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Tea need not be limited to a specific time of day.

In the same way, Christmas -- its spirit of joy and giving, hope and love -- need not be limited to a few weeks in the year.

And the combination -- a shared meal, filled with joy and giving, hope and love, can be enjoyed any time of day, any day of the year.

Tea for Two metal print -- 2-steve-henderson.pixels.com/f

#tea#party#christmas

Linda reviews "Nicky" by Denver Shaw, A Daddy for Christmas 2:

"A beautiful story and a different take on the Daddy/Boy relationship. Usually, the books revolve around the boys finding a daddy, but this one was more about a daddy wanting to find someone who would willingly be his boy... Five stars."

queeromanceink.com/2025/02/24/

#BookReview #GayRomance #gay #MMBookstodon @MMbookstodon #LGBTQBookstodon @lgbtqbookstodon @diversebooks #bookstodon @bookstodon #books #Daddy #Holiday #Christmas

Review: "Florian's Yuletide Wishes" by Jules Radcliffe and Stephanie Lake

"Two men - Florian, an under-gardener, and Everett, a groom - are friends and lovers. Since it is 1805, their relationship must be kept hidden... A lovely story about a man who fears being around people, but learns that his fears were misplaced. 5 stars."

queeromanceink.com/2025/02/23/

#Historical #Christmas #BookReview #GayRomance #MMBookstodon @MMbookstodon #Gay @LGBTQBookstodon @diversebooks @bookstodon #books

Oy vey. Gift link.

Coming Soon to Trump’s Kennedy Center: A Celebration of Christ
Richard Grenell, the center’s new president, told a conservative gathering that the “big change” at the center would be a “huge celebration of the birth of Christ at Christmas.”

nytimes.com/2025/02/21/arts/mu

Richard Grenell, the Kennedy Center’s new president, spoke about his vision for the center now that it is under the control of President Trump.
The New York Times · Coming Soon to Trump’s Kennedy Center: A Celebration of ChristBy Javier C. Hernández

Dear knitters of Mastodon,

Many years ago, I started this top-down circular yoke stranded colourwork jumper, hoping to knit my own ugly Christmas jumper, using a pattern by Drops (ravelry.com/patterns/library/1), using DK-weight Drops Karisma yarn (ravelry.com/yarns/library/garn), knitting on 4mm needles.

I stopped knitting because I made a mistake and couldn't face the frogging.

Now I want to frog the whole thing and start over, in part because I feel like my stranded colourwork skills are much better now.

I am wondering if I should find a different pattern? Maybe I don't want the jumper to be "ugly" anymore, so it would be a bit more wearable? Don't know if ugliness vibes are completely avoidable, given the colourways that I have.

QUESTION: do you have any suggestions for your favourite circular yoke stranded colourwork jumper patterns that might suit the yarn that I have (MC: 500 grams / 1000 m; CC: 100 grams / 200 m)?

I never actually completed a circular yoke, or a stranded colourwork jumper, so maybe something that has some good alternation between the colours would be best, just in case I don't manage a good tension on longer floats.