Yeah, I really like to do that too! Empty trees make me sad, everyone deserves something cute to open on Lumi! I'm about halfway through my lumi shopping right now I think, pretty soon I'm gonna go through the cult roster and throw stuff under the trees of everyone who's still active. ^_^

Also can I just say that is officially my favorite item on this site next to , we need allll the adorable bird companions. Best Melody theme ever. I'm gonna have to try and make an outfit with that cutie too!

empty trees are the worst ;__;

that owl is the cutest thing ever, omg. i need to use it year round if i can

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[small]I'll lurk forums just to gift. XD

OMG that owl though. Soooo cute![/small]

ooh that's a good idea. i'm good at lurking. >;3

Yeah, whenever I see one I'm like sneaks into wl cx It's a little odd that the trees don't seem to show up this year like last though. Last year, they'd show up behind your avatar in your posts, but this year it looks like they're only accessible through profiles... (Maybe something to do with the tree glitches? I hope those don't happen again.)

Righttt, I'm slightly obsessed with birds in general, so having cute ones on here makes me happy. ^_^ I have 6 irl (4 very tame chickens and 2 slightly less tame diamond doves) and am constantly trying to convince myself that I can justify more. cx (I mean, I could totally fit another bird cage in my room!)

the tree glitches were so sad because everyone just wanted to gift and they couldn't.

i'm like that with virtual pets, i must collect them all!

wait, wait, what? You have a reeindeer sweater? Color me jealous! Unfortunately, here in Malaysia, sweaters are not a good choice of clothing to wear and they don't celebrate christmas so :(((

Btw, when do we know the week's theme for the secret santa?

And also @ the rest of you, does anyone play Flight Rising?

[small]I've heard about how glitchy things were last year. That'd be awesome if you could see your tree on your HA! I've only been around a few months now, but I plan on being around a while. C:

My dad just got a Cockatoo! I love birds too. Well, I love animals in general. :p[/small]

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[small]I don't! I've actually never heard of it. D: I've been replaying Fallout: New Vegas lately.[/small]

It's actually a website that's based on Dragons! Like you have your own and you can breed them and they pass on their genes, etc. It has a suprinsingly huge and active community, to the extent that there is only a week once a month when you can sign up; and that used to only be a day once a month! There's always at least 1000 people online :o I signed up in october

Fallout is kickass! I think I own a copy of New Vegas for ps3, but I just never got the hang of it quite honestly. My godfather would always encourage me to play it (huge gamer) but he's a huge backseat gamer, so meh. I like Bethesda's other works though; Skyrim will always be one of my favs!

Yeah, seriously, you'd think they'd have sorted those out by now... I hope so. And I hope the old stocking script is gone!

Virtual pets are fun! Probably less of a hassle than rl pets, aha. Which one's your favorite? n_n

Ahh, yeah, perhaps not. :c I live in Texas, and it's just very very recently gotten cold enough to wear sweaters (which is odd, because usually it's freezing by the time we're halfway through October). You guys don't celebrate Christmas? o: I never would've thought that! Though I guess since it was originally a religious holiday, I can understand not celebrating it if you don't subscribe to that brand of theism/ aren't okay with it. At least you can celebrate Lumi! c: The theme will be announced in a little! I'm actually about to go write up that post. n_n

Yeah, I'm a little disappointed they decided to do away with that! But it did look pretty odd with avatars that had backgrounds, since they chopped the tree down the middle. Aw, yay! c: I'm glad you like the site enough to stay. I was very good at taking random hiatuses for a while back when I first started, but since I came back a little more than a year ago, I've made a lot of friends and wouldn't want to leave now. Cockatoos are adorable!! ❤️ My old biology teacher had one in her room sometimes (along with like 600 other animals cx) and he was so cute. Most of my birds are actually smaller than a cockatoo (doves are super tiny, think like... midget parakeet, and the rooster is probably the only one out of my chickens that's largeish) but I'd like to have something in the cockatoo/parrot range someday. How do you like having the bird? n_n

[small]Ooooh that sounds so fun!! I may have to check that out. :> You should let me know when sign ups are open?

I'm playing on PS3. :) It is kinda confusing at first, you get the hang of it the more you play. It has a great storyline. And def replay value. (Each choice you make has a consequence and affects the outcome of the game.) Ah, backseat players aren't fun at all. Lol. Love Skyrim! Def one of my all time favorites.[/small]

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[small]I was just thinking about how it would look with a HA that had a background...maybe it's for the best? Yes, I love it! Most people are so nice and helpful. I took a short hiatus and missed the Halloween event, so I promised myself I'd be around for the next holiday. XD

I'm twenty-five so I don't live with either of my parents, but I did get to spend some time with the little cutie while I was visiting last month. He's such a riot. Loves headbanging to metal, haha. Awh I used to have a pet rooster named Pidgey! I moved to the city so I had to give him to a friend. T_T They're so awesome though. And way smarter than most people think. What are your birds' names? :)[/small]

Oooh, Texas! Is it as stereotypical as they always show? Actually, I'm not Malaysia, I'm from South Africa :D My family does celebrate Christmas, hence my exitement, but Malaysia is a Muslim country so people look at it more as a commercial event. Well, I'm not really Christian either, but by now I regard it more as a family event quite honestly. Oh, I didn't mean to rush you or anything! And you have tame chickens?! How cool is that!

In the cowboy boots/horses/beauty pageants everywhere way, uh.. not really. cx We probably do have southern-isn accents, but because I've lived here my whole life, I can't really tell. (Maybe I should make a voice recording and have you tell me? cx) I think those are the main stereotypes... Have you heard any other interesting ones I should know about? cx Ahh, that's really cool! South Africa seems like such a neat place. I'm not particularly religious at all so I look at it a lot like that too, it's a family event. It's very commercialized here too though. Nah, you're totally good! I was planning on messing with it pretty soon anyhow, and I doubt anyone will be too fussed over me replying to other things a few minutes later, aha. They're tame because I've had them since they were about three weeks old! They're like my feathery children tbh and they all try to perch on me when I walk into their coop. cx

Yeah, maybe so! I don't use backgrounds very much myself but I was always a little confused as to why they would position them like that when so many people do. Aw, that's great! People here are wonderful, I agree. It's by far the best online community I've ever come across, and I've met a bunch of people who are so incredibly wonderful and there's no way I'd have ever met otherwise! Aww, that's adorable! I never would've thought a cockatoo would like metal. cx Aha, Pidgey!! That's too cute. My littlest bird actually looks a lot like a pidgey. cx Their names are Batman, Bitsy, Jutta, and Pineapple! Batman (who is, in fact, a hen) is a gray bird who likes to get up in high dark places and fly away, Bitsy is incredibly tiny (we call her a teacup chicken) and gold colored, Jutta is extremely fluffy and solid white, and Pineapple (the rooster) is a crazy array of colors, complete with wild iridescent plumes. cx

Hm, maybe the stuff about the deep south, the more 'conservative' side? Uh, I think of like Rick from the walking dead tbh haha South Africa is one hell of a beautiful country! The people are super open, but we've got a terrible problem with crime and lots of race tensions, sadly. They're a lot more religious there, so christmas is definitely a religious thing for them. However, my parents know that I don't believe in christianity, so they don't force me to go to church or anything, thank goodness. Except my mother refuses to have a fake tree - we lived in Germany for a very long time and always had a real tree, so we had this crappy metal thing last year D: The pain is real.

I just have two dogs, but they're adorable and stupid but I love them

i do! i love dragons so much ;___;

FALLOUT NEW VEGAS IS MY FAVORITE EVER i had to get it for pc, because i hit a limit or something and the game kept crashing on ps3 -__- plus, it's super cheap on steam, so i own my favorite game twice. XD

there are a lot more error pages than i remember from when i played a few years ago. hopefully they get it all sorted out. i have flight rising, subeta, marapets, and some small ones. i think i like subeta and flight rising the most because the designs for the pets/dragons are just amazing. i like marapets (not that i play much), but sometimes the pets look...old.

I watched Fallout 4 lets plays on youtube, if that counts? I really have been wanting to Horizon Zero Dawn though, but I don't have a PS4 :( Plus, i'm currently still studying abroad, so I only have my laptop with me. It's been enough to play less graphic heavy games though, like Ori and The Blind Forest, which I absolutely loved!

ooooh, what's your UN? And flight? I'd love to add you, if that's cool with you (: I'm still figuring stuff out there haha

yes you can add me! i need more friends over there. i am honeybearbee over there as well (i know, original) and i'm in the fire flight.

awesome!!

[small]It seems all the wonderful people are even more wonderful during the Holidays. Makes me so happy. They all sound so so cute! I love that no matter the animal, they all have their own little personality. C: I have two dogs at my house, a white/dark brown chihuahua named Flapjack & a black chihuahua/shih tzu mix named Naboo. Naboo is Flapjack's daughter. My little shadow puppers.[/small]

[small]Yesssss! I love all of the Fallout Series. Same with Bioshock. SO DANG GOOD. D; I just bought Fallout 4 for my laptop, but my installer is messing up. Hopefully I'll have it fixed soon. I saw that Flight has sign ups open the 11th, I'll definitely join then! It looks super fun.[/small]

[small]Haha, that definitely counts! XD I've been watching some game play videos too. Oooh studying abroad? That sounds exciting!! It does make it kinda hard to carry around a console though. :C[/small]

I'm going to sneak into that convo you have going with Tori and just mentioned that Flapjack is the cutest name for a dog I have ever heard omg

I've got two jack russel mixes, brothers from two different mothers, called Popcorn and Peanuts :D