We asked y’all to use the hashtag #HappyHoligays on social media this season, and boy, did you ever! Y’all posted things that were deeply moving, deeply hilarious, and deeply relevant, and I love you for it. Here’re the highlights!
Holigay Happenings
So, this happened.
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Moving right along, y’all looked adorable all season. Even when you were working, or tree shopping. And that is legitimately impressive.
Workin’ Christmas Eve: A Self Portrait, via bmm6h09 on Instagram
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Ah, the holigay season. It’s like I’m in Klub Deer for months at a time.
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Also, I wanna go back in time to when you all posted these adorable tributes to friendship and encourage you to create the hashtag #lesbrohoho. Even the time the person doing it was me.
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Cincy ‘Straddlers Make a You Do You gingerbread house, via clarifyibly on Instagram
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Festive Cats and Other Animal Adventures
These pets give Eli a run for his money.
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Decorations, Goodies, and Gifts
R-E-S-P-E-C-T, that is what I have for this person.
A-Wreath-A Franklin via madelinemaeh on Instagram
This is a puddle of cute.
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It wouldn’t be a holigay without excessive amounts of food! Or without Gabby.
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Also, what do I say at Starbucks to make this happen? Please inform me immediately. I feel like I’d look good in the froth of a cappuccino.
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I would eat all of these, Robin.
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Some of y’all made vagina ornaments and other totally gay hanging things, adding a new dimension to the phrase “getting hung.”
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Also, there was an OITNB tree and I was jealous it wasn’t in my living room.
O, OITNB Tree, O OITNB Tree via veritatemdisaster on Instagram
‘Tis the Season to Be Snuggling
Crossing my fingers that these cards happened and are on their way to me right now.
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You guys are so cute it’s actually gross, only not really because love is never gross and the people who say so are just denying their true desires! La la la.
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Now that’s just too much yet the perfect amount of everything all at once and I’m melting.
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Does this mistletoe on a stick contraption reach all the way to Canada? Asking for a friend.
…And Scissoring
Some of you also found the time to #ScissorandSweat.
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Other Gay Apparel
If you weren’t wearing #AutostraddleMerch, you at least still looked damn good.
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Tweets We Wholeheartedly Approved Of
Shaved off about 80% of my hair. Can't wait to hear what my mom has to say about it. #happyholigays
— JP (@pantone_185) December 24, 2014
No, autocorrect, I meant double FISTING, not double GIFTING. #HappyHoligays #MerryChristmasEve #tistheseason
— gay for taxing the rich & abolishing ICE (@fatherqueerest) December 25, 2014
1. I can’t tell if this is a fisting joke or a drinking joke.
2. Either way, I hate it when that happens.
So I'm seriously considering spelling #HappyHoligays in Christmas lights on my lawn. Just trying to figure out how vandalized it would get.
— Lane (@LaneStreet) December 10, 2014
Pics or it never happened, Lane.
It’s not too late! Use the hashtag #HappyHoligays ’til the end of the year to spread love and cheer across the queermo land.
This is an excellent post! :-)
Y’all are so beautiful!!!!! Happy holigays to all!
And, since I just posted this photo today… The gayest holiday picture I have ever achieved this far: http://instagram.com/p/xCrwdatQNy/
Hah,love it! Great hair!
To the cross-stitch person: but what book was it? Was it a super boring one? Was it a super straight-lady book? Please share!!
Happy holigays my dear Straddlers! Love you all! Yes, even you.
This post is wonderful. Happy Holigays everyone!
woah my face is in a post!
oh hey! @sheldonkey ‘s thanksgayving photo is autostraddle-gaymous!
and just to make everyone’s holiday a little gayer, here’s the holigay card that’s being sent to family, friends, and professional contacts (because scissoring sweatshirts + pets in holiday attire is totally profesh). you’re welcome!
god damn it this is the cutest thing in the world
OF COURSE it’s professional, that cat is wearing a tie!
The gingerbread house has a rainbow.
A rainbow, the gingerbread house has a rainbow.
my face! in a post! with such beautiful straddlers!
Bookmarking this post for the feel-goods whenever I’m feeling down. <3
Happy holigays from Indianapolis!
God, my girlfriend looks good in that sweatshirt. Happy Holigays indeed.
I spent way too long this Christmas day stressing about what I was going to write in the title page of the books I got for my s/o and that book was so. cute. and wonderful.
Aw, you posted the rainbow vagina ornament I painted AND a photo of me in my “merry christmas ya filthy animal” sweater :) :)
<3
Happy Holidays, Autostraddle.