Author: ateerablackwood
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Christmas Fun Fact #4
Ugly Christmas sweaters reached peak popularity sometime during the 80s and became a Christmas party trend in 2001. From 2001 onwards, people would wear colorful holiday sweaters ironically in honor of the Christmas season.
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Christmas Fun Fact #3
35 million potted poinsettia plants are sold in the U.S. every year, making them the most popular potted plant in the U.S. Poinsettias are actually a Mexican plant that flowers in the winter. Its U.S. name comes from the US Ambassador to Mexico, Joel Roberts Poinsett, who introduced the flower in 1825.
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Glib
Adjective Definition: readily fluent, often thoughtlessly, superficially, or insincerely so Ex. Mrs. Dupree was a glib talker who would gossip about everyone and anyone Adjective Definition: easy or unconstrained, as actions or manners Ex. To the upper class of Brighton, Ashley’s glib manner was a sign of her poor breeding.
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Christmas Fun Fact #2
Why do we kiss under mistletoe? In an old Norse legend, Frigga, the goddess of love, had a son named Baldr. To protect her beloved son, Frigga made every creature and everything promise not to harm him, with the exception of mistletoe. The trickster god, Loki, learned this and tricked Hoth, Baldr’s blind brother, into…
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The Christmas Story Retold By a Coconut(and Guest)
Throughout the ages, we have longed for a Messiah, a savior to rescue us from oppression. The holy scriptures foretold that He shall be called Emmanuel, God with us. Now in the fullness of time, our Messiah has arrived. Now, we shall bring forth the tale of our Saviour’s coming. Listen to the story of…
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Christmas Fun Fact #1
Evergreen trees (spruce, pine, or fir trees), ivy, holly, and mistletoe are Christmas staples because they are some of the few plants that are green/flowering through the winter season.
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Stodgy
Adjective Definition: heavy, dull, or uninteresting; tediously commonplace; boring Ex. The writer’s style was incredibly stodgy, making it difficult for the students to read for long. Adjective Definition: old-fashioned; unduly formal and traditional Ex. The father’s obsession with upholding the family’s stodgy traditions pushed away his adult children. Adjective Definition: dull; graceless; inelegant Ex. The woman expressed her…
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Story Scrap: One Suitor to Rule Them All
Setting: A semi-phantasy kingdom that is currently enjoying an era of peace and prosperity. Magical creatures do exist in this world and some humans can use magic. However, more modern clothing is used during leisure time and magic items can be used similar to electronics. Plot: The Princess, now 18 must pick a husband from…
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Cover Idea: Did You Think Living a Fairytale Would Be Fun?
Here is yet another cover I made way back when. This is from an unfinished urban fantasy novel I wrote on Wattpad a long time ago. This one was called “Did You Think That Living a Fairy Tale Would Be Fun?” (What kind of light novel title is this?). This one was about two teens…
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Story Scrap: Noble Girls Talking
So I, Ms. Coconut, read a lot of manhwas (Korean comics/graphic novels), particularly manhwas about nobility in fantasy worlds, and I’ve noticed that there are certain assets that I frequently used in the art of the manhwas. In particular, every time there’s a crowd scene with a bunch of nobles (usually at a ball or…
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