Hey everyone!! I hope everyone has had a wonderful december, sorry I haven't been as active in here. It's been so busy and mentally draining for me. I get depression pretty bad around these times and I've just been trying to keep myself distracted but it's hard. Tomorrow will make the 3rd year of not having my mom at christmas and it still hurts. I'm also getting sick so i'm really hoping it passes quickly. I'm on vacation from work (completely paid) for a week and a half. So that's something i'm really looking forward to! Anyways, just wanted to pop in and say hello and hope everyone likes their gifts tomorrow!

Also thank you so much to my KS secret santa!! I love everything <3

Merry Christmas!!

Happy Luminaire!!!

Happy Holidays!!!

Happy/Merry anything I might have missed!!! 😊

In case I'm not able to say this later today: Merry Christmas!

Wishing you all much love, peace, and joy! Hope you have a wonderful Christmas and Lumi!

i gave a lot of stuff from my shops to lots of trees, it is fun!

Merry Christmas all!

Home from work had so much fun and the residents loved my outfit and my santa tiara lol! We had with our tea and coffee a christmas cake and we had christmas lunch!

To get your tree gifts: you have to click on "Luminaire Tree" in the news. Then there should be options on the upper right - Gallery, Presents, Gifts Given. Presents is what you're looking for. Click on that and tadaa!

I had to ask...

Thank you all for my wonderfull gifts!

Thank you to everyone who gifted my tree this year!! I have sooo many to thank and I dont always remember what groups they r from. So I am tagging everyone to give my TY's

THANK YOU ALL AND MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY LUMINAIRE!!!!!

Thank you everyone for the Lumi gifts! What a lovely collection of surprises I found under my tree today! I hope everyone has had a wonderful day today and a beautiful holiday.

I'll try to gift everyone after the new year. Just been hectic so...yeah...

How is everyone doing today?

It's one of the few calmer days of the holiday week for us (several birthdays, annual events, and of course the holiday that keep us busy this time of year) so I did some reading this morning, we went to a local pizza place for lunch, I walked one of my pups, and now we're just sitting and relaxing with my father in law (we're staying at his house).

Don't even worry about it friend! Gifts are given to spread joy, not to get something in return! Everyone does the best they can and should be understanding that's it's a busy time IRL for many. <3

Nice to get a calm day in the middle of the chaos. :)

I agree with everything Faune said. No worries. <3

Very much so! I'm getting so used to my new work schedule that having time off is a little weird, I think I do best with consistency, but thankfully I'm managing any anxiety related to it well and actually enjoying myself. I like your HA! It's cute!

I'm glad things are working out for you! <3 Thanks! Yours is cute too. What is the puppy called? Adorable. Love the big wolf. I have this one. :)

Thank you! I was given the wolf for Lumi! I'm working on collecting them all lol. The puppy is Original Koi the Pup Plush. I love him, he looks so happy!

First off, - Thank you for the goodies you stuffed under my tree. You gals rock! :D

- I'm glad you had a great Christmas with your residents. I bet your Santa tiara looked awesome! Thank you for saying how to get to your gifts. I could not figure it out. They should have made a news post about it since they changed it. XD You know, I hope Keith instutes that gallery wishlist search feature for our regular wishlists. It would be lovely to match my shop wares to people's wishlists and gift them instead of letting the things lsanguish in my shop. :)

Ok, no 'fess up. Sho's my Secret Santa? :D

Hey All...

ur welcome :-)

No worries, we all enjoy gifting thru Lumi and we dont expect things back. Its just fun :-)

Ur HA look great!!! I couldnt wait to see how u wore that hat. I own it also and I love it, but never know what to pair it with. So I couldnt wait to see ur ideas. I love ur HA's looks a lot of the time. It seems u liked ur gift since u decided to wear it on the 1st day after the holidays ;)

Oh, I sure did! <3 But it was a tough choice with all the lovely gifts I got. :) I settled on three looks, that are mostly the same. Just changed the hair. Here are the other two:

i worked with christmas, during the day and been lazy at home in the evenings. 2 days off now.

i agree they should have posted a news post about how to get the gifts. I had to ask and look at the forums for help. And i hope they keep that feature to, loved it!

Hope everyone had a nice christmas! I had lunch at my parents and a movie night at home.

You're welcome love! You deserve all the presents and more! And thank you <3

Ohh, hard to choose between the three. They all look good! I think the one you went with is my favorite.

Agreed! I kept waiting for the post, it was anti-climatic that they didn't celebrate with a post like they have in years past :( I hope you enjoy your days off!

That sounds nice! We had a busy but nice Christmas - celebrated at my FIL's, my family's, and the nursing home where my grandparents-in-law live.

- You're very welcome, also. I actually had a lot of fun stuffing trees. At first, I tought it would be a chore. Instead, I dfound myself looking forward to it. And when I had no more friends to gift I went looking and found the gallery and the wishlist search. Oh, boy, that made my day/week. 😂

- I was waiting for a post and finally gave up and started poking around. Then I saw your post and figured it out. They really should have made a post instead of thinking people would just figure it out. XD XD

- What movie did you watch? We watched National Lampoon's Christmas vacation on Christmas night. Then, last night, we watched The Hogfather. It was nice.

- What hat is this? What does it look like? :D