Last year, my friend Desta came up with the brilliant idea of doing the 12 days of Christmas on her blog. I decided to play along, because it sounded like so much fun. (P.S. I haven't been blogging for very long, so I have no idea whether other people do this on a regular basis, or if it is a new idea to most of you.) I had so much fun last year, I have decided to do it again this year. I am going to post a few links of both mine and Desta's days of Christmas, and if you think it might be fun for you, I invite you to play along (you would begin Dec 13, and post once a day through Dec 24):
Desta's Second Day of Christmas
My Second Day of Christmas
Desta's Sixth Day of Christmas
My Seventh Day of Christmas
Desta's Tenth Day of Christmas
My Twelfth Day of Christmas
You're probably not going to look at all six of these, even though they are all really cool. So if you only look at two, look at Desta's sixth day, and my seventh or twelfth day. As you can see, we both exploited the song in completely different ways. She made each day correspond with the number (Guitar Hero 3; Five frantic faces); mine all kind of sounded like the first day of Christmas, in that it was a rhyming poem (On the first day of Christmas I sat down in my chair to blog about excitement in the air.)
Anyway, if you want to participate, I have made the world's ugliest button that you can post on your blog. Actually, what happened was that I spent over an hour trying to make something cute. I couldn't get it down to button size, and it kept acting like it was a slide show, even thought it wasn't. A few tears later, and I found something really dumb and easy in Google to create a button. So, if anyone wants to participate, and you want to create a cool button, you will get accolades, praise, and most importantly, a huge shout-out from me. And if you really want to play, let me know and I will create a link to your blog on the sidebar (since I don't do Mr. Linky). And, of course, you don't have to participate - if it is just too hard at Christmas time, you can simply have fun reading what I write!
Monday, December 1
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Nice idea. I'm not Christian so Ill pass but enjoy.
Awesome :) What a beautiful idea! ♥ Hugs!
You're still not on my google reader. Sheesh. I don't know if I'm creative enough to do this.
Love this idea. I hope people do this.It would be a fun read. I want to say I'll play but knowing me I might miss a day.
Hey I might actually do this! Sounds totally fun.
What a great idea!! I will think about participating. December is a crazy month for me!!
I love the idea, and had in fact thought about doing something like that.
I will see how I feel come Dec. !3. I exhausted myself doing the Month of Thanksgiving. :)
I'm totally laughing my butt off at your ugliest button ever. (sorry) I love it though. I don't know if I can come up with stuff and I'm afraid if I start I won't be able to finish. The story of my life.
Love the button Erin.
This is a great idea. I'll have to see how my month goes.
Awesome. I love it. Thank you thank you for sharing the santa.com website with me. I love websites like that. :)
Wow, you're really creative! I love it. So, I'm sure I won't be able to do this so I'm not gonna try, but I will love seeing what you come up with! Can't wait.
What a GREAT idea! I love it. I don't know if it's typical either beings I've only been blogging since June, but I think it sounds fun! Have a great day.
What a fun idea! I will just sit back and bask in your creativity.
This is a good idea. I like your ugly button! Keepin' it simple. It can be like a symbol of how we should keep Christmas simple and not try to make it huge and ostentatious.
Sadly, though, I don't think I will play along, as I've had enough daily posting for the next forever.
I would probably miss a day. Although... I MIGHT come up with my own 12 days of Christmas song.
There is no such thing as an ugly button!!!!
Great idea--I'll have to think more about what I'd do:)
How odd is it that I was just thinking about this same thing last night and this morning. I was going to opt out this year but now I think I might have to count myself in. Time will tell. I thought doing an advent calendar with 25 Christmas activities (a la Deneal last year) would be enough. Time will tell!
Wow that looks too complicated for me. LOL
I'm in... sounds like tons of fun! And I made a button for you. Check out my blog and you can click and steal it!
I love this! I wish I was creative enough to participate ;)
I like this idea. I'll have to map it out and see what I come up with. (I don't dare jump in with out a plan!)
First of all, I just caught up and read your sock post. You're TOO funny. LOVE it.
Nextly, I'll be off to check out your days of Christmas now. I hadn't met you WAY back then, so I'll enjoy checking it out. What fun!
What a cute idea...we'll see if I'm in or not!
Love this idea!! I can't wait to watch it play out...
and I have seen uglier buttons :)
Hee hee!
I'd do it just for the button.
It's true, the button was the very best part of your post. I love it! And I'm going to do 12 days of Christmas something because I really like the idea, but I'm undecided if it will be blog-related or not. Thanks for the motivation.
I just found your site... love your title!
AND I love your 12 days of Christmas idea. I'm not sure if I'll have really have the time to participate, although I'm going to give it a try as it sounds like great fun! I've posted your button and link on my site, in case my readers want to join!
Have fun!
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