December 25th, 2007
Thanks for sticking with the thread everyone. It’s been a joy and a chore. Once again I’ve been more prolific with this thread than at any other time of the year, having to produce multiple presentable pictures every day, and that’s hard at the best of times. In December especially, it’s very tricky.
I do it because I genuinely want to put something into Christmas, so the fact that some of you actually remembered this thread from last year and are thinking of it as something of a christmas tradition is very gratifying. Thanks!
Credit must go to Abby Ryder for today’s beautiful Elf School illustration and the special effects on Pete and Mecha Snatter, go and see her at her website. The Snowman and Santa Claus The Movie are available on DVD and I recommend them for future Christmas festivities. Oh and Labyrinth is available, of course.
We had a great Christmas here, and it comes as a huge relief, because I’ve honestly been up far too late most nights and actually had to set aside some freelance work to be able to make this thread, and any friends I didn’t let down this month by missing their various evening outings are in the minority. So thanks to the GBS-FM crew for appearing to follow the thread as well as Abby for general support, and the various friends I’ve been pasting this to each day. Oh and thanks to the guy in Manchester town centre who was overheard talking about Beazie in Piccadilly Gardens a couple of weeks ago. And dear lord, thank-you everyone who replied. The Snatter threads can be a lonely business and although I can count hits, it’s the interaction that really make it work.
So, the story is told, but the calendar isn’t completely over yet. I’ve still got a couple of little surprise Christmas Presents for you which will appear in this thread over the next few days.
In the meantime, why don’t we tell each other what a nice Christmas we had? You first.
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The most Christmassy story in any of our lives, and my favorite Adventure Calendar of the decade. Year two has the Harry Potter junk, time travel nonsense, tear-jerking Snowmen, Bowie, and it all wraps up in a fantastic kind-of-makes-a-bit-of-sense bow. This year’s story is closest to my heart of any Christmas tradition I have. Thank you, thank you, thank you for preserving it for us.
I realise I never left a comment, so here’s a comment:
I like this a lot more than last year’s one, and I’m assuming they just get better from here on out.
Merry belated Christmas, and Wiggle He!