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9 months ago

new journal entry yayyyyy this one is kind of holiday themed XD https://elliotthepumpkin.neocities.org/journal

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rattusgarden 9 months ago

on ur question: i grew up with traditions similar to Santa Claus for our New Years celebrations and to be honest i remember very fondly both the magic from the lie about a Santa-like figure and the process of figuring out that it was actually a holiday lie. there was something very exciting in testing the limits of the lie and organizing traps or tricks to try to catch "Santa" or my parents in the action

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rattusgarden 9 months ago

despite that, i'm not really sure i'd feel comfortable straight up lying to children about it if i were to have my own !

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elliotthepumpkin 9 months ago

hey August!! thank u sm for the insight! i did love santa as a child but i did not love learning the truth as much XD other children accusing my parents of lying to me?? preposterous... but my parents actually lying to me fr?? damn... so yeah XD love it in theory but i'm not so sure i'd be comfortable lying to my kids like that!

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rattusgarden 9 months ago

i can definitely understand that X_) idk if you also relate but it took me a long time to figure out my parents were lying and realizing they're capable of that was very unnerving! other kids seemed to catch on quicker and i was defending them like "my parents would never!!" only to realize the Truth :))

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lydels 9 months ago

the question is really interesting i never thought about it!! i actually remember feeling pretty sad and a little betrayed when i found out that santa wasn't real, AND i realized i don't have any memories at all from when i still belived it LOL so i guess the lie wasn't really worth it for me since i only got the bad memories...

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lydels 9 months ago

i don't really see the lie as necessary honestly, kids are gonna be excited for christmas anyway so maybe i would try not to lie... hope other parents wouldnt kill me when my kids say that santa isnt real LOL

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strawberry-transneu 9 months ago

if i were to have kids, id calmly explain where the tradition comes from. One of main reasons why i don't like it being a lie is due to knowing many people grow up poor or with parents who don't care and not quite knowing why mysterious Santa keeps gifting everyone generously but them!

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strawberry-transneu 9 months ago

i think its sweet to let children know the truth and it's also a good way to show them you trust them . Children still grow up with sense of wonder in the world , because there's a lot of things that are fascinating by themselves and do not really require lying to feel magical! ❤️

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strawberry-transneu 9 months ago

One thing i do like is letter writing to Santa though, because tradition of physical letter-writing is kind of dissapearing (even though its really beautiful, meaningful and fun!). I wonder if there would be a way to keep this aspect in some way without Santa being real though....

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elliotthepumpkin 9 months ago

yes to both august and lydels on the feeling of betrayal upon finding out... i was indeed a big defender of my parents only telling me the truth :') but also agree with lydels saying hope other parents don't kill me.... thank u sm for answering my question!!

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elliotthepumpkin 9 months ago

also thank you avrum for the insight, i hadn't really thought about the implications of growing up poor/neglected and seeing other kids get "better" presents from Santa... yeah no that sucks and I don't want that for anyone. I do agree on the letter writing, and I think it could be part of keeping the tradition alive in the "playing pretend" sense, which kids already do all the time and fully consider as magical <3

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elliotthepumpkin 9 months ago

finally added a page i'd been meaning to make for a while! does it contain anything as of now? of course not! but at least it's there XD

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elliotthepumpkin 9 months ago

also the navigation bar seems to be looking wrong but i swear i fixed the css before uploading it... hopefully it's just neocities taking a sec to process the change

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elliotthepumpkin 9 months ago

turns out i just needed to clear the cache top 10 things i forget to do

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9 months ago

semester is finally over i can now ignore my sleeping needs for a different reason than usual

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9 months ago

feels a bit silly to do this because like 97% of my following comes from avrum (https://strawberry-transneu.neocities.org/) probably but hey in case you are part of the remaining 3% here's a pretty awesome webcomic i think you should check out: https://losersofnear-kyiv.neocities.org/

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strawberry-transneu 9 months ago

HAHAHA ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ aww that's so sweet thanks Elliot !!!!!!!!!!!!! Lowk my entire feed looks like this. :] wishing u a wonderful day!

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elliotthepumpkin 9 months ago

yeah i figured XD but it's for good reason it looks like this! keep up the good work and have a wonderful day as well <3

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9 months ago

i am so done with uni can the semester please be over please please please

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rattusgarden 9 months ago

there's light at the end of the tunnel!

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elliotthepumpkin 9 months ago

there is indeed. winter break time

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beingofheat 9 months ago

could u please stop copying me?????

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elliotthepumpkin thelifeofabug

9 months ago

this website is so incredibly well made, i am amazed! i couldn't even begin to tell you all of the things i love so i'll just go with the different themes and... yeah no i love everything about it XD

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elliotthepumpkin 9 months ago

i do also want to say that your poetry is very evocative and it was a special experience reading it... i especially loved "reflections on a stone", but the way you paint pictures in each poem is nothing short of incredible. i hope i get to see more in the future

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thelifeofabug 9 months ago

omg im actually so stunned by you comments, thank you so much! i kind of am just doing this for myself but to see that it is resonating with other people too is really special <3 <3

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elliotthepumpkin 9 months ago

it really did resonate <3 i hope you keep exploring that realm as much as you'd love to xx

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9 months ago

wow, all the amazing nail art?? you have great taste and also a great nail artist and also a lovely website!

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frajola 9 months ago

omg thank you so much!! that makes me really happy ;; <3

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elliotthepumpkin 9 months ago

oh would you look at that, a timely update! interesting choice to update my music page on the one week i haven't really been listening to any though XD

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elliotthepumpkin 9 months ago

new journal update too! this one is about free time and choice paralysis, an annoying and very real part of life

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9 months ago

maaaan there are so many touch ups i would like to do on this website but i've been so engrossed in all of the other things in my life that i already forgot what little i'd learned of css XD

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