I'm writing this part on the 22nd of December, and if all goes right this part should be out on Christmas morning.

So, um, merry Christmas everyone!  

Let's be honest, this year has been shit.  We all missed out on so much, whether it be school-related, hanging out with friends, spending time with family, working, etc.  I know a lot of things got worse for everyone this year, whether it be living or financial situations, mental health, or just being plain sick of the negativity that is 2020.

For a lot of people, including me, Christmas is that time of the year that, no matter what, always stays the same.  

Since forever every December has been the same for my family: lots of parties with extended family and family friends (I won't get into specifics but the parties are the same every year, I can literally list everything we do at each party), going over to our grandma's house to make chocolate fudge (THE BEST), baking up a storm.  On Christmas Eve after going to Church for the Christmas Mass some family come over to our house where we have appetizers and play games.  On Christmas Day it was always go go go! because we had Christmas lunch with one side of the family and had to drive an hour to go to Christmas dinner with the other side of the family.

This year (except baking up a storm, I started my Xmas baking almost two months ago now), none of those things are happening.  

To be honest, I always used Christmas as that time to sit back and recharge.  I would be stressed, overwhelmed, but Christmas always gave me a reason to smile.  But this year as we approach the holiday with nothing looking better, I'm really struggling to find that happiness.  Everywhere you look cases are rising (where I am we're going into a month-long lockdown again.. yay..), there's violence, injustice, people dying too young, and it's just... just horrible.  

No one deserves the hell that this year was, but we got it.  

This year at Christmas, things won't be the same.  But, that doesn't mean it isn't happening.  We can still see our family and friends, just virtually.  We might not be having Christmas dinner together at the table, but we can still eat together on a Zoom call.

My point?

Christmas is gonna be tough, but we should be grateful that there's still a means to celebrate the holiday.  We have to be thankful for the little things... and I'll admit that I'm struggling with that.  I just want things to go back to normal.

But, I know that if we keep holding each other's hands (with masks and social distancing of course UwU) we can get through this.  Enjoy the holiday any (safe) way you can, it's still Christmas after all!

And for those of you that don't celebrate, I know that this holiday season must be difficult for you as well... but just keep going.  Happy holidays. :)

I wish each and every one of you a blessed, safe, happy holiday season.

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And with that out of the way, my gift to you all... (sorry Cindy and Clippy, you've seen a lot of these already) 

UNRELEASED DRAWINGS!!

:D

Not captioning them, but I'll tell you which ones are from the Fairy Duology and which ones are from the Miracle Gods Duology.

The Fairy Duology:

The Miracle Gods Duology:

Well, that's all the drawings I've got for you today.  Feel free to speculate about them in the comments, I'm interested to hear what your thoughts are on these no-context spoilers..

ALSO CINDY AND CLIPPY, NO SAYING ANYTHING!!!

Anyway, that's it from me this Christmas.  Have a wonderful day everyone, whether you're celebrating or not! :)

~Sylkie Khallows :D

P.S. So The Curse of Espeon and Umbreon's rankings have been really good recently (#1 in Ash x Serena, #2 in Shrink, #17 in G/T?  17 OUT OF 1.3K G/T STORIES ON WATTPAD????) and the reads have been going up too.  So thank you all for enjoying the book- at this rate it might overtake The Fairy's Cure in reads again oop-)