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Via Buzzfeed, Photos Of How People Celebrated Juneteenth 100 Years Ago.

in Metatalk: the 7th Annual MST Club Holiday Video Marathon, Social Distancing Edition running from December 23 through to midnight December 25!

Photo by Dina Litovsky

The co-ordinates are: 53.136107, -0.222877 ♰; Where the Amish go on holiday ⛱; Life on the Slow Train: Views of a Vanishing China 🛤; The Castles of Wales 🏰

vintage valentine "Bee" by karen horton (cc by)

It's the Third Annual Metafilter Valentine Mail Exchange! Sign ups are On!

may all your holiday wishes come true by rockinmonique

MetaFilter Cares 11th Annual Gift and Donation Drive now in Metatalk.

(Also, ps: don't miss the traditional Jingle Rock Bell sacred observance)

Homemade cookie ornaments by Heart Windows Art (cc by)

Sign-ups for The Great Mefi Cookie Swap are now open in Metatalk!

Mailbox by Eva Ganesha (cc by-nc)

The 2019 MeFi Holiday Card Exchange is happening in Metatalk! ❄️📮

The MeFi MST Club kids want to let you know that Christmas Video Marathon festivities are go, it's all taking place here, and "we’re planning on seeing it through till Midnight December 25."

holiday fence by Muffet (cc by)

Some Mefi holiday planning afoot: MeFi Holiday Card Exchange discussion here (sign up by Friday 11/23); submit your shop and/or do some shopping at the Mefi Mall featuring member goodies for sale; Mefi's traditional MST3K Turkey Day is on (but happening on Nov. 18th, not on Thanksgiving Day); if you signed up for Secret Quonsar 2018, don't forget that the send-by date is December 1!

Kurz vor Mitternacht - Roter Wecker im Schnee mit Tannenzapfen by verchmarco (cc by)

If you'd like to participate in the gift exchange, please sign up by 11:59 PM EST on Friday, November 9. Participants will find out who they have drawn on Sunday, November 11, and the gift send by (or on) date is Saturday, December 1.

vintage valentine "Bee" by karen horton (cc by)

mochapickle is organizing a Valentine card exchange; discussion and sign-up info in Metatalk! 💖

Favorites 20 by Katrina Parks (cc by-nc)

Mefite donpardo is looking for the best gift guides: Share your gift guide gold in Ask Metafilter.

Sparkly by R Stanek (cc by-nc)

Yes, it's here! It's that beautiful time of every year where the MetaFilter community comes together to fulfill wishes for people as part of New York Cares' Winter Wishes program

houseofdanie brings the joy, again!

Doing some holiday shopping? You can support MetaFilter while you do it in a couple of ways:

1. Buy stuff made by members of the MetaFilter community, at the MeFi Mall. Crafty MeFites have got a bunch of neat stuff available!

2. Getting stuff from Amazon? Visit via our referrer link to let MetaFilter get a little bit of credit for the shopping you were going to do anyway.

For more details, you can check out this MetaTalk thread.