Hobbity Yule Calendar: December 21, 2021

Today, it's the time to reveal the yule creatures slideshow! Earlier, we asked yer folks to send yule creature pictures for this hobbity yule calendar. Here is a video made of those pictures. There might be a few creatures familiar from Tolkien's works and LOTRO too.

Yule creatures by LOTRO players

Also, some folks sent us pictures along with comments and stories. I couldn't incorporate them into the video itself, but I'd like to reveal those stories here with the pictures. Yer might spot some of these pictures in the video as well.

Here are the pictures sent by Adamantja and her Clearwater family. She attached some descriptions to the pictures, a short story.

We have for you a short holiday animal story...

The town was all lit up, ready for snow and evening festivities.

Every house was lit by candles and holiday cheer.

The animals of the town had gathered at the farm. Even the hamsterééééén was there!

(It's a joke - there's a Dutch verb, to hoard or gather, "hamsteren", and it's so close to hamster that even sign language uses a hamster action for the verb. One of the national grocery chains, Albert Heijn, uses that long word, hamsterééééén, in their ads when there's big sales, and they have a hamster character for it. I have a few hamsteréééééns around the house. :D)

Even the Catan-amals joined in, ready for a grand night time story.

Also, Yamy sent us some pictures with descriptions. Here's the ones they sent!

Living at a tropical place, the animals here wish to stay all year round. While some come here to spend a warmer winter season, is the plants that change colors during this time. Some species get more abundant & have become a symbol of Yule: