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The Myfanwy And Friend Advent Calendar - Day Twenty Four

Where a silly artist reframes the nativity through the eyes of a knitted chicken and friend.

And with that we're done. Thank you for joining on me on this advent adventure.

(More impressed with myself than I should be that I didn't miss a day)

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Image based on "The Nativity at Night" by Geertgen tot Sint Jans, painted around 1490, which shows the infant Christ, a pocket of light in the darkness, lying in the manger, watched over by Mary, Joseph and angels (another angel is visible as a bright light in the sky beyond). But this edited version is the culmination of the Myfanwy (large teal knitted chicken) and Friend (simple drawn figure) advent calendar series, so the crib contains a ball of teal wool, with Myfanwy taking the place of the mother looking down, face lit up by the light. Behind her in the dark is a knitted person holding a sheep. In the bottom right hand corner is a knitted Yule goat. On the left is another knitted person and a knitted angel, half out of frame, looking on admiring the wool. Friend is behind the crib, hands pressed together.
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As people start drifting offline (comparatively if not totally) I thought I should do a Christmas card design that wasn't a messed up Victorian hellscape to wish a fun festive season to all who celebrate, and a fun non-festive season to all who don't.

I then failed to put a festive message on the design, because it ruined the picture 😆

But still... the thought is there.

Have a good one everyone x

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An edited version of Henry Raeburn's The Reverend Robert Walker Skating on Duddingston Loch where the Reverend skates in with both arms folded across his chest, wearing a black frock coat and hat. In this version the scene has been extended, and the Reverend has been replaced by Friend, a simple drawn figure, who is followed by Myfanwy, a large teal and cream knitted chicken. They both wear Santa hats. The image sits within a ornate frame.
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The Myfanwy And Friend Advent Calendar - Day Twenty Two

They march for all of us

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An edited version of an old illustrated Christmas card. There is a long line of small birds in a curve, each holding a lit torch, with a dark night sky above. Friend (a simple drawn figure), and Myfanwy (a large knitted chicken), have joined the march. Friend is half way back in the middle of a number of small birds, and holds their torch high. Myfanwy is nearer the front, on the right, and has a long torch tucked through her wool. She also has feet added, so she can join in the march, but the less said about them the better. The text on the card reads "May all jollity lighten your Christmas hours" which is odd, as I was fairly sure it was going to read "Capitalism isn't working" or similar. Definite protest march vibes from our feathered friends.
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Answering the question "what kind of festive hat would a bat wear" because these things have to be asked 😆 @lappenjammer

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Original alt txt: A close up of a bat looking into the camera. It's cleaned from parasites by a fellow bat while hanging on a rope.The scenery is inside a bat cave (sich!) and it is lighted in red to suggest to the bats it is night time. My addition: The hanging bat is now wearing a Christmas tree festive hat with a star at the top (bottom in this case, as it's upside down) and there is a sticking hung up in the background, hanging form its perch. No idea what it would want to find in there come Christmas morning.
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The Myfanwy And Friend Advent Calendar - Day Twenty One

Oops, nearly forgot to post today's advent. I would like to point out that neither Myfanwy nor Friend nor I condone pouring *anything* on unsuspecting musicians in the street, however bad they may be. I was just so bemused by the idea that this was an image for a Jolly Christmas Greeting I couldn't resist.

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An edited old Christmas card. A trio of musicians stand in the street with their dog, and a couple stand at the open window to an upstairs room and tip something over them from a jug. The couple have been replaced by Myfanwy (a knitted chicken) and Friend (a simple drawn figure). I am not thinking too hard about what is being tipped over the trio. at the bottom is reads "Wishing you a jolly Christmas" (original) and there is a 21 in the top right (new).
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Sparrow's favourite activity these days is a nice nap, and I think we all have moments where we can relate to that. Nothing to say we can't do it in a nice festive hat @thegiddystitcher

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A lovely wee white dog curled up asleep on a black and white stripey fleece in the corner of a sofa, wearing a tall fluffy Santa hat.
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Dory and Vito looking very happy with their hats. Also very cute @firefly

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Original alt txt: Two Cardigan Welsh Corgis sitting side by side on a dirt and grass path, mouths open and tongues out, smiling at the camera. Both are white chested and pawed, with a black bandit masks and enormous black ears. Dory, on the left, is petite with a foxlike face. Vito, on the right has a big blocky body and face with a fluffy white tail tip of his tail. My addition: They're now both wearing fluffy Santa hats
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A fluffy boopable Santa. What more can one ask for? @0xabad1dea

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Original alt txt: Odin the newfie looking up at the camera with overwhelming love and adoration My addition: Odin now wears a fluffy Santa hat.
#xmasscribbles #xmashatting @abadidea

The Myfanwy And Friend Advent Calendar - Day Nineteen

- I think we decided you needed to say something to the nice people today. What was it?
- *mumbles*
- So everyone can hear you please.
- Sorry.
- And what are you sorry for...?
- For turning Myfanwy and Friend into scary clowns.
- And what are you NEVER going to do again?
- Turn Myfanwy and Friend into scary clowns.
- OK. As you were.

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An edited version of an old greetings card. The original had a large clown face in the centre between two halves of a cracker being pulled. The clown wears traditional clowning outfit (red frilly collar, white frilled smock), had three pinnacles of black hair and traditional made-up face. Above the cracker on the left it says "Merry Christmas", and on the right it says "Greetings". I have changed the clown to be a knitted chicken, with wing tips holding the cracker, and head poking up from the frilled outfit, looking straight to camera. Behind her I have added Friend, a simple drawn figure, but have added the clown hair and eyebrows, and given them a red frilly collar.
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The Myfanwy And Friend Advent Calendar - Day Eighteen

Back to frogs. There are a LOT of Victorian cards with frogs. No idea why.

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An edited version of an old illustrated Christmas card. It features four frogs standing in height order, tallest on the left. Each of them is standing up, wearing boots and nothing else, while holding a pinkish umbrella above their head. In the top right the message reads "Every good wish for your Christmas". I have added a number 18 near the message, and added Myfanwy (a large knitted chicken) and Friend (a simple drawn figure) on the left, as they are taller than the tallest frog. Friend mimics the frogs, standing wearing boots and holding an umbrella.
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A festive spaniel Santa, who is doing nothing untoward to The Other Santa whatsoever and definitely deserves treats @Beedazzled

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A brown and white spaniel dog wearing a fluffy Santa hat and holding a santa toy while laying in a bed last Christmas
#xmasscribbles #xmashatting @BeeDazzledCymru

With all that snow around these two definitely needed something to keep their heads warm. And their ears. @dicenbuttons

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An adorable German Shepherd mix, clad in a harness and some snow, wearing a big fluffy Santa hat
A vaguely confused-looking lab/shepherd mix, wearing a Santa hat.
#xmasscribbles #xmashatting @dicenbuttons

I was concerned about squashing Lucy's delightfully perky ears, but I think I found enough room in the end @Weirding_Is_Real

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A large dog lays upright on a couch her front paws dangling off the edge. She wears a large fluffy Santa hat.
#xmasscribbles #xmashatting @Weirding_Is_Real

Aww, a hat for Jack(rabbit) @CuriousMagpie

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A silver and fawn colored whippit lying on a carpet looking up and to the left while wearing a very fluffy Santa hat.
#xmasscribbles #xmashatting @Curious Magpie

An old favourite Highland Coo in festive mood. What a mighty beast.

Still accepting pets for hatting, if anyone missed the earlier flurry of activity, just find a good pic and tag me in when you post it. Or just have a browse of the hashtag as it's full of super-cute Mastodon pets in hats 😁

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A square photo of a pale cream coloured Highland Cow, taken from quite low down with the cow looking down at me. They are standing in a frosty field, with a wooded hillside in the distance behind them, and a blue sky dotted with thin fluffy clouds. The cow has large horn curved up to the top corners of the photo, and is wearing a Santa hat.
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The Myfanwy And Friend Advent Calendar - Day Seventeen

For the benefit of festive niceties we are assuming the robins are drunk, despite some convincing arguments to the contrary.

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An edited version of an old illustrated Christmas card. The original shows a table top with a bowl of punch, a lemon, a glass of drink, three robins and a cat. The cat is peering from behind the table, the three robins are on it; one in the punch, one standing on the bowl rim and leaning down to the glass, one lying on the tabletop legs in the air. In this version the cat has gone, replaced with Friend, a simple drawn figure who is peering over the table and has a long straw dipped into the punch bowl. There is also an extra bird, in the form of Myfanwy, a cream and teal knitted chicken. She is standing behind the bowl, and is also drinking the punch through a straw. The robins remain in situ. The number 17 is in the top right, and across the bottom it reads "A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year". It is this message that I use as evidence of drunkenness, rather than one robin drowned in punch, another lying dead on the table.
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The Myfanwy And Friend Advent Calendar - Day Sixteen

Back to the weird old cards today. Before anyone asks, I have no idea.

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An edited version of an old illustrated Christmas card. It features a large pie against a cream backdrop, with a red border. The words "A Christmas Greeting" are written in curly script on the pie. In the original a cherubic girl is poking her head up through a hole in the centre of the pie, with some mistletoe on her head. The girl has been replaced with Myfanwy, a large knitted chicken, which arguably makes fractionally more sense. Behind the pie I have drawn Friend, a simple drawn figure wearing a Christmas tree knitted hat. They have their arms raised in confusion. Friend gestures for us all. In the top right hand corner is the number 16. In small print across the bottom it says "No knitted chickens were harmed during the making of this image".
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The Myfanwy And Friend Advent Calendar - Day Fifteen

A break from the oddness, just a wee festive walk on a frosty riverbank with the local moorhens

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A photo of a riverbank. At the bottom a section of frost covered grass, then a background of flat grey water Along the edge of the grass walk 4 figures, all wearing Santa hats. Leading the pack is Myfanwy, a large cream and teal knitted chicken. Behind her a moorhen, behind them Friend, a simple drawn figure, then another moorhen at the back, this last one lifting one of its legs up so you can see the amazing long feet. I'm not sure where they are going.
#myfanwyandfriend #xmasscribbles #xmashatting

The Myfanwy And Friend Advent Calendar - Day Fourteen

After the Friday dance interlude we're back to weird old Christmas cards, and this puzzling frog based mishap.

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An old illustrated Christmas card. At the top it says "A hearty Christmas greeting" and at the bottom right there is a rhyme: Four jovial froggies a skating would go; They had asked their mamma, but she'd sternly said "No!" And they all came to grief in a beautiful row. There's a sweet Christmas moral for one not too slow. Just so! Read the last line as "Just go!" to start with, but what would be the g isn't the same as the one in froggies, so I think it's an s. Anyhow, in this version froggie number 4 is Friend, a simple drawn figure, wearing a frog hat. Myfanwy, a large knitted chicken, watches them from behind a fence.
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The Myfanwy And Friend Advent Calendar - Day Thirteen

Once again teaming up with the Friday dancers for some funky Friday chicken moves, this time on the snow covered mountains near Glencoe.

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The Myfanwy And Friend Advent Calendar - Day Twelve

Playing around with a not-quite-as-weird old card today, although without context it has a slightly more sacrificial vibe than I would traditionally include on a festive card.

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An old illustrated Christmas card of a snowy moonlit outdoor scene. There is a hare wearing in a blindfold centre stage, arms outstretched. There are three more hare and three owls dancing in a circle around it. I have added Myfanwy (a large knitted chicken) and Friend (a simple drawn figure wearing fake red antlers) to the circle. There is a number 12 in the top right, and the original copy of the card reads: "By loving friends you are surrounded Oh, be not blind to this, I pray They wish that mirth and joy unbounded May crown your happy Christmas day" Which helps alleviate the otherwise unsettling sacrificial vibe.
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This afternoon I was walking in the midst of frost covered grasses, bushes, trees and old, mossy, stone walls, but the only time the robin got really close for a good photo it was standing on a plastic traffic cone in front of a street sign.

I would have found it more annoying if it wasn't such an absolute BORB

#photography #Scotland #bird #xmasHatting #xmasScribbles
Photo of a small round European robin, with bright red front and face, and brown wings, back and tail. Is is standing on the top of a frosty orange plastic cone, which is is gazing down at, and the background is white with some out of focus very faint marks - text on a local street sign. It is wearing a tall fluffy Santa hat.
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Had to do some careful hatting with Tater here, those ears would not be squashed @TheEddieShow

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A small white dog with black ears sits on a wooden deck looking up at the photographer, wearing a large Santa hat (needed to not squash the ears).
#xmasscribbles #xmashatting @The Eddie Show 📷 🎧 ❤️

Summer is feeling festive, but also a little bit snoozy. That is not a problem. @NorcalGma2 @SunnJax

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Gold color lab sleeping on a gray dog bed and blue blanket. She is curled up next to a decorated tree, and is wearing a fluffy Santa hat.
#xmasscribbles #xmashatting @SunnJax 🌞🏳️‍🌈 :Fire_Pride: @Norcal Gma 2

Aww, Santa's all tired out @moonrabbit

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A beige-black-white cat with a rust-coloured patch above her salmon-coloured nose is curled up asleep on a grey blanket. her feet are all tucked up and cosy by her face. She wears a fluffy Santa hat
#xmasscribbles #xmashatting @laen down in a pile of leaves

Willow is a bit under the weather at the moment, so we're hoping a toasty festive head helps him feel a bit better @anakin78z

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A rooster standing up straight, with his head turned to the side, Santa hat on his head. There are other chickens behind a fence further back.
#xmasscribbles #xmashatting @anakin78z

Poppy and Bramble tucking in their ears for a festive nibble @BunnyMama

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Two bunnies nibbling on a plate of greens, both wearing Santa hats.
#xmasscribbles #xmashatting @BunnyMama

Shadow and Lucas looking full-on festive (if we were giving prizes for suspicious side-eye, this one might win though 😁) @julianlawson

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A fluffy black and white cat in profile, looking to camera suspiciously. They are wearing a fluffy Santa hat. There is a Christmas tree with its lights on in the background.
A black cat with yellow eyes posing beautifully for the camera, looking slightly off to the left. They are wearing a Santa hat. There is a Christmas tree with its lights on in the background.
#xmasscribbles #xmashatting @julianlawson

And there's more! Meet Stella the Chihuahua puppy in her festive best @TheEddieShow

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A photo of a puppy, taken looking down so her head is in focus but body and legs blur along with the deck she's walking on. She has a tall, fluffy Santa hat perched on her head.
#xmasscribbles #xmashatting @The Eddie Show 📷 🎧 ❤️

Ten days. Sixty-nine photos of animals in Santa hats. Nice.

Off to do some chores now, but happy for people to still nominate their pets if they've got Santa hat envy (yes it's a thing).

Look at them all though. Such cuties.

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An image made up of 7 rows of 10 squares. In all but one square there is an animal wearing a Santa hat, the up-to-date set of xmas hatting pictures I've made. They are all adorable. The last square just has the xmasHatting hashtag.
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The plucked chicken running through the snow has been on my mind. It's not right.

So I made her a Christmas jumper and a Santa hat. This is, I am sure everyone can agree, MUCH more appropriate.

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Square illustration from an old Victorian Christmas card with a plucked turkey, festooned in a string of sausages, running across a snowy field. The text reads Merry Christmas and a happy new year. I have added a fluffy Santa hat, and a Christmas jumper worn as a knee length dress. It is red with snow flakes dotted on it, and has a green elf costume from the neck down. The sausages are still wrapped round like a meaty sash.
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The Myfanwy And Friend Advent Calendar - Day Ten

(I have no words)

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One the right hand side is an original Victorian Christmas card with a plucked turkey, festooned in a string of sausages, running across a snowy field. The text reads Merry Christmas and a happy new year. I have extended it out to the left, where Myfanwy the large knitted chicken now looks on, beak open in shock, and Friend, a simple draws figure, hides behind her, peering over her back.
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The Myfanwy And Friend Advent Calendar - Day Nine

Because sometimes you leave things a bit late, get distracted by weird cards, and make dubious decisions.

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An illustrated Christmas card from over 100 years ago, based on what I could ascertain. It has a gold patterned border, "A Merry Christmas" in pink text across the bottom, and "under the mistletoe" arced over the top, also in pink. There is a person in a black suit crouched down under a huge mass of mistletoe. He is creeping towards a person in a pink and yellow frock with a large pink bow at the back, who is holding a fan and a posy of flowers. There is a gold, red and white throne like chair between and behind them both. The mistletoe creeper is now Friend, a simple drawn figure. The frocked person is now Myfanwy, a large knitted chicken.
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Starting the week off with Bailey. She may be old, but she can still enjoy a bit of festive fluff keeping her long ears nice and warm @cafechatnoir

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Bailey, a white and tan mixed breed, short haired dog, with somewhat long ears. She is on a sofa, with her front paws crossed, wearing a Santa hat.
#xmasscribbles #xmashatting @Play Ball!!! cafechatnoir

The Myfanwy And Friend Advent Calendar - Day Eight

A classic festive scene of friends playing in the snow. And if we get some proper snow this year I am definitely going to be trying to recreate this.

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A photo of a snowy riverbank. A large knitted chicken (Myfanwy) and a simple drawn figure (Friend) wear Santa hats and have been building snow person and snow hen versions of each other.
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Awww, look at Opus, best of all the penguins 😍

(that's a heart saying Penguin Lust tucked under his wing, in case you need to know)

#xmasHatting #photography #xmasScribbles
A photo of the top half of an Opus the Penguin plushie against a blurred red backdrop. He is wearing a Santa hat.
#photography #xmasscribbles #xmashatting

Sean & Jorge looking fabulous and festive @cafechatnoir

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Headshot of Sean, a grey and white fluffy cat, sitting in the window wearing a super fluffy Santa hat.
Headshot of Jorge, a solid grey cat, with his head resting on cafechatnoir's knee. He is wearing a Santa hat with a low dangling bobble on the left hand side.
#xmasscribbles #xmashatting @Play Ball!!! cafechatnoir

The Myfanwy And Friend Advent Calendar - Day Seven

A quick update of another old card image, as it is time for the Muppet Christmas Carol and tree decorating here. Woo!

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An old sepia toned card with an angel sitting on the edge of a wooden wheelbarrow carrying a Christmas tree., with the words Joyeux Noel at the top. I have added a small knitted chicken toy into the cart, turned the angel into a simple drawn figure (Friend) and added a large knitted chicken supervisor on the left (Myfanwy). Ther eis a number 7 at the top right.
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Snoozy Kat in a hat 💤 @Maker_of_Things

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A head and shoulders photo of a sleeping tabby cat. She is lying on a plain dusky red carpet, on the left side of her face. her head is curld around onto her right armpit. She is now wearing a fluffy Santa hat. She has her right front leg/arm over her face covering her left eye and the left side of her face and hat.
#xmasscribbles #xmashatting @Alfred Chow - Maker of Things

Winston sitting very nicely for his hat-fitting @adhdeanasl

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Winston the brown and cream Goldendoodle puppy sitting like a Very Good Boy and looking directly into the camera. He is wearing a fluffy Santa hat with the bobble dangling down on the left.
#xmasscribbles #xmashatting @🎄ADHDean Festive Edition🎄

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