I work in education and our first term of the year begins in early January. Normally my team and I are scrambling to make sure all the ducks are in a row but we are not immune to the laziness and exhaustion that coincide with the December holidays.
Productivity has slammed to a halt. Which is stupid because this laziness will turn into sheer panic on January 2nd.
But that is a problem for next year, lol.
I have been pretty bored this past week. Even if I wasn’t feeling lazy, most of my team is on vacation so even if I wanted to get something done, I wouldn’t have much success. I’ll create reports and whatever and no one reads them. The end of year apathy is contagious and perhaps that’s justification for not being Employee Of The Year but I don’t care.
To keep me from taking a nap at my desk, I instead created (without AI) a couple holiday images. Feel free to send them to your friends and family, I guess?
I love these stupid little images, but I LOVE this card made by my friend Annabelle who has made some really amazing images over the last few years. She also runs a Forced Feminization site (not safe for work, y’all).
I hope everyone is having a peaceful and gentle holiday season. I know that this time of year can be very stressful, especially for the LGBTQ+ community. I don’t know who needs to hear this, but your worth is not based on what your transphobic relative thinks. I am not out to most of the people in my life but it’s not unusual for a certain family member to say something horrible about transgender people, even though they have no idea about my gender identity.
These comments sting but I bite my tongue.
I know many of you probably do the same thing. Maybe we shouldn’t but sometimes our feelings and the things we want to say are compromised with keeping the peace. As much as I want to say something to my ignorant brother-in-law, I know that it would cause a damaging rift between my wife and her sister.
Please find joy and some time for yourself in the coming days. I know it’s not much but (almost) everyone who reads this website is just like you. You are not alone in how you feel, how you think, and how you dress.
Love, Hannah
Hannah McKnight 
Hannah
Good Holiday to you and your family. Thanks for all the work you put into Site, the pictures and the positive messaging.
Much Love Gail
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Love the images! And I 100% agree. Don’t let your families bait you into a fight. It’s not worth it. Merry Christmas, Hannah, and everyone else!
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Maybe your wife should hint to her sister to tell your brother in law to keep touchy subjects off the table during family/holiday gatherings. I can’t imagine how LGBT topics come up during holidays. I also can’t imagine what your job is like in your little hints you mention. I am not a people person and would be a nightmare to work/deal with the same people. Merry Christmas… Mary Jo
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Happy holidays, Hannah. Relax and enjoy this long weekend. And thanks for another fabulous year of blogging. Sue xx
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Happy holidays to you & yours, Ms. McKnight. May peace, love, justice, civility & humility be in abundance for all this season, the new year, and all time.
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Hannah on a shelf. First 500 fans at today’s game will receive one at the gate. Love it!! I am thinking a bobble head should follow.
Happy Holidays to you Hannah and everyone in our community. We might be lonely at times, but we are never truly alone
Nadine 💚🤍❤️
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Merry Christmas Hannah. It seems like walking on egg shells every holiday. There are always other things to talk about on holiday gatherings (movies, work, music, memories) but some just find ways to talk about politics. Go figure. Have a merry Christmas.
Annabelle Brito
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Ah, the end of year burnout. Hitting me hard right now. And yep, I get the quiet tongue-biting. Got lucky this year, no one brought up politics! Hoping you got so lucky as well.
Also, thank you for sharing Annabelle’s blog! I haven’t seen that before. Added to my list.
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As you know, it’s been a rough end to the year for me and my family. So, the holidays were a nice break and I’m hoping a new year will be a chance for some better times.
As for family conversations, it’s amazing how often that family member moves the conversation to politics. I suggest having a pack of conversation starters or questions to deflect to something else. You would be surprised how often you jump in with “Did anyone see the game last night” or something similar a few times politics comes up and even that family member will stop trying!
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