped despite being sprawled on her bed, and nearly dropped her 3DS in shock as Minako burst into her bedroom, Artemis clinging for dear life onto her shoulder. It was still a near thing, the device dancing back and forth between her hands before luck smiled on the clumsy girl and she managed to grab it in both hands. Usagi, after breathing out a sigh of relief, shot her friend an annoyed look. Nearby, Luna lifted her head from the newspaper she’d been reading on the floor to stare at Minako and Artemis.
If Minako was at all bothered by her irritation, she didn’t show it. On the contrary, she was already leaning on her bed, thrusting out a poster in her face. Usagi rolled over, sat up, and stared at it.
“Pokémon cosplay contest?” she read aloud. Her eyes sparkled with interest as she saw the next part: “Oooh, with a photoshoot and thirty thousand yen grand prize?!”
“That’s right!” Minako declared triumphantly. “It’s tomorrow, so there’s no time to lose. You and I are gonna enter this contest as a pair and win that grand prize!”
“But Minako-chan, why me?” Usagi wondered, blinking up at her friend. “Mako-chan’s the one who knows how to sew.”
“Mako-chan… might be busy with spring cleaning and rearranging her apartment,” Minako mumbled, glancing away. “And Ami-chan might be on a study retreat that day, and Rei-chan might’ve thought it was dumb but that’s not the point! The point, Usagi-chan, is that we have something no one else has, something that guarantees we’re gonna win!”
“Really?” Luna wondered, leaping nimbly up onto the bed. “What’s that—er…”
Too late, she caught Artemis waving his paws wildly from his partner’s shoulder. Luna trailed off, but the damage was already done: Minako beamed at her with an ear-to-ear grin, just before picking her up and presenting her and Artemis to Usagi.
“Real live Pokémon!” she cheered.
“What,” Luna uttered.
“I tried to talk her out of it,” Artemis groaned. “I swear, I tried.”
“Isn’t it?” Minako declared. “Artemis is gonna be a Meowth, and Luna’s gonna be a Purrloin!”
“Hey, wait,” Luna protested, craning her neck back. “I didn’t agree to this!”
“Aw, c’mon, it’ll be fun!” Usagi said, scooping up her mentor. “You’ll be adorable and everyone’ll love you!”
“It still isn’t a good idea,” Luna insisted. “Don’t you girls think that you’re too old for this?”
“What?! You’re never too old for Pokémon!” Usagi declared. “Children and adults alike love them! And anyway, it’ll blow Chibiusa’s mind when I win this contest. That’ll teach her to get Mamo-chan to take her and her friends out on a field trip without me!”
“Exactly, exactly!” Minako enthused. “The world’s finally at peace, and it’s our last spring break before we become high schoolers. We deserve this. So anyway, I’m thinking that we can go as the main character and her best friend from X and Y. I’ll of course be the main character!”
“Hey, I’m not done talking,” Luna said.
“No, I wanna be!” Usagi protested. She dropped Luna to clasp her hands in front of her. “I’m not sure why, but I feel like I have a spiritual connection with the heroine from Pokémon X and Y!”
“But her best friend has the twintails,” Minako pointed out. “Don’t you think you’d fit that image way better?”
“Girls, you can’t just decide for us—” Artemis tried to say.
“What’s the point of cosplay if you can’t look different every now and then?” Usagi countered, ignoring him.
Minako sighed. “Good point. Okay, in that case, I’m gonna be the hot neighbor.”
Usagi blinked. “The hot…”
“Oh, c’mon! I’m talking about the cute boy rival slash other main character!”
“They’re not listening to us at all, are they,” Luna lamented.
“I-it’ll be all right,” Artemis reassured her. “They can’t actually make us help out…”
Usagi and Minako rounded on him, eyes narrowed, eyebrows raised. Things might have gone poorly if a high-pitched voice hadn’t sounded by the door.
“Usagi-sama? Minako-sama? Is something the matter?”
Artemis paled under his fur. “Diana, no! Save yourself!” he cried.
But it was too late. Minako zeroed in on the tiny gray kitten blinking curiously at the four of them, then flashed him a toothy grin.
“Oh, Diana,” she sing-sang, sweeping over to the door and scooping up the kitten. “There’s something important that Usagi-chan and me need your help with! It’s very important, so I know we can count on you, right?”
“Of course!” Diana squeaked, sealing her parents’s fates. “How may I help you, Minako-sama?”
“I need you to say ‘Glameow’ for me. Can you say ‘Glameow’?”
“Glameow,” Diana repeated obediently.
“Ehhh? You want her to be a Glameow?” Usagi said, getting to her feet and leaning over. “Isn’t Glameow kind of too snobby for her?”
“But Glameow’s a gray cat, just like Diana,” Minako said. “Unless…”
“Glameow!” Diana repeated, lighting up the room with her adorable kitten smile.
Usagi and Minako stared.
“Skitty?” Usagi suggested.
“Skitty,” Minako agreed.
“Skitty,” they confirmed in unison.
“It’s decided! You’re going to say ‘Skitty’ instead!” Minako declared. “Oooh, you’ll be the cutest Skitty ever. We’ve got the grand prize in the bag now!”
“Skittyyy!” Diana cheered.
“Look, you can say what you want,” Artemis spoke up, ears flattened against his skull. “But you still need to actually make the costumes or you can’t enter the contest.”
“Not to mention, how are you going to get everything done by tomorrow?” Luna added.
Minako grinned at them and held up her disguise pen. Usagi’s eyes lit up.
“I haven’t used that thing in ages!” she squealed. “Let’s do it, Minako-chan!”
“HOLD IT!” Luna barked, thrusting a paw at them. “You’re really going to use magic to win a contest?! Don’t you think that’s unfair to the other contestants?”
“Aw, c’mon, Luna,” Usagi complained, shooting her a sour look. “It’s just one little bitty contest! What’s it hurt?”
“Skitty?”
“Absolutely not! And anyway, you two shouldn’t be using the disguise pen for frivolous reasons!”
“But it’s not frivolous, it’s a photoshoot and thirty thousand yen,” Minako insisted.
“Skitty!”
“Then let’s do this,” Artemis said. “If you two use the disguise pen, we won’t be your ‘Pokémon’ for you.”
“What? No!”
“But,” he continued, “if you two make the costumes yourselves, then we’ll go.”
“Artemis,” Luna hissed.
“Ehhh? But how’re we supposed to make good costumes by tomorrow?” Usagi complained.
“The alternative is cheating, and undermining the hard work of the other contestants,” Artemis replied, winking at Luna.
“Skitty skitty,” Diana intoned.
Usagi and Minako shared another glance, this time with enthusiasm significantly flagged.
“That would be bad, huh,” Usagi sighed, cupping her cheek with one hand.
“I guess,” Minako said, mirroring her friend.
“If only someone could make the costumes for us,” Usagi continued, switching to the other hand.
“I know,” Minako agreed, again mirroring her.
As one, the two of them slowly stared at the cats.
“Skitty?”
“No! Absolutely not!” Luna insisted, crossing her paws in front of her. “That’s impossible and you know it!”
“I guess that’s true,” Minako sighed.
“So true,” Usagi echoed. “So what do we do, Minako-chan?”
“Hmmm…” She beamed at the room. “How about we go as ourselves and just focus on making our Pokémon the best possible Pokémon? That oughtta be plenty!”
“You gotta be joking,” Luna and Artemis groaned in unison.
Diana tilted her head. “Skitty?”
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The next day, Minako fumed as the winner of the contest went up to the stage to receive her prize. In her lap, Artemis, who was deeply unhappy about the oblong faux-gold coin taped to his forehead, watched the proceedings with his ears down. Next to Minako sat Usagi, who was similarly incensed as Luna grimaced at the white markings that had been dyed onto her dark fur, and Diana batted at her oversized tail in fascination and complete ignorance of the goings-on around her.
“What do they mean, it’s not good enough to just cosplay your pets?!” Minako groused to her friend. “Disqualified! It’s so unfair! Do they have any idea how long it took us to dye Luna and Diana’s fur?!”
“Yeah! Luna’s an amazing Purrloin! And Diana’s a perfect Skitty!” Usagi fumed back. “Cosplaying animals should totally count!”
“The world’s against us, Usagi-chan,” Minako groaned, leaning her head towards her friend as crocodile tears formed in the corners of her eyes.
“It’s so cruel, Minako-chan!” Usagi lamented, leaning her head against Minako’s with a similar threat of waterworks.
“Can we go home now?” Luna complained, covering her head with both paws.
“Maoowww,” Artemis lamented, unable to speak with his crescent covered.
“Skitty!” Diana uttered, beaming up at everyone.
Minako sighed. “Yeah. Let’s go home.” She got up, scooping Artemis into her arms and easing off the Meowth coin to let his crescent show. “Sorry to drag you all into this. You want us to treat you to some fancy tuna on the way home? I brought tiny fo-oorks!”
Artemis shook off his mental haze, then perked up. “Well, as long as it’s all over with.”
“Ooh, and let’s get ice cream for us!” Usagi cheered, following her with a cat in each arm.
“Sure, sure.” Minako sighed dramatically. “It’s the only thing that will mend my fragile maiden heart now.”
Luna side-eyed her. “Fragile maiden, my tail…”
Minako pointedly ignored her and swept out of the judging hall. “Ice cream and fancy tuna! Let’s gooo!”
“Let’s goooo!” Usagi cheered.
“Skittyyyy!” Diana echoed in delight.
“At least one of us cats is happy,” Artemis murmured to Luna.
Hey there, Secret Santee! You requested Shitennou and KunZoi, so I went with some nice Classic Christmas villainy using a comic I never found the motivation to finish. I tried to mimic an anime omake, and everything ended up being kind of ridiculous (I wish I could have made the transitions a bit nicer (like the faceoff between Nephrite and Zoisite) but then this comic would’ve gone on forever, so.) ANYWAY.
I realized that coloring is awful and I am awful at coloring, so I switched to lineart halfway through (whoops). I hope you enjoy this, and since my handwriting sucks I’ll be uploading the textboxless versions (along with a Zoisite concept art) so you can just look at the somewhat nice pictures.
I got potatochipcookies/himesereniti for the secret santa! I hope you enjoy Mamoru and Usagi ice skating! I had a fun time working on this and I hope you had a good holiday and a new year! ♥
Hello there!! I thought you’d like a drawing of Miss Minako: Sailor V as your present, since you mentioned that she was one of your favorites and that you liked the manga! I hope you like it!! I gotta say, going through your blogs, I really, really love your art! ^.^ Hope you had a good holiday season!
Merry Christmas kittyichooseyou! I hope you like the drawing of Rini~! She’s one of my favorite characters too, and I tried to capture her sassy nature and love of pink haha. Particularly fitting are those totally 90’s overalls. I hope you have a wonderful and safe new year! :Db
“Makoto, the recipe calls for two teaspoons.” I say, handing her the cookbook. “And isn’t there only-”
“I know what it says! But I’ve made this before, and it tastes better the way, okay?” she asks, handing me a measuring spoon.
I guess I’ll have to agree with her for right now. I do trust her cooking abilities, so the pie won’t be negatively affected in any way, shape or form.
“So you add the sugar, blend the mixture together with a whisk, add chocolate….. and why are you pulling out a hat?” I ramble while Makoto pulls a hat and a bowl.
“I just thought you’d like it…. and we don’t need the chocolate, it drowns out the cherries.” she says while placing it on my head. “Can you hand me the whisk and check the oven?”
I pass her the bowl, wondering if I should tell her that the oven is supposed to be at 350 degrees and not 325 and that her hat is about to fall over my eyes…. but it is a pretty hat and she’s not at risk for setting anything on fire, so that’s a relief.
Even if she did (somehow) set her house on fire, I’d be able to put it out….
“Ami, can you move over a bit? I don’t want to hit you with the door.” she says, placing the pie crusts into the oven. “Are the cookies ready?”
I bend down and look into the bottom oven, which is emitting a variety of delicious scents.
“Probably. Do you have-” I begin, but she cuts me off.
“Ami, they’re going to be fine! Thanks for helping me, I’ll see you after your class!” she exclaims, as my timer goes off and I leave her kitchen, my mind filled with formulas, variations on formulas, and recipes.
My gift to you is centered around the sisterly relationship between Chibi Usa and the Inner Senshi, as well her relationship with Usagi and Mamoru, as seen in the 90’s anime. Since Sailor Moon takes place in Japan, I thought it would be fun to show some of the activities the girls would do around the holiday season in their home country.
While Christmas is mostly a secular holiday in Japan, people there still enjoy it in many different ways. One of the ways Japanese people enjoy Christmas is eating Christmas cakes, which are typically made with sponge cake, whipped cream, and strawberries. I think Makoto would definitely make her own Christmas cake (or rather, cakes, since Usagi can’t have just one ^_~). Ami would help by precisely measuring out the ingredients as per her handy cook book, while Chibi Usa would help slice strawberries to decorate the cake.
In addition to cakes, Christmas songs are also popular in Japan. Minako, who’s been to England, might know a few English Christmas songs in addition to popular Japanese Christmas songs. I think she would also be more than happy to give an impromptu concert with a carrot microphone after helping Chibi Usa build a snow man at the Hikawa Shrine with Rei.
While Christmas is a newly introduced holiday, New Years is traditionally an important holiday in Japan, and there’s a wealth of traditions and activities people participate in to celebrate the New Year. People will dress up in kimonos and go visit shrines to wish for good luck in the new year. Around New Years it’s also popular for people to play a game called hanetsuki, a paddle based game that’s like a cross between badminton and table tennis, but with no nets. The goal of the sport is to keep a shuttlecock in the air for as long as possible while two players play a rally. Whoever misses or looses gets their face marked with India ink. I image after a shrine visit, Usagi and Chibi Usa would start playing hanetsuki in Juuban Park while Mamoru and Luna look on…a game which invariably ends with Usagi getting mad at Chibi Usa for winning (by a narrow margin), and the girls start chasing each other around the park, all the while wearing their formal kimonos. XD
I’m sorry the fanart is in black-and-white, as I didn’t have the time to color it. But I do hope you’ll enjoy it! I know you like to color doujinshi and manga pages, so if you feel inclined, feel free to color this fanart! :)
Hey there! I saw that your favourite character is Usagi, so I thought I could draw her for you. I’m not very good with digital art, let alone colouring, but I tried to make her as pretty as possible.
Merry Christmas, may your holidays and the new year be filled with good stuff and I hope you like my gift! ^ω^
Hope you enjoy this Christmas friendship cheer! I had a lot of fun making it. I drew it in pencil and colored with my iphone. All of this was done in a flurry before my toddler woke up and asked to help. Hugs, Senshiofmom
