Post by Layla Littlenymph on Dec 28, 2015 19:20:33 GMT -5
As posted by Sarah Otter on the V&H Forums.
Winners of Letters to Santa Contest!
Hi, Everyone. What a great contest this was!! We so enjoyed reading each of these letters! Thank you to all who submitted, and congratulations to the winners!
First Place = (a tie) Layla Littlenymph and Rin Mitsuri (300 crowns + 300 Motes of Yorick + Christmas Dinner + 3 sockets)
Second Place = Tnarg2 (200 crowns + 200 Motes of Yorick + 2 sockets)
Third Place = (a tie) Tina SwordSwinger, Myla, Astro1, and Bluerider (100 crowns + 1 socket)
*All other entrants will receive 1 Peppermint Candy Cane.
I will post the top three winning entries below.
The remaining entries can be seen on the original contest thread, HERE.
First Place (tie): Rin Mitsuri
Dark waves rolling in from the Great Sea crashed against the towering cliffsides that formed Kingsport bay. No more than a ripple crossed the harbor, rocking the ships gently to and fro. Splashed across the sky were millions of stars, twinkling energetically as if they were proving their beauty next to the moon -- full, proud; shafts of pale light piercing through the lonesome cloud that happened to be passing by, and casting the entire harbor with a soft glow.
Atop the extended branch of a great oak, way up on the hills looking over the port town, sat a young woman -- feet dangling down, a quill in her hand and parchment resting on her lap. Her eyes drifted across the houses below; smoke trails escaping the chimneys that were working overtime to beat back the harsh winter air.
A stiff breath, and the woman put pen to paper...
Dearest Kringle Klaus,
How are you?
I imagine you’re great!
I hope this gets to you,
I’m writing it oh so late…
This year has been busy,
and so much has changed.
An enemy beaten,
a true friend saved.
Myself, well,
I’ve grown so much!
New people I’ve met,
and old friends still in touch.
I made myself,
a brand new dress.
And a hat to go with it,
It’s just like whose? Guess!
But there’s still some problems,
and I’m a bit distressed.
There’s people upset,
down, out -- life a mess.
My hometown of Kingsport,
it’s beautiful and quaint,
but I have a few friends,
who could really use a plate.
Blaar, my buddy,
he’s... a bit of a pig.
But he’s honest and good,
yet chained to a brig.
Mister Bumleg,
a golden heart,
but his crews lost their limes,
and his leg needs a restart!
Jabs, well, she’s a pain,
but please don’t hold back,
I think she’s just lonely,
How 'bout a gift to unwrap?
Jeannette makes dinners,
pies and ales,
But business is down,
could we give her some sales?
Leif works so hard,
twenty-four, seven.
A day off or two,
would basically be heaven!
My other friends are great,
cheerful, sound of mind.
They offer so much to us,
they deserve some in kind.
There’s Renley and Nobeard,
they give rides out for free.
Romania’s the best,
her door always open to me!
Reuven is silly,
May a bit weird,
But these people in Kingsport?
Naught but revered.
So all I ask,
this Christmas night,
is a gift for each one,
to keep my smile so bright.
~ K
She rolled the parchment tightly, tying it with a piece of colored twine and placing it in the knapsack resting by her side. The stars had faded, clouds had taken over now. The town was growing darker as everyone went to sleep, leaving only the glow of streetlights. “I’ve done a lot of bad things this year,” Kara muttered to herself. “I deserve no gifts. No cheer.”
“You’ve done much good, as well. You lay to rest a great threat. These people, of the town, they may not know it. But I do. Ulrich does. His sister does.” The voice of a man responded from below.
Kara glanced down. “You startled me.”
Looking back at her was an older man; his hair white, face aged, and body weathered -- however, he still seemed strong and full of life. He smiled, and extended his hand to her. “Come… I’m not nearly as nimble as you at this age.”
Kara tied her knapsack to her waist and hopped down, laughing. “You’re not a day over forty, Renley.”
Captain Renely, one of the ship masters of the harbor that took people out to Traven Major -- famed for his navigation of the reefs in large vessels. “What are you doing out here so late, Kara?” he asked. “On Christmas night! Shouldn’t you be with your friends and family?”
Kara looked out at the sea. She choked back a sob before wiping her eyes and looking up at the Renley.
“I killed,” she said, her voice raspy and eyes wet. “I killed so many this year. I’m not a good person, Captain,” Kara said as she sunk to the ground, her back to the tree. “I’m not a good person. I don’t deserve Christmas. I don’t...”
Renely placed his hand on her shoulder and kneeled to her level. “Don’t call me captain,” he said sternly. “Miss Kara, you have done a good thing. You have saved the lives of many through sacrifices of your own. More than most people will ever do. More than I can say I’ve done!”
“His own sister asked me to do it.”
Renely stayed quiet.
“I’m sorry Renely, I’m sorry. I just… I just wish I could live a normal life. If I was kept in the dark like all these lovely folk…,” she said, her tone defeated and worn. “I could wake up and open presents and eat a big stuffed turkey with my family.”
“There wouldn’t be a normal life if it wasn’t for you and your comrades. You’re destined for greater things, girl. Ever since I had first seen you set upon my boat all those years ago, I knew there was something bigger in you. Christmas miracles, gifts, and holiday cheer… they are all great and beautiful and yadda-yadda. But the real miracles take place every day that people like yourself stand and fight. Putting your own life on the line, so others can see another Christmas. Another day.”
“Cap-.. Renely. Thank you. I know I shouldn’t be like this, but in my heart it feels like things could have been done differently.”
“Maybe they could have. Maybe they couldn’t. But let me tell you something Kara, no matter what you may feel, you did do the right thing. You must remember it was not your decision alone.” His voice was powerful, but still sympathetic. Renely extended his hand once more, nodding toward the town. “Enough of this for now. No tears tonight. Come on down to the port, it may be late, but the ship masters and our crews are having a holiday after-party and you’re joining us!”
Kara smiled half-heartedly, and looked up at the sky which was now filled with snowflakes dancing amongst each other, moonlight glistening off them on their descent to the earth.
“Sebastian, if only you could have seen the beauty in this world… Merry Christmas.”
First Place (tie): Layla Littlenymph
Deer Sandy Claws,
I hope this leter finds you in good health and happy and that you got the 4 cookes mommy left out for you last year and i no it was only 4 no mater what my sister says that i ate 2 of them becus she lies but you alredy no that but i dont want to be a tattletail so im not saying anything bad but just to let you no that i did not eated them but am prity sure that she did becus she is not a good girl like i am.
I no that we are suposed to use direkt letters to ask for stuff and things like that, and this is a rilly busy time of year for you, but i have a problem that noone seems to be abel to help me with so i am going to the tippy top. I hope this will not get me on the nawty list for being a tattletail, but my mommy says when you see something rong you shuld all ways speek up about it.
The reson I am riteing you is to let you no that i think you have a very nawty elf working for you that is making a lot of kids and me in Ardent very sad, and that is a rilly bad thing. Sum of the toys was not made rite last year and when we complaned about it i dont think he rilly cared becus he never not only fixed any of it but is still making stuffs the rong way and that rilly makes me sad becus its bad. I guess i think i shuld start from the begining so may be you can understand why i am so sad so here goes and this is my true story by me.
Last year was my first Christmas in Ardent. I was axually born 6 years ago in anuther place that is not Ardent and moved here when that world ended. It was rilly sad but i am happy that i found a rilly nice place to go to with nice peeple that i like as much as my old world and i rilly do. When i was just a little pixel in that other world one of the first presents i got was a pet bunny and i was sad when i found that there are no bunnys here. My mommy said i could have any thing i wanted for being a good girl and that is the way she said it and for being so brave about the scary move to a new place and all. I told her that what i wantet most in all the world was anuther bunny like mister thumper and thats when i found out there are no bunnys here but she told me i could have my own bunny suit which is something even my old world did not never ever have not even once.
Sandy Claws i was so exsited when i got that fluffy pink bunny suit last year that i put it on rite away and ran outside to show it off becus i was so happy and i wantet to show it off but the other kids laffed at me and said i dont not have a tail!!! They even ran around singing ding dong the tail is gone lets sing a song cus the tail is gone ding dong Laylays tail is gone! and that made me rilly sad and then i noticed that none the other bunnys had tails to and we were all sad becus every body laughed at us and i cried but not becus im a bad girl but becus i felt bad for them like they felt bad for me and we were all sad a lot.
Well Sandy Claws my mommy says that you have to speek up when things are not rite so me and my friends and me rote and rote and rote some more but no body ever give us no attentun. And then one day when we had almost give up i found a magic talking otter and she said cheer up Layla. I happen to know the elf that dezines all of Sandy Clawses outfits and his name is Chris and ill have a word with him and maybe one day all the little boys and girls in Ardent can have a fluffy bunny tail as what wants one and i was rilly happy becus i like otters and they are always helpful and should be on your nice list always and forever. Then one day my mommy showed me a thing in this news paper thing they get called the Ledger and she telled me i think they are talking about you here Laylay and she read it to me and i will paste it here so you can see it to and tell me what you think so here it is.
"For the benefit of a certain player out there, could you please tell us if bunny tails will be making an arrival in the near future? If so, what all is involved in implementing them?"
"A bunny tail would be a relatively easy asset to make. So since there’s demand, I think it’s reasonable to expect to see it in the near future. It would most likely be attached to a new outfit or a hat."
OMG Sandy Claws! Is Elf Chris really goona put our tails on our hats? How are we suposed to sit? On our heads? And what is this about new outfits? All we ever wanted was to get tails on our old outfits like they shuld have been done in the first place. And to make things even worse he went and did none of that and made a bunch of dragon suits instead and guess what? They got tails!!! Now all the dragon kids are being mean and saying hey look at my tail Laylay and they always wave there tail at me becus they no i dont have one and thats meen and very nawty and they shuld be on your nawty list becus every body knows dragons are mean and not as nice as bunnys any day every body knows that.
If Chris were a nice elf he would feel sad that he made all the bunny kids in Ardent sad and he would help fix our suits so they could be made rite but he is to busy playing with dragons who are not nice and thats why i think Chris is a rilly bad elf that shuld be on your nawty list to because he is not nice to bunnys and all the bunnys are sad and that makes us cry and we do. Sandy Claws i have all ways buleved in you even when the other kids laffed at me and they always do but i did any how. I dont care that i have never seen a raindeer fly. I dont care if you are in every mall at the same time which seems imposible but i know thats just Sandy magic but to think that you have a elf on your staff that who does not love bunnys is enough to even make me wonder a little bit. How can you know when I have been bad or good when you cant even tell when your elfs are cuting corners by leaving tails off bunny suits which makes us sad? May be you need to take a look at how the nawty nice list is put together becus if it can have me down as eating those 2 cookes last year when i did not do that then it is no wonder that your elfs are allowed to produce infearier goods like tailless bunny suits. I do not mean to be critacal but mommy says i should always say the truth and i do becus i am a good girl much gooder than my sister that told you those lies about the cookes so there and im just being honest and honesty is the best policy.
All tho i am still sad i can under stand how hard it is to make sure your elfs are not nawty with all the stuff you have to do this time of year so i under stand how these things happen so i will meet you half way. This year you do not have to give me any thing even tho i have been a good girl who should be on your good list im sure. Instead i will just leave my bunny suit out beside your 4 cookes this year and you can just stitch on a tail when you drop by. If you could fix my bunny suit for me Sandy Claws you would be the best Sandy ever and i will beleve in you for ever and always and i love you becus i am a good girl which you alredy no and if you do that for me i can garuntee that next year there will be 5 cookes you have my word on that.
Peace on earth to Otters of good will.
Layla (good girl) Littlenymph
US1
PS:
Mommy says not to come down the chimney and leave anything inside becus we cant get in our house which is really sad but does not matter since it never rains here any how so i will just leave my bunny suit in my vault and she said you could find it there and i have faith in you becus any body as fat as you that can get down a chimney can get in a vault i guess. I'm counting on you Sandy Claws and i know you will not let me down when there is a cooke on the line.
PPS:
I think Chris eated your cookes.
Second Place: TnarG2
*Music fades in to “Here comes Santa Clause”
*See TnarG sitting on a desk, writing by candle light.
Dear Santa, Criscringle, Father Christmas, Father Frost, Joulupukki, Kris Kringle, Père Noël, Sabdiklos, Saint Nicolas, Sancte Claus, Sinter Klaas, Weinachtsmann, and any that I may have missed;
I've tried to be a good and helpful for most of the year. I’m sorry about tying Astro's shoe laces and laughing when she fell into the water in Bastion. In my own defense, I thought the water was green because it was warm. Also, that time I mobbed the kind folks in the village of Collie with those ill spirited wild hogs roaming about. Who knew when I hit calm that they would find other targets? I feel bad about that too. Oh, and I hope you don’t hold the incident with the Arden vendors against me. I took the change from all their give a copper penny/take a copper penny jars because I was tailoring. We both know how expensive that can be.
After checking your list if I have been good enough to warrant a few wishes, then here is my list:
I wish for a trough of endless food for my animals. I've been doing less cooking and there haven’t been many scraps left. I think they are getting pretty hungry by now. I hear them groan and complain every time I take their pickings.
I wish for a video game system for the beasts to play with in rift. I think they are getting bored. I checked in on them the other day and there was dust on the ramp as I was running up. A video game system could keep them busy and help pass the time. Nothing fancy and with eBay can get a used one with games and all.
My wish for skarn and mutie is for them to get another set of raspberries. I think they lost their pair during the latest patches/upgrades. It makes me feel sorry for my dogs.
If there are enough good notes for two more wishes, I would like:
A special holiday tin, filled with chocolates for the Devs, who take so much time to make this game fun for all of us. ))
And, a special holiday wish for all my friends, guild mates and running pals in our Villagers and Heroes Community . . . "Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night".
grant US1
TnarG2
TnarGs Thunder
After the taping of this show:
Grant: “Hi, Folks. I got my letter to Santa done.”
Rules: “You know u have to have 500 words in order for it to qualify?”
Grant: “What?!? Who said that?”
Rules: “it says it right in the rules of the contest. Look at the first entry in the forum.”
Grant: “Dang, how many do I have now?”
Rules: “Not enough yet”
Grant: “Well, I guess I’ll just have to go with what I got”
*TnarG falls to the ground crying like a baby.
*Music fades away to “Oh, Holy Night”
Christmas Carol Contest:
Another contest I should have covered here, but neglected to do so, was the Christmas (parody) Carol contest.
First Place: Scarlet Knight
Sung To the Tune of Good King Wenceslas by ScarletNight
We killed the elders, killed them twice
but still more drops were needed
We have to get enough for all
This will take all evening
I'm out of heals, out of rez
my guildies they are sleeping
If I die one more time......
Forget this, I'm leaving
Second Place: Arya
Twas The Night Before Christmas by Arya
Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the zone
Grinchta was begging, "Please leave me alone"
We told him, "Too late dude, no mercy for you
When all you can give us is old reindeer poo!
Christmas Carol Contest winners will receive the following:
First Place = Spriggan Christmas Caroler + 150 Crowns
Second Place = Fairy of Holly + 125 Crowns
Third place = Peppermint Warfare Gnogpack + 100 Crowns
All other participants will receive 50 Crowns + Christmas Antlers + 2 Sockets
The 13 Christmas Carol contest entries can be seen at The V&H forum, HERE.
~LL
Winners of Letters to Santa Contest!
Hi, Everyone. What a great contest this was!! We so enjoyed reading each of these letters! Thank you to all who submitted, and congratulations to the winners!
First Place = (a tie) Layla Littlenymph and Rin Mitsuri (300 crowns + 300 Motes of Yorick + Christmas Dinner + 3 sockets)
Second Place = Tnarg2 (200 crowns + 200 Motes of Yorick + 2 sockets)
Third Place = (a tie) Tina SwordSwinger, Myla, Astro1, and Bluerider (100 crowns + 1 socket)
*All other entrants will receive 1 Peppermint Candy Cane.
I will post the top three winning entries below.
The remaining entries can be seen on the original contest thread, HERE.
First Place (tie): Rin Mitsuri
AWASH
a short story
by Rin Mitsuri
about a most mystical land
on its time of giving and cheer
a short story
by Rin Mitsuri
about a most mystical land
on its time of giving and cheer
Dark waves rolling in from the Great Sea crashed against the towering cliffsides that formed Kingsport bay. No more than a ripple crossed the harbor, rocking the ships gently to and fro. Splashed across the sky were millions of stars, twinkling energetically as if they were proving their beauty next to the moon -- full, proud; shafts of pale light piercing through the lonesome cloud that happened to be passing by, and casting the entire harbor with a soft glow.
Atop the extended branch of a great oak, way up on the hills looking over the port town, sat a young woman -- feet dangling down, a quill in her hand and parchment resting on her lap. Her eyes drifted across the houses below; smoke trails escaping the chimneys that were working overtime to beat back the harsh winter air.
A stiff breath, and the woman put pen to paper...
Dearest Kringle Klaus,
How are you?
I imagine you’re great!
I hope this gets to you,
I’m writing it oh so late…
This year has been busy,
and so much has changed.
An enemy beaten,
a true friend saved.
Myself, well,
I’ve grown so much!
New people I’ve met,
and old friends still in touch.
I made myself,
a brand new dress.
And a hat to go with it,
It’s just like whose? Guess!
But there’s still some problems,
and I’m a bit distressed.
There’s people upset,
down, out -- life a mess.
My hometown of Kingsport,
it’s beautiful and quaint,
but I have a few friends,
who could really use a plate.
Blaar, my buddy,
he’s... a bit of a pig.
But he’s honest and good,
yet chained to a brig.
Mister Bumleg,
a golden heart,
but his crews lost their limes,
and his leg needs a restart!
Jabs, well, she’s a pain,
but please don’t hold back,
I think she’s just lonely,
How 'bout a gift to unwrap?
Jeannette makes dinners,
pies and ales,
But business is down,
could we give her some sales?
Leif works so hard,
twenty-four, seven.
A day off or two,
would basically be heaven!
My other friends are great,
cheerful, sound of mind.
They offer so much to us,
they deserve some in kind.
There’s Renley and Nobeard,
they give rides out for free.
Romania’s the best,
her door always open to me!
Reuven is silly,
May a bit weird,
But these people in Kingsport?
Naught but revered.
So all I ask,
this Christmas night,
is a gift for each one,
to keep my smile so bright.
~ K
She rolled the parchment tightly, tying it with a piece of colored twine and placing it in the knapsack resting by her side. The stars had faded, clouds had taken over now. The town was growing darker as everyone went to sleep, leaving only the glow of streetlights. “I’ve done a lot of bad things this year,” Kara muttered to herself. “I deserve no gifts. No cheer.”
“You’ve done much good, as well. You lay to rest a great threat. These people, of the town, they may not know it. But I do. Ulrich does. His sister does.” The voice of a man responded from below.
Kara glanced down. “You startled me.”
Looking back at her was an older man; his hair white, face aged, and body weathered -- however, he still seemed strong and full of life. He smiled, and extended his hand to her. “Come… I’m not nearly as nimble as you at this age.”
Kara tied her knapsack to her waist and hopped down, laughing. “You’re not a day over forty, Renley.”
Captain Renely, one of the ship masters of the harbor that took people out to Traven Major -- famed for his navigation of the reefs in large vessels. “What are you doing out here so late, Kara?” he asked. “On Christmas night! Shouldn’t you be with your friends and family?”
Kara looked out at the sea. She choked back a sob before wiping her eyes and looking up at the Renley.
“I killed,” she said, her voice raspy and eyes wet. “I killed so many this year. I’m not a good person, Captain,” Kara said as she sunk to the ground, her back to the tree. “I’m not a good person. I don’t deserve Christmas. I don’t...”
Renely placed his hand on her shoulder and kneeled to her level. “Don’t call me captain,” he said sternly. “Miss Kara, you have done a good thing. You have saved the lives of many through sacrifices of your own. More than most people will ever do. More than I can say I’ve done!”
“His own sister asked me to do it.”
Renely stayed quiet.
“I’m sorry Renely, I’m sorry. I just… I just wish I could live a normal life. If I was kept in the dark like all these lovely folk…,” she said, her tone defeated and worn. “I could wake up and open presents and eat a big stuffed turkey with my family.”
“There wouldn’t be a normal life if it wasn’t for you and your comrades. You’re destined for greater things, girl. Ever since I had first seen you set upon my boat all those years ago, I knew there was something bigger in you. Christmas miracles, gifts, and holiday cheer… they are all great and beautiful and yadda-yadda. But the real miracles take place every day that people like yourself stand and fight. Putting your own life on the line, so others can see another Christmas. Another day.”
“Cap-.. Renely. Thank you. I know I shouldn’t be like this, but in my heart it feels like things could have been done differently.”
“Maybe they could have. Maybe they couldn’t. But let me tell you something Kara, no matter what you may feel, you did do the right thing. You must remember it was not your decision alone.” His voice was powerful, but still sympathetic. Renely extended his hand once more, nodding toward the town. “Enough of this for now. No tears tonight. Come on down to the port, it may be late, but the ship masters and our crews are having a holiday after-party and you’re joining us!”
Kara smiled half-heartedly, and looked up at the sky which was now filled with snowflakes dancing amongst each other, moonlight glistening off them on their descent to the earth.
“Sebastian, if only you could have seen the beauty in this world… Merry Christmas.”
First Place (tie): Layla Littlenymph
Deer Sandy Claws,
I hope this leter finds you in good health and happy and that you got the 4 cookes mommy left out for you last year and i no it was only 4 no mater what my sister says that i ate 2 of them becus she lies but you alredy no that but i dont want to be a tattletail so im not saying anything bad but just to let you no that i did not eated them but am prity sure that she did becus she is not a good girl like i am.
I no that we are suposed to use direkt letters to ask for stuff and things like that, and this is a rilly busy time of year for you, but i have a problem that noone seems to be abel to help me with so i am going to the tippy top. I hope this will not get me on the nawty list for being a tattletail, but my mommy says when you see something rong you shuld all ways speek up about it.
The reson I am riteing you is to let you no that i think you have a very nawty elf working for you that is making a lot of kids and me in Ardent very sad, and that is a rilly bad thing. Sum of the toys was not made rite last year and when we complaned about it i dont think he rilly cared becus he never not only fixed any of it but is still making stuffs the rong way and that rilly makes me sad becus its bad. I guess i think i shuld start from the begining so may be you can understand why i am so sad so here goes and this is my true story by me.
Last year was my first Christmas in Ardent. I was axually born 6 years ago in anuther place that is not Ardent and moved here when that world ended. It was rilly sad but i am happy that i found a rilly nice place to go to with nice peeple that i like as much as my old world and i rilly do. When i was just a little pixel in that other world one of the first presents i got was a pet bunny and i was sad when i found that there are no bunnys here. My mommy said i could have any thing i wanted for being a good girl and that is the way she said it and for being so brave about the scary move to a new place and all. I told her that what i wantet most in all the world was anuther bunny like mister thumper and thats when i found out there are no bunnys here but she told me i could have my own bunny suit which is something even my old world did not never ever have not even once.
Sandy Claws i was so exsited when i got that fluffy pink bunny suit last year that i put it on rite away and ran outside to show it off becus i was so happy and i wantet to show it off but the other kids laffed at me and said i dont not have a tail!!! They even ran around singing ding dong the tail is gone lets sing a song cus the tail is gone ding dong Laylays tail is gone! and that made me rilly sad and then i noticed that none the other bunnys had tails to and we were all sad becus every body laughed at us and i cried but not becus im a bad girl but becus i felt bad for them like they felt bad for me and we were all sad a lot.
Well Sandy Claws my mommy says that you have to speek up when things are not rite so me and my friends and me rote and rote and rote some more but no body ever give us no attentun. And then one day when we had almost give up i found a magic talking otter and she said cheer up Layla. I happen to know the elf that dezines all of Sandy Clawses outfits and his name is Chris and ill have a word with him and maybe one day all the little boys and girls in Ardent can have a fluffy bunny tail as what wants one and i was rilly happy becus i like otters and they are always helpful and should be on your nice list always and forever. Then one day my mommy showed me a thing in this news paper thing they get called the Ledger and she telled me i think they are talking about you here Laylay and she read it to me and i will paste it here so you can see it to and tell me what you think so here it is.
"For the benefit of a certain player out there, could you please tell us if bunny tails will be making an arrival in the near future? If so, what all is involved in implementing them?"
"A bunny tail would be a relatively easy asset to make. So since there’s demand, I think it’s reasonable to expect to see it in the near future. It would most likely be attached to a new outfit or a hat."
OMG Sandy Claws! Is Elf Chris really goona put our tails on our hats? How are we suposed to sit? On our heads? And what is this about new outfits? All we ever wanted was to get tails on our old outfits like they shuld have been done in the first place. And to make things even worse he went and did none of that and made a bunch of dragon suits instead and guess what? They got tails!!! Now all the dragon kids are being mean and saying hey look at my tail Laylay and they always wave there tail at me becus they no i dont have one and thats meen and very nawty and they shuld be on your nawty list becus every body knows dragons are mean and not as nice as bunnys any day every body knows that.
If Chris were a nice elf he would feel sad that he made all the bunny kids in Ardent sad and he would help fix our suits so they could be made rite but he is to busy playing with dragons who are not nice and thats why i think Chris is a rilly bad elf that shuld be on your nawty list to because he is not nice to bunnys and all the bunnys are sad and that makes us cry and we do. Sandy Claws i have all ways buleved in you even when the other kids laffed at me and they always do but i did any how. I dont care that i have never seen a raindeer fly. I dont care if you are in every mall at the same time which seems imposible but i know thats just Sandy magic but to think that you have a elf on your staff that who does not love bunnys is enough to even make me wonder a little bit. How can you know when I have been bad or good when you cant even tell when your elfs are cuting corners by leaving tails off bunny suits which makes us sad? May be you need to take a look at how the nawty nice list is put together becus if it can have me down as eating those 2 cookes last year when i did not do that then it is no wonder that your elfs are allowed to produce infearier goods like tailless bunny suits. I do not mean to be critacal but mommy says i should always say the truth and i do becus i am a good girl much gooder than my sister that told you those lies about the cookes so there and im just being honest and honesty is the best policy.
All tho i am still sad i can under stand how hard it is to make sure your elfs are not nawty with all the stuff you have to do this time of year so i under stand how these things happen so i will meet you half way. This year you do not have to give me any thing even tho i have been a good girl who should be on your good list im sure. Instead i will just leave my bunny suit out beside your 4 cookes this year and you can just stitch on a tail when you drop by. If you could fix my bunny suit for me Sandy Claws you would be the best Sandy ever and i will beleve in you for ever and always and i love you becus i am a good girl which you alredy no and if you do that for me i can garuntee that next year there will be 5 cookes you have my word on that.
Peace on earth to Otters of good will.
Layla (good girl) Littlenymph
US1
PS:
Mommy says not to come down the chimney and leave anything inside becus we cant get in our house which is really sad but does not matter since it never rains here any how so i will just leave my bunny suit in my vault and she said you could find it there and i have faith in you becus any body as fat as you that can get down a chimney can get in a vault i guess. I'm counting on you Sandy Claws and i know you will not let me down when there is a cooke on the line.
PPS:
I think Chris eated your cookes.
Second Place: TnarG2
*Music fades in to “Here comes Santa Clause”
*See TnarG sitting on a desk, writing by candle light.
Dear Santa, Criscringle, Father Christmas, Father Frost, Joulupukki, Kris Kringle, Père Noël, Sabdiklos, Saint Nicolas, Sancte Claus, Sinter Klaas, Weinachtsmann, and any that I may have missed;
I've tried to be a good and helpful for most of the year. I’m sorry about tying Astro's shoe laces and laughing when she fell into the water in Bastion. In my own defense, I thought the water was green because it was warm. Also, that time I mobbed the kind folks in the village of Collie with those ill spirited wild hogs roaming about. Who knew when I hit calm that they would find other targets? I feel bad about that too. Oh, and I hope you don’t hold the incident with the Arden vendors against me. I took the change from all their give a copper penny/take a copper penny jars because I was tailoring. We both know how expensive that can be.
After checking your list if I have been good enough to warrant a few wishes, then here is my list:
I wish for a trough of endless food for my animals. I've been doing less cooking and there haven’t been many scraps left. I think they are getting pretty hungry by now. I hear them groan and complain every time I take their pickings.
I wish for a video game system for the beasts to play with in rift. I think they are getting bored. I checked in on them the other day and there was dust on the ramp as I was running up. A video game system could keep them busy and help pass the time. Nothing fancy and with eBay can get a used one with games and all.
My wish for skarn and mutie is for them to get another set of raspberries. I think they lost their pair during the latest patches/upgrades. It makes me feel sorry for my dogs.
If there are enough good notes for two more wishes, I would like:
A special holiday tin, filled with chocolates for the Devs, who take so much time to make this game fun for all of us. ))
And, a special holiday wish for all my friends, guild mates and running pals in our Villagers and Heroes Community . . . "Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night".
grant US1
TnarG2
TnarGs Thunder
After the taping of this show:
Grant: “Hi, Folks. I got my letter to Santa done.”
Rules: “You know u have to have 500 words in order for it to qualify?”
Grant: “What?!? Who said that?”
Rules: “it says it right in the rules of the contest. Look at the first entry in the forum.”
Grant: “Dang, how many do I have now?”
Rules: “Not enough yet”
Grant: “Well, I guess I’ll just have to go with what I got”
*TnarG falls to the ground crying like a baby.
*Music fades away to “Oh, Holy Night”
Christmas Carol Contest:
Another contest I should have covered here, but neglected to do so, was the Christmas (parody) Carol contest.
First Place: Scarlet Knight
Sung To the Tune of Good King Wenceslas by ScarletNight
We killed the elders, killed them twice
but still more drops were needed
We have to get enough for all
This will take all evening
I'm out of heals, out of rez
my guildies they are sleeping
If I die one more time......
Forget this, I'm leaving
Second Place: Arya
Twas The Night Before Christmas by Arya
Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the zone
Grinchta was begging, "Please leave me alone"
We told him, "Too late dude, no mercy for you
When all you can give us is old reindeer poo!
Christmas Carol Contest winners will receive the following:
First Place = Spriggan Christmas Caroler + 150 Crowns
Second Place = Fairy of Holly + 125 Crowns
Third place = Peppermint Warfare Gnogpack + 100 Crowns
All other participants will receive 50 Crowns + Christmas Antlers + 2 Sockets
The 13 Christmas Carol contest entries can be seen at The V&H forum, HERE.
~LL