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rainstormsinjuly 2 days ago

final part of this short story set. Letters->Distance->Road

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mekongred 2 days ago

new blog post, and the notebook is back!

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cervidaze 21 hours ago

i'm getting my own traveler's notebook, in a6 size! the spiral begins

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nanacore 2 days ago

i'm reading a new manga so i added a page for my comments and reactions as i read it. i also fixed a few small mistakes and updated some other things, like the diary page and the media log. this will be my last update of 2025, so i'd like to remind you that you can vote for me in the indie web contest until december 31. lastly, merry christmas and a happy new year to everyone who follows my site <3

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lovely site, thanks for the follow!

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skykristal updated ·˚Skykristal✧･ﾟ

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slimecop updated Welcome to SLIMECOP's home on the Web!

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j0ner updated Joner Nation

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j0ner 2 days ago

Short blog is up, thanks for 20k!

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chesca 2 days ago

Congrats on 20k views! I’m really glad you wrote more and hope you don’t get burned out!

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zazilicious 1 day ago

congrats on 20k!!!! Can't wait to see u hit 200k!!

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j0ner 1 day ago

Gulp... What if I do hit that...

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elliotthepumpkin

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

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rattusgarden 2 days 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 2 days 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 2 days 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 2 days 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 2 days 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 2 days 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 2 days 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 2 days 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 2 days 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 2 days 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 2 days 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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