For the many diverse celebrations occuring in this time, I wish you all (in no particular order and taking into account that timing is a little back and forth with days) the following:

Merry Christmas

Happy Chanukah / Hanukkah

Happy Yule

Happy Kwanzaa

A belated Happy Hari Raya Haji

I hope that this time of year finds you well and that the new year brings you much success in your given endeavours.

To the GameDev staff and moderators, sensational job as always.

Regards,

David aka Stormynature

Thanks! Merry Christmas to y'all also. I was losing track of the days leading up to it, so it feels like yesterday was the 14th but now today is the 24th.

I'm making good progress on my game project (hoping to have a substantial visual update by the end of January), and wish all of you best of luck with speedy and qualitative (?) progress on your own project!

Maybe I should explain it another way.

Every single day I celebrate where I live, what I do for a living, how happy I am where I am and with what I do.

Instead of being thankful just on Thanksgiving, I am thankful every single day all day.

I don’t need Christmas to remind me of cheer, laughter, etc., because I have that in excess every single day.

Holidays are superfluous when every single day of your life is one.

L. Spiro

Holidays (especially Christmas) are usually the time when the bigger family (parents, brothers, sisters) can come together (many days of public holiday in a row). Not something that's easy to do on any other times in a year when the longest free-days are just two days in a row.

So, it IS different for most of us, at least from a practical point of view.

Merry Whatever to you all!

Holidays (especially Christmas) are usually the time when the bigger family (parents, brothers, sisters) can come together (many days of public holiday in a row). Not something that's easy to do on any other times in a year when the longest free-days are just two days in a row.
So, it IS different for most of us, at least from a practical point of view.

Yes, the only thing that separated holidays for me in the past was just that everyone else was behaving differently—suddenly gathering for meetings, exchanging gifts, etc.

That obviously no longer happens since I have lived in Thailand, France, and Japan for the last 10 years.
With no one going out of his or her way to be with me, have a feast with me, exchange gifts with me, etc., the holidays really blend into the background.


L. Spiro

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas from the future.

Thursday, Dec. 26, 2013.

Merry Christmas from the future.

Thursday, Dec. 26, 2013.

Hurray, we survived!