Word of the Day 12/23/20 Nativity

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Nativity (noun)
nativity [ nuh-tiv-i-tee, ney- ]

noun, plural na·tiv·i·ties.
1. birth.
2. birth with reference to place or attendant circumstances: of Irish nativity.
3. (initial capital letter) the birth of Christ.
4. (initial capital letter) the church festival commemorating the birth of Christ; Christmas.
5. (initial capital letter) a representation of the birth of Christ, as in art.
6. Astrology. a horoscope of a person's birth.

WORDS RELATED TO NATIVITY
genesis, birth, delivery, beginning, childbirth, creation, birthplace, formation, production, establishment, formulation, ingress, dawning, outset, dawn, introduction, start, initiation, outbreak, inauguration

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Origin: before 1150; Middle English nativite < Middle French < Late Latin nātīvitāt- (stem of nātīvitās;see native, -ity); replacing late Old English nativiteth < Old French nativited < Late Latin, as above

EXAMPLE SENTENCES FROM THE WEB FOR NATIVITY
Nativity scenes “acknowledge the very real history and identity of the vast majority of our citizens.”
SARAH PALIN IS HERE TO SAVE CHRISTMAS, THANK GOD|CANDIDA MOSS|NOVEMBER 13, 2013|DAILY BEAST

On to the Church of the Nativity, where POTUS could meet with his Christian brothers and sisters for Easter.
WELCOME TO PALESTINE: WHAT'S YOUR FAITH?|MAYSOON ZAYID|MARCH 20, 2013|DAILY BEAST

Walking through a forest one night, meditating on the Nativity, he looked through the branches of a tree and saw a star.
A HOLIDAY LESSON FROM AUSCHWITZ|CHRISTOPHER BUCKLEY|DECEMBER 26, 2009|DAILY BEAST

Some well-dressed men, in a state of strong drink, were boasting of their respective places of nativity.
THE COMPLETE WORKS OF ARTEMUS WARD|CHARLES FARRAR BROWNE (AKA ARTEMUS WARD)

Now YOU come up with a sentence (or fic? or graphic?) that best illustrates the word.

SWAP OF JOY!

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Just a quick reminder that the Swaps of Joys should be posted tomorrow!

How are you all doing? Anyone need help?

Give a shout out of panic or encouragement!!!

Advent: 23rd December

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I have two advent entries for the last day, since I managed to miss my first day completely (pretty bad for the Advent organiser, eh?). Anyway, I figured I had better not mess up this second date I assigned myself, especially as it's the last day before the much bigger and bolder Swap of Joy posts start to pop up!

So here is my first post: for your delectation, a bunch of summer Christmas icons which epitomise how Christmas feels for those of us living in the Southern Hemisphere!





I hope you enjoy these, though I know the quality varies a bit! ;-)

Advent: 23rd December, Part Two

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Here is my 2nd entry for Advent: a quick little original fic I thought up one sleepless night. It's unbeta'd, I'm sorry, so let me know if there are any glaring errors.

( 1986 words under the cut )

I know most of you are just getting into winter right now, so I hope that brought a little of summer back to your day! Happy Holidays!

Thank You!

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Hi, everyone! Happy Holidays! I just wanted to say thank you all for all the prompts and encouragement you guys have given me this month.  I can't believe I only have 7 days left of my rare pair trope a day Merry Trope-mas challenge, and even more than that, that I've actually managed to write something EVERY DAY. I've never managed that before and I owe a lot of that motivation to all of you.  I've tried out a lot of new pairs thanks to all your suggestions too and found that I really like some of them. So thank you all! Hope you all have a happy and safe holiday weekend full of health, love, and happiness (and tolerable weather lol).