Thanks again to all of you who took part in our Nominate-4-November challenge and to all of you who suggested words for this years Decide-4-December.
Please note that the dates are just recommendations and you do not have to stick to them, you can use any of the 36 words in any order you like, if you wish to.
The tag for December will continue in the same format as before, First three letters or the month, the year and then âwordsâ.
* So tag your photos with dec13words to see them all here: dec13words.
âIf cold December gave you birth, The month of snow and ice and mirth, Place on your hand a turquoise blue; Success will bless whate'er you do..â
In total we had 616 words nominated and this is how I have compiled our list:
- Firstly I added the words that were nominated for specific dates, for example 18th Cookies for âBake Cookies Dayâ.
- I then counted up the number of times that the words were nominated and attaching those to the matching date (for example âSteampunkâ was nominated 14 times so is on the 14th)
- Where there were two or more with the same count, I added these randomly throughout the month.
- Some words that I have not included as they have been used in recent months, for example although Christmas Pudding, Cake and Cracker.
- I have also included Humbug Day on the 21st for anything ânot related to Christmasâ as most of the other words are related to Christmas.
- As agreed in previous months, the following words are bonus words each month; Birthday and Anniversary along with the Star Signs and Birth Stones. The bonus words are: Birthday, Anniversary, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Turquoise, Tanzanite and Zircon. And here is our list for December (alternative or why they were chosen [number of times suggested]):
1st - Holly (and/or Ivy [5])
2nd - Shiver or Cosy (Cold or Warm [9])
3rd - Tradition (A passed down behaviour [7])
4th - Hat/Scarf (Woolly or Summer [13])
5th - Evergreens (Leaves in all four seasons [6])
6th - Mail (Post or Mailbox [6])
7th - Tree (Christmas or Other [7])
8th - Nativity (Nativity [7])
9th - Chocolate (it doesnât get easier than that [9])
10th - Consumerism (Ref: Consumerism [10])
11th - Bow (or Ribbon [12])
12th - Poinsettia Day (or Red for Poinsettia Day [12])
13th - Christmas Shop (Market or Shop Window [13])
14th - Steampunk (Ref: wikipedia [14])
15th - Pine (or Pine Cones [6])
16th - Song (or Carol [5])
17th - Cheer (Celebration or Joy [17])
18th - Cookies (Bake Cookies Day [9])
19th - Candles (Hanukkah, Menorah Or Kwanzaa [11])
20th - Snow/Sand (Depending on you hemisphere [20])
21st - Humbug Day (Anything not related to Christmas [2])
22nd - Gift (Gifted or Giving [14])
23rd - Sparkle (Glitter [11])
24th - Stocking (Sock or Sack [10])
25th - Christmas (Pudding, Cake or Cracker [10])
26th - 12 Days of Christmas (Any or all of them [5])
27th - Stars (The ones in the Sky [6])
28th - Snowman (or Toboggan [11])
29th - Peace on Earth (now there's a plan [4])
30th - Lights/Decorations (Possibly Bokeh [30])
31st - Food/Feast (Family Meal [14])
For me, it's a bit too Christmassy buy you great people chose the words, so thank you for your suggestions.
Have set myself an additional challenge as I feel I've been slacking and I want to finish off my first 365 year in style! I'm going to try(?) and find a line of a Christmas song connected to each word! Am not at work from 12th Dec so that should make life a bit easier! Thanks Bulldog for all the words and lists!! :0)
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I'll hopefully be focusing on the summer side of the silly season ;)
very festive list! Thanks, Bulldog @bulldog.
Thanks so much once again,Bulldog! And now I know what I've been doing wrong all my life. I was born in December
âIf cold December gave you birth, The month of snow and ice and mirth, Place on your hand a turquoise blue; Success will bless whate'er you do..â
but I only have purple amethyst on my hand......