hrtbrk Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 TDN welcomes you to the month of December alongside Neopets' Advent Calendar! Links: Home | Battlepedia | Customization | Items Database | NeoAvatars | Forums This month, we have these events: Advent Calendar begins on December 1st Bruce Day on December 5th Wocky Day on December 12th Borovan Day on December 20th Day of Giving on December 25th Neopian New Year on December 31st/ January 1st Other things to do: Dailies | Monthly Freebies | Faerie Crossword | Pet Transfers | Advent Calendar Mouseykins, queen_hatshepset and aleu1986 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angeló Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 Happy December Everyone The Advent Calendar had some problems in the morning but it's been fixed 1st Day prizes were very underwhelming (I won't spoil it) ... This year, the Hidden Item is the Snowglobe .. you can find it behind the Vandagyre shop vendor <---- Click Here On to the Monthly Freebies .. Smoothie , Ham & Jalapenos are sensible choices However I didn't know this was edible The spindly plant reaches its stalks up to the sky towards the light. Also This , ewww Two hot dogs mixed in with a big helping of sour cream. Mmmmmmmm! queen_hatshepset and Yuiina 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jellysundae Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 I went through a frame at a time looking for likely things to click, I guessed right with the snowglobe. I got a Y10 advent calendar item as my freebie. X'D Now we get to play the game of Guess The Prize by the animation content. Underwhelming stuff for today, hopefully that's not setting the bar low at the very start of things! To be continued... How can we contain ourselves!!! Sooo... At a guess the Xwee pinched Brucey's watch and hid it under their hat, and is gonna pawn it so they can buy that pretty chain. OH! Freebies! Nearly forget! Good first choice from Burfin there! 5 out of 6 entirely edible items here - minor difficulties with a steak that you need to catch so you can eat it but I have faith in you, Berry! I think I can predict where Stoopzy fish pop will end up though. Yuiina and Angeló 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yuiina Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 DECEMBER IS HERE @Angeló Peopha is looking awesome! Why Kikool... just why? Angeló 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
queen_hatshepset Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 awe this is one of my favorite stories as a child. The couple one with a beautiful watch and the other with beautiful hair wanted to purchase gifts for one another. With not a penny in their name the one sales his pocket watch to buy a brush set and the other sells their locks of hair to purchase a chain for the pocket watch. When they meet again they see the irony of the gifts and yet it shows just how far they would go to gift to their love. hrtbrk, Angeló and Nielo 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jellysundae Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 2 hours ago, queen_hatshepset said: awe this is one of my favorite stories as a child. The couple one with a beautiful watch and the other with beautiful hair wanted to purchase gifts for one another. With not a penny in their name the one sales his pocket watch to buy a brush set and the other sells their locks of hair to purchase a chain for the pocket watch. When they meet again they see the irony of the gifts and yet it shows just how far they would go to gift to their love. This is from a folk tale?? How charming! We'll find out tomorrow, won't we! Angeló and queen_hatshepset 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trea Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 It's not a folk tale. It is the short story "The Gift of the Magi", by American writer O. Henry. Always a favorite. Angeló, queen_hatshepset and jellysundae 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
berriganify Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 5 hours ago, queen_hatshepset said: awe this is one of my favorite stories as a child. The couple one with a beautiful watch and the other with beautiful hair wanted to purchase gifts for one another. With not a penny in their name the one sales his pocket watch to buy a brush set and the other sells their locks of hair to purchase a chain for the pocket watch. When they meet again they see the irony of the gifts and yet it shows just how far they would go to gift to their love. that's immediately what i thought of! also thanks for the psa about the snow globe, i completely forgot about it!! Angeló and queen_hatshepset 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wildbreeze Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 Heck yeah Advent Calendar time! This was my bonus prize. Edit: And this is what was inside! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Secre Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 Some good choices and some less good. I mean a fish cake!? What in the world!! And that's a really sweet story! Thanks for raising it @Trea as I had never heard of it. Angeló 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angeló Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 16 hours ago, queen_hatshepset said: awe this is one of my favorite stories as a child. I thought that might be it ... it's one of my favorite stories as well ... i guess it's told in the same manner everywhere I also like the story of the Father who could only afford one apple , gifted it to his wife .. who in turn gifted it to her son , who gave it to his little sister , who went and gifted it back to the father ... jellysundae, queen_hatshepset, LekkerLekker89 and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Secre Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 1 hour ago, Angeló said: I thought that might be it ... it's one of my favorite stories as well ... i guess it's told in the same manner everywhere I also like the story of the Father who could only afford one apple , gifted it to his wife .. who in turn gifted it to her son , who gave it to his little sister , who went and gifted it back to the father ... That's really sweet as well. I haven't come across either of those tales before!! berriganify and Angeló 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angeló Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 Bald Xweetok looks like Jerry the Mouse ... although they're supposed to be more like Chipmunks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jellysundae Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 6 hours ago, Secre said: I mean a fish cake!? What in the world!! Totally not the kind of fishcake they were expecting. I forgot about the snowglobe! *scuttles back to calendar* Well, that's a fascinating-looking book! xD Thank you for the info about the story behind this animation! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
queen_hatshepset Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 On 12/1/2020 at 4:07 PM, Trea said: It's not a folk tale. It is the short story "The Gift of the Magi", by American writer O. Henry. Always a favorite. Yup, this is the story. It is my absolute favorite. I hope everyone stays healthy and safe this holiday season! I love that it is December, the advent calendar is one of my favorite things to play! jellysundae 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Secre Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 And I've bit the bullet and bought my 25 pack Stocking Stufftacular pack. This had better be worth it... it was an eye watering price otherwise!!! I also note that the advent calender isn't yet linked on the TDN dailies page? queen_hatshepset 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jellysundae Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 9 minutes ago, Secre said: This had better be worth it... it was an eye watering price otherwise!!! Fingers crossed for ya! Stufftacular's something I'm never gonna buy as it's basically ALL THE PUMPKINS x 1000000 X'D Stuff is so... the only term I can come up with is aggressively festive. xD Basically stuff like: let's take this perfectly useable winter item, and add some arbitrary red bows to everything! This "festive tree house" for example. But I'd want to use that year-round, thankyousomuch >8[ So hoping fervently that there's some stuff in this year's that you're really happy with. Secre 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Secre Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 1 hour ago, jellysundae said: Fingers crossed for ya! Stufftacular's something I'm never gonna buy as it's basically ALL THE PUMPKINS x 1000000 X'D Stuff is so... the only term I can come up with is aggressively festive. xD Basically stuff like: let's take this perfectly useable winter item, and add some arbitrary red bows to everything! This "festive tree house" for example. But I'd want to use that year-round, thankyousomuch >8[ So hoping fervently that there's some stuff in this year's that you're really happy with. I'm working on the principle that I may be able to get some decent trading items from it as well. I have an entirely separate private list of items on DTI that I am hoping will increase in value once the period when everyone got them is over! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aleu1986 Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 Yay, December! It`s the most wonderful time of the year! This month I obviously look forward to the Advent Calendar every day, and Stocking Stufftacular! I love this holiday and the Christmas and New Years items are always so nice. Bruce, Wocky and Ogrin have their pet days this month. None of which I am very excited about, but it`s always fun to see new colours and outfits. Angeló 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jellysundae Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 I like how today's snowglobe was bobbing on the water. :3 But, as I suspected... If you ever wanted to know how Hanso got away with it every time... This was given out by the Advent Calendar in Y13. This is yet nother old advent prize. Angeló 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MysteryAF Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 Hey, it's been a while since I visited this forum site. Just wanted to say I hope everyone has a nice December. aleu1986 and Angeló 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angeló Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 31 minutes ago, MysteryAF said: Hey, it's been a while since I visited this forum site. Just wanted to say I hope everyone has a nice December. welcome back , please stay a while btw does anyone else think the "art" in the advent animations this year is really weird ? the characters are square and look like Lego , especially Hubrid Nox .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jellysundae Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 9 hours ago, Angeló said: btw does anyone else think the "art" in the advent animations this year is really weird ? the characters are square and look like Lego , especially Hubrid Nox . It's definitely unique, isn't it! Today's made me laugh though xD Well spotted! You've found today's hidden item! As your reward, you've earned the following prize:Festive Shenkuu Lantern Garland Angeló 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angeló Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 they just took the food cannon and over-stuffed it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jellysundae Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 46 minutes ago, Angeló said: they just took the food cannon and over-stuffed it I'm actually just fine with that, if it was a wearable I'd be saying rude words right now, lol, but as a typical (meaning useless) advent calendar item this is fine. It is, at least, not your peak useless calendar item; as it's a toy, not a gift. Lookin' at YOU, Scrolls of King Hagan. >8[ I'm mildly disappointed in the Evil Tree Leaves Garland. I get all exicted when there's anything leafy as a wearable, and was afraid this would have something visibly evil about it to limit my use of it, but yay it doesn't. Well, as long as you ignore this bit that definitely has a creepy hand vibe goin' on! But it's kind of insignificant when you try it out, could be useful for a spooky look though. :3 I'm quite confused by the focus on Hanso at the moment? The artist's style make him look like a hamster, too. xD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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