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  • I have thanatophobia. Fear of death. The very idea of it makes me shiver and cry. i hate thinking about death, because i dont understand it. meh. love and peace to all, -Dawnlily

    • I have that too! Try not to think about death, but remember that it most likely won´t happen to you for a very long time! There´s not much you can really do to combat that but make yourself feel happy. And here´s a cool fact: Fear is a mechanism meant to protect us from – death, to put it simply. So your fear sense is working perfectly! 🙂

    • Death is a natural thing that happens to everyone. There is nothing you can do to stop it, and when it comes, it comes. Try to accept the fact, and it should help.

  • thanks birchy. I had a nightmare recently where one of my familys members murdered me….. dont know how my gosh darned sub-conscious thought of that one. it really scared me. even though i know she would NEVER to that to ANYONE

    • Ooh! Yikes! One time I was running a 105 degree fever I had the shivers too. And that night, when I fell asleep, I had a night terror (I slept walked) about this ghost train thing (its scary becase in even all of my GOOD dreams I see the ghost train in the corner or someting. And I had a night terror that that train murdered all of my family and it was drove by a killer clown (worst nightmare) and you know how some trucks have mud splats on them? Well, it had that, but instead of mud it was blood. : O

  • UGH
    Today, we had gym class, and I forgot my gym uniform. Fortunately, I had tennis shoes on, so I could still participate. So I got stuck in a not-so-good “team” for a group of volleyball games we did today and last week. Let’s call them… Tallkit, Runningkit, and Crowkit. Tallkit is tall, and often makes mean jokes about other people, Runningkit has lots of energy, is ACTUALLY funny and nice to everyone, and Crowkit, one of Tallkit’s ‘followers’. So, Tallkit actually plays volleyball. She almost always catches the ball (that’s how the gym teacher teaches us volleyball) and doesn’t ever pass it to me. Crowkit is almost always the one to catch the ball when Tallkit passes it to him. And Runningkit is the other one who catches Tallkit’s ball. Lucky for me, at least he passes it to me. Like I said, he’s nice to everyone. Now, I am very bad at volleyball, and Tallkit kept criticizing me for not catching it. Since nobody was passing the ball to me for like 5 minutes, I sorta stared into space…that’s when the ball came hurtling toward me and Tallkit shouts “DARKKIT WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!” and I drop the ball. I only caught it ONCE in the whole group of like 4 or 5 games.

    Before I get into the next thing, I just need to say this: There are three tables in my grade’s lunch area. The front table is all girls. The back table is all boys. The middle table is, in order of groups of friends from left to right: girls, me and my friends, the annoyingest boy in the grade and his friends, and more girls.
    So, I randomly hear some boy behind us say “Darkkit.” I turn around and realize they are playing Oreo. I waited for like 3 seconds when another annoying boy, also one of Tallkit’s followers, shout at me “Darkkit will you go out with me” and I just shouted back “NO!!!” then like 2 minutes later another boy says “Darkkit” and another boy says “Darkkit will you go out with me” and I repeated, “NO!!!” and like 2 minutes after that I hear some OTHER boy say “Darkkit” and ANOTHER boy says “Darkkit Darkkit–” and I was getting kind of annoyed with the will you go out with me stuff so I just said before he could finish “NO!!!” so lunch got pretty annoying especially when my friend…Brightkit got asked out 3 times like me then at the end of the day she got asked out 2 more times and she told me she said NO!!! to all of them. I just despise when people play Oreo.

    And this happens like every single morning to me…
    I have a pretty weird schedule: all students in the grade are split up into 3 groups. Everyone switches classrooms for different periods of math and social studies (kinda confusing, huh?). So this one new girl lets call her Loudkit she is really mean to me and has this rude tone of voice that she uses when she is grumpy which is all the time and she sits at my seat when we switch. I am always a bit late to school, so I have to get my stuff ready a bit later than others. And Loudkit is usually like in the middle of their line into our classroom, so I was still getting ready and she came over, rolled her eyes and said “Ya know I’d prefer it if you’d hurry next time” and I just felt so upset like last week then the next day I was late again and came over rolled her eyes and said “I said I would prefer it if you would hurry” and I was upset again and just yesterday Brightkit was late too and Loudkit comes over and said “Would you please hurry” and Brightkit stands up for me and says “She just got here,” which was true cause I was later then and Loudkit said “So? I just want her to hurry” and I was so relieved that she didn’t roll her eyes and complain that she wanted me to hurry this morning.

    And this is NOT very important, just more Loudkit business and complaining about indoor recess
    On Monday and Wednesday I have choir, which means I have to stay in for recess. Brightkit, another friend…Sweetkit and I had something fun planned for recess. Monday=choir, Tuesday=indoor recess, Wednesday=choir AND A PRETTY DAY OUT, Today=indoor recess, Friday=I DONT WANT TO JINX IT. So on Mon. and Wednes. I came in late both choir days, and after lunch my class switches for science and religion and the other class comes over for LA, so Loudkit comes over and basically yells at me again, I try to ignore her, and then the teacher yells at me and Brightkit for coming in late and just Ugh.

    Sorry for ranting… 🙁

    • Oh no, I´m so sorry! Try and avoid Tallkit and Loudkit and if it gets really bad, tell a teacher. You can try getting up earlier to get to school earlier, too. And yeah, Oreo sucks, but just say no. If it´s banned at your school (which it should be) tell a teacher. *huggles*

    • Aaaaaw, I’m sorry. *huggles* I really don’t like Oreo either. Just try to ignore them. You don’t need to apologize for ranting, rant anytime. I’d be happy to listen.

    • I’m so sorry, Darkkit! *hugs*

      Those people are being pretty rude, and I get it can be a bit annoying for teachers if people are late, but it’s definitely NOT Loudkit’s place to comment on it! And don’t feel bad for not passing the volleyball all the time! Volleyball is sometimes super hard, and I’m definitely not the best either! As long as you have fun, it doesn’t matter how good you are, so I would say maybe speak to your gym teacher about Tallkit getting mad at you if it happens again? *hugs* <3

  • Uughghfdkjshfniodehfriopuhfpioahfdnjsa

    So I’m pretty lonely at school , I mean there’s nothing really wrong with that to me, my friends are my books and characters and notepad, so it all works out… Sorta.. I mean school, is a place to learn, right? Not to make friends and drama, I try not to be distracted by those things while I should be working on schoolwork, that’s not wrong, is it? Aparrantly\, according to the boys in my class.
    So there is this one kid, let’s call him… Graypaw cause he always where’s this annoying fleece gray jacket, like I don’t even think he wears a shirt under it… And he sits, DIRECTLY BEHIND ME! And like I’ll be hunched over my work, act5ually trying to work while he like, crawls on the floor with his friends, don’t ask, (I’m going to call my self Lilypaw because I like that name) and he’ll lean towards me go, “Lilypaw is stupid…” Or “Lilypaw has no friends..” Or something along the lines of that. And it just frigging kills me. I mean I KNOW I’m stupid, I KNOW I’m ugly like, do you really have to point it out, Graypaw?

    Also another thing is today I was like, you know what I’m gonna try talking to some humans today! So I walk up to this girl, who is extremely popular in our grade for being like perfect, let’s call her.. Blossompaw, and she has a group of followers, like basically servants that worship her. Of course I didn’t know any of this then, so I walk up to her and say, “hi Blossompaw, can I sit here?” (We were in the class working on a assignment but it was kinda free time…) and I wanted maybe for her to help me. But then she looked at me up and down, like with a raised eyebrow and everything, and she’s like, uh I don’t know… Lilypaw… It’s a little full here.” I looked around and the table had 5 desks, it was only blossompaw and two other servants. “Okay sheesh, you can tell me you don’t like me.” I said, I’d already had a rough day filled with other kids being obviously smarter than me. But then one of her servants. Let’s call her Shortpaw, was like, “you don’t talk to Blossompaw like that!” Like it was actually pretty funny, she totally put her hands on her hips and tossed her hair. Then I made like another retort, something along the lines of, “I’m sorry I offended your almighty lord and savior.” Something sarcastic like that. Form then on it was a blur of pain and then Shortkit was lying dead on the floor…. Jk, that’s what was happening in my mind :3 I’m innocent, I swear, no really, there was just an argument about and then Blossompaw threatened to make her dad like shoot me or something, because she thinks it’s so impressive he has a gun. I ended up making a really witty remark and Shortkit was like “I have no words for that, I was basically so amazing I made her have to sit down.

    Then there was all this horrible PE stuff that tore me apart and used a Harry Potter spell to make my legs into noodles and make me barf slugs like Ron, but I won’t bore your earballs with my wild escapades of crime fighting… Overall my life sucks.

    Also tomorrow I get my grades so I’m just gonna sit here, making my room into a giant slug cage, hope you had a good day… :I

    • awwww! I’m so sorry! There are these “popular” girls and only one or two actaully like me and dont hate me. Try kinda looking around past Graykit and Blossomkit and Shortkit and look for anyone reading Warriors/Survivors/Seekers or anything you like to read, or someone doing something you love, or maybe a great painting of some sort and you really like art. Just see someone doing something that you love doing, and try talking to them. I was playing Warriors at recess once, and one of my friends told me that someone lets call her Bearkit was playing with us and that she read Warriors too. So now I’m friends with Bearkit. 🙂

    • Aww! I’m so sorry! Just ignor those people, and find some friends that actually care about you and you have similar interests with. You are wonderful, just remember that!

    • I’m so sorry about that! I have nothing else to say but, WE LOVE YOU and you are wonderful, never forget that! <3

    • Oh no, I´m really sorry. You´re totally not stupid! You should tell a teacher about Graypaw and Blossompaw threatening you is pretty bad in legal terms at least where I live, so you should tell them about that too. Stay away from Graypaw and Blossompaw and find people who like you for who you are 🙂 *huggles*

    • *huggles* I’m sorry. Human beings…. talking to them can be so hard. I like being friends with my books and sketchpad and characters too. If you want some friends, go try to make some. Look for people who read the same books as you, or have similar interests, or may be a bit absorbed in their own world and won’t mind if you are too. I have this one friend who can be holding a conversation with me one day and then the next day focused only on drawing while I’m reading a book. Friends like that are fine. You don’t need to invest all of your time into a person, just be willing to be there for them and stuff. It’s also okay to care about your education. You’re not stupid. Anyways, I hope it gets better, You have a good day too. 🙂

    • I’m so sorry, Willow!! *hugs* You are not a bad person and you’re definitely not ugly!! Graypaw and Blossompaw sound very mean, but if Blossompaw is threatening you like that, I think you should tell a teacher or something! Also, we are your friends here, okay? *hugs*

    • Don’t let them make you feel bad! You’re not stupid or ugly! And also, if Blossompaw threatened to make her dad shoot you then YOU SHOULD REALLY TELL A TEACHER! (Sorry for using all caps, I had to do that.)

  • So there is this person, lets call her Foxkit, and she was a Warriors fan just like me.
    She is a lot closer to my other friend, Brightkit, than she is to me. One day, we were playing Warriors, and Brightkit and I were loners traveling to find a Clan. And Foxkit was supposed to be the enemy cat lurking around to try to delay us. Then Brightkit had kits (we were all adult cats and Brightkit and I were sisters) and Foxkit was mad that she didn’t get to be on Brightkit’s side. In other words, she didn’t care about being on MY side, just Brightkit. Foxkit was really annoying me like “Gimme your kits so I can kill them because Darkkit’s being an idiot and she wont let me join you”. She didn’t actually say that, but that’s how I imagine she would If I werent there. Apparently she holds grudges and was perpetually mad at me because she obviously wanted ME to be the enemy instead of her because she wants to be on Brightkit’s side (even though thats how we’ve been playing it for the past month or so). Then Foxkit was being quite mean to me. She even threatened to strangle me she was so mad! Every time her class gets to the cafeteria first, she makes sure to sit in one seat and only let there be room for Brightkit and makes me have to sit somewhere else, but thankfully Brightkit goes and sits with me as well 🙂 .But last week, one of our friends came up with the idea to play “Guess who I am” at lunch. He made this odd face that one of our classmates makes all the time at us and Brightkit guessed the correct person. Then Foxkit went, and she did nothing but pick up a fork. Brightkit guessed Foxkit. She was correct. Next it was my turn and I picked up an imaginary fork and pretended to stab it at everyone and pretended to grab some invisible person’s neck and shake it like mad. Nobody guessed until I said, “She stabs people with forks, breaks spoons and stabs the shards at people, bites people, claws with her way-too-long nails, and so on.” Now everyone but Foxkit said “FOXKIT!!” They were right. Foxkit yelled at me “I DO NOT BITE!” Which was true, in a way. I was speaking FIGURATIVELY when I said that. She bites at people on the inside and make them fear her. In fact, half of my class is afraid of her. Now, we (we as in the school) have to sign up for lunch every day so the lunch people can make only that amount of lunches. If you don’t sign up, you get a bag lunch (Cheerios, a sad container of applesauce, and milk). When Foxkit gets a bag lunch, everyone who sits with us either moves away or builds up a force so she cant sit next to us because she acts like all of us attempted to not be afraid of her, like me, and she will get 2-3 forks and 2-3 spoons to break/stab people with, so a few days ago we built up that force and it worked, though we have to give her a) oranges b) cookies or c) cheese or Foxkit will attempt to murder me. Then she claimed that I was mad at HER when seriously. WHO hates WHO? WHO stabs WHO with forks? WHO is extremely mad at WHO? I even attempted to make peace with her, even though I do not believe I did anything to her, and did she care? no!!
    I’m very sorry if I annoyed you for ranting and complaining about mean people… 🙁

  • Seriously?! Okay, everyone prepare for a Becky rant, sorta related to Willowfeather’s issue.

    Okay, so where I live in Western Colorado, there are three VERY small towns. Each town is separated by forest and mountains. There is a much larger town about 45 miles away. My school is in the farthest town. theres a town between us,. so with words, it kinda looks like this: —- = forest & mountains words = the town

    ————my wittle tiny town————————-wittle itty bitty town————————–my school’s town (a bit bigger than the first 2)———————

    Everyone in the MMC community has a gun. EVERYONE. if you dont have a gun, your a mouse brain to live in the MMC community. (MMC is the abbreviation for the three towns)
    It really annoys me when “city people” brag about having a gun, when in my school, there are kids who brag about killing an elk or mountain lion instead.
    If your a new kid and you come to my school, bragging about your dad’s new 22 rifle, I dont give a mouse tail. It’s not that great, in my opinion, cause i hear about it EVERYDAY.
    THERES A GUN SAFE NOT 10 FEET AWAY FROM ME. DONT BRAG TO ME YOU HAVE A GUN. its gets under my pelt really bad. And new kids come to our school, bragging that they’ve been to a really cool ranch owned by rich people. theres like a million of those where i live.

    Now, I’m not bragging we have guns, i’m just telling everyone how annoying i think it is…..so dont take this mini rant the wrong way. and its actually really handy living in beef country. more cow for becky.

    heh. 😛

    • You should TELL the “city kids” that everyone there has that stuff. Also, I bet you can see a lot of stars!

      • Its really beautiful where i live in the forest. i liek to pretend i live outisde clan territory. also, i can see the little dipper from my window at night, which is so cool!

  • There’s this mean girl at my school who doesn’t like me. Everyone loves her and thinks she’s funny. Except me. Today I was in the hall and I saw her and this boy who I’m pretty sure has a disability. He said hi to her and she said “ew, don’t talk to me. I don’t know you like that.” Meanwhile, she talks to everyone. People in my school think the boy is annoying, even my friends. I go out of my way to try to be nice to him. I’m planning on telling a teacher.

    My grandma died one year ago today, or yesterday since its 1:24 AM here. I haven’t really felt any emotions all day, and it feels like last year. When I found out she died I didn’t cry at all or do anything, but in the months afterward it hit me really hard. My older brother used it as an excuse to get out of school today while smiling and laughing at my mom’s face, and it made me so angry that he’s so disrespectful.
    December is honestly awful and I’m not in the Christmassy spirit at all.

    • Oh, Goldie, you have unlimited hugs from me *huggles*

      Honestly, you’re such a good person and don’t deserve any of what that girl is doing, and truly, she really isn’t a good person. I’m glad you’re telling a teacher. *hugs*

      As for your brother, it’s honestly not right that he tried to use it to get out of school :/ I hope you begin to feel better soon, Goldie, and remember we all love ya *hugs*

  • I feel like total crap emotionally and physically. 🙁 I’d rather not talk about it but hugs would be appreciated. ^^

  • Okay, so does anyone remember about my Quietviolet rant? If so, skip to the next paragraph. If not, keep reading. Quietviolet is a old friend of mine that rejected me.

    Alright. My throat hurts and my eyes hurt, but I sucked all of that up and swiped on makeup and an outfit and went to the holiday party at my old school where Quietviolet was attending. I went with another friend who was friends with Quietviolet as well. Let’s call her Cloudstreak, if I can. I showed up at a house she was staying at for a sleep over, and the person she was sleeping over with was still there, yet I didn’t see her until after I, well . . . ran up to her and hugged her while jumping up and down. When I was finished, I noticed her other friend staring at me with a “What the heck” look on her face. I was embarrassed and lost my confidence of how I looked. As you can tell from my last rant if you read it, I usually feel ugly. After putting on makeup and dressing up in one of my favorite outfits, I felt pretty for once. All of that sort of fell away as I realized what I just did. Soon after, we were walking down the hall when Quietviolet came in. Shew ran up and hugged Cloudstreak, in a good way, unlike I did. Then she approached me and didn’t hug me. I felt hurt, I’ve been wanting to see her for years and it hurt me that she wan’t excited. Her voice was monotone and she left quickly. I went home and tried to wipe my brown mascara off my eyes, it got IN my eyes and now they hurt even more.

  • I am really depressed and suicidal. I don’t want to tell you why since it’s abit private.
    I just need a good website or place I could vent (not here, it’s abit private and too mature for me to put it here)
    I just realized that i have depression. I think i had it for nearly a year now, eversince August? I’m not sure.

  • Hey everyone, I’m worried I might offend someone with this rant but please, please read it because it applies to some of you (I’m not blaming you, but it does apply…)

    I am so, so ticked off by all the Christmas stuff in public places where not everyone celebrates Christmas. Yeah, Christmas is a holiday of the majority and churches and private homes and such exist, but that doesn’t mean everyone celebrates it. I go to a public school, and they are restricted by law to do Christmas stuff (or stuff for any other religion) because it’s not a religious school, but it still happens! Last Friday was Ugly Sweater day because “hunger is ugly” (we’re in the middle of our annual canned food drive). Now I’m not saying hunger isn’t terrible or ugly or anything we need to stop at all. Hunger is a huge issue and I’m so glad my school is doing this. But the spirit day was basically ugly Christmas sweater day. And no, wearing an ugly sweater that didn’t have anything do do with Christmas doesn’t count. One of my friends tried it. I went to my temple’s Hanukkah boutique and they had this guy selling ornaments. Ornaments. At a Jewish temple’s Hanukkah boutique. What is up with that???? It happens all around me. My teachers play Christmas music and give us “fun” Christmas Kahoots. In Concert Band and Symphonic Band, we’re playing six pieces altogether and five of them are Christmas. One is for Hanukkah. No simply winter pieces this year either. And it happens here too, though I know you guys don’t mean it. The Christmas countdown and theme on the wiki, the Christmas stories on the tavern, Cadvent (I really, really hate to say that one because I absolutely LOVE Cadvent and I am trying hard not to see it as a Christmas calendar and get annoyed every time I think of that), all the Christmas-related comments, generators, etc. People get mad at me because I speak up, and that’s even more hurtful. I’ve been told to just drop it because most people celebrate Christmas, that it doesn’t really matter, that if it bothers me so much I should celebrate Christmas. Most people don’t even mean to be rude (like you guys). It’s just… ugh. Sorry for ranting.

    • Ugh, I understand. I don’t celebrate Christmas either. I don’t even celebrate a winter holiday, at the moment (we follow the lunar calendar). It’s sad that other holidays are completely sidelined. Your rant gave me an idea. I’ll PM you on the wiki.

    • Ugh. I’m so sorry people say stuff like that to you. *hugs* I have no idea how it feels, since I celebrate Christmas, but I’ll make sure I remember to keep in mind that not everyone celebrates it. Thanks for pointing that out to me. ^^ I’m sorry they don’t respect your celebrations and things like that. You just have to remember that a lot of people find it very hard to come to the realization that there’s something beyond their beliefs, traditions and ways of life. *hugs*

      • Yeah, and I´ve been in both places in other situations too. *huggles* thanks Silver <3

    • *hugs* I’m sorry, Wavey. I do celebrate Christmas, so I don’t personally understand how it feels, but I’m really sorry about feeling left out. And don’t feel sorry at all for ranting, because, even though people aren’t trying to be exclusive, feeling as if your holidays aren’t represented are definitely a problem, and you shouldn’t feel bad for speaking up! <3 <3

      Sorry this was relatively unhelpful <3

    • I’m really sorry Wavey. 🙁 Sometimes people just forget that not all people celebrate Christmas. I’m sure they didn’t mean to be insensitive. *huggles* *sends truckload of cookies*

    • Awww, Wavey, I’m sorry you feel that way. That honestly has to be the worst thing about Christmas, though I do celebrate it myself. Such an overwhelming number of people celebrate Christmas, that yes, in public places, other important holidays such as Hanukkah might get drowned out. Actually, I think that world religions are really fascinating, and one thing that I think that is super cool about Hanukkah in particular is how for the most part, only people who practice Judaism celebrate it, making it really special to your religion. 🙂 Not that that makes Christmas, or Kwanzaa, or any other holiday this season any less special, but that’s just one of the things that stands out to me about Hanukkah.

      I used to go to a public school, and they really do favor Christmas….. though yeah they’re not supposed to…… It must be horrible for you! 🙁
      It’s really not fair how they didn’t have even numbers of songs-per-holiday either.

      We could ask an admin to add Hanukkah to the Christmas countdown if you want. They probably wouldn’t mind fixing that for you.

      You should put some Hanukkah stories on the Tavern, or if you feel to drowned out there, just put something on my wall! I’d be happy to hear about how you celebrate the holidays! 😀

      • Wow, that´s super cool! I´ve never thought of that 😀 That´s really sweet. Thank you so much <3

    • I get it, Wavey. I celebrate Christmas, but I’m not religious at all. I get kind of upset when I see all these Christmas decorations, and I think, “What about those who don’t celebrate Christmas? What about them?” It just makes me feel all twisty and confused and weird 😛

      And as for it on here, I’ve seen a lot of Christmas generators and stuff too. I’ve thought about making one, but I want to include more holidays, but I don’t really know about them. I don’t want to post a generator that includes Hanukkah and Kwanzaa and all the other holidays when I don’t even know about them, and risk offending people more. So I would stick to what I know, and explain why I didn’t include other holidays. I would love to make a generator including more than just Christmas, but I don’t know enough. So I just don’t post one at all.

      I’m sorry, Wavey. This was a basically useless post, and I’m clueless, but here ya go 😛 *hugs*

      • That´s perfectly fine, that´s honestly what I do 😛 it wasn´t useless, it made me feel better. Thank you 🙂

    • I celebrate both Haunakha and Christmas, so I kinda know how you feel if this is my fault, im sorry. I have a problem with arguing and im just really hard-headed. I mostly celbrate Christmas, but the only thing I do for Haunakha is adding a candle on the menorah everyday. I feel bad for leaving out Haunakha and other holidays. I LOVE to learn about other culture’s holidays. After that incident, I did days of nonstop research on other cultures holidays. But when I finally had finished it, typing and everything, it deleted itself. So I tried at LEAST 6 more times, and sure enough, it deleted itself AGAIN. (I literally cried for a half hour D’: ) and then I gave up. I was sad to disappoint everyone with my quit with “The Ultimate Holiday Generator,” its just I tried over and over, and over again. It still deleted itself! People were mad (even madder) at me! (I got lets just say rude messages on my Social Media about it! ) I feel terrible! (Im literally crying as im writing this) Im sorry, everyone. Its all my fault! Im sorry if I left you out! I know, I shouldn’t take the blame for this. Other people did it too. But I just feel like I STARTED it. Again, im sooooooo sorry! Plus, I shouldn’t have been rude like that to people when all they were trying to do was give me a heads up! So, everyone who was sending me AWFUL messages on my Social Media, please forgive me! 🙂 🙁 (sorry for the big rant)

      • Oh, Snowheart! How could something so well-intentioned and kind-hearted have gone so wrong? That is just sad. *hug* I’m sorry to hear you’ve had rude messages on social media. Please don’t let other people’s cruelness spoil your natural joy and kindness. Folk on social media aren’t generally known for their warmth and intelligence. It’s easy to be mean when you’re hiding behind a persona. It’s much harder to be genuinely excited and openhearted in the face of disapproval and resentment. Don’t let small-mindedness spoil your niceness. Crushing a flower is the easiest thing in the world, but helping a flower to bloom is far more joyful.

      • Snowheart, you shouldn’t have to apologize for making your generator. You made a generator about a holiday you like – there isn’t anything wrong with that. While inclusion is good, and inclusion on a larger scale should always be employed, like all holidays being allowed to be expressed on this website, or businesses letting people off work for their holidays, every little fan generator does not have to include every single holiday. That’s like saying my Hamilton generator wasn’t inclusive enough because it didn’t include other fandoms.

        It’s great to learn about other cultures, and if you want to make a generator with more holidays, go for it! 😀 That sounds really cool. ^^ But if anyone says you were doing something bad by making a generator that only included Christmas, that’s wrong of them. You shouldn’t have to feel bad about just wanting to do something small and nice to celebrate your holiday. You should always be aware of other cultures and holidays, and respectful of them, and trying to push down other holidays in favor of yours is never okay. But it’s not okay for others to try and put you down for celebrating your holiday, either.

      • Snowy, it´s not your fault. This is a broad topic of things here, and you were so sweet to make that seriously amazing generator. I´m so sorry that it got deleted and people are mad at you (I´m certainly not if that makes you feel any better ^^), and that my rant triggered all this. If you want, I can help you make a new one. Those rude people on social media shouldn´t be bullying you for computer problems that weren´t your fault. *huggles*

    • *Hugs and hands ice-cream* I’m Thai so we just celebrate it since I’m in a British school. Most Thais just celebrate New Year (And say the last goodbyes to the former King) instead, since we already Celebrated Loy Krathong. I have no problem with Christmas, since Christian people think it’s important, but not everyone does.
      I hope you feel better, They have no reason to be angry at you.
      Nobody should be forced what to do, especially if they are non-religious or believe in a different religion.

      <3

    • I feel the same – I don’t celebrate anything at all this month, but Christmas is everywhere. It’s basically what happens every January, April, September and December here. *huggles*

  • I feel like crap all the time. occasionally i’ll cry and have a huge fir about it, but otherwise, im pretty chill. i try not to let my own sadness and self doubt hurt others. if something bad happened to me, i’ll push away emotions to help someone else. just becky being becky. it really annoys me when people are heartless. why cant you just be nice? I also believe in karma…….i’de like to think that mean cruel people get whats coming to them…..mwah ha ha ha.

    • Yeah, I believe in karma as well, it helps me stay on the right track and avoid wrecking havoc on the people who have wronged me because karma will do it for me 😛 I honestly do that too, it´s dumb. We´re so alike! 😀

    • *huggles* Crying is okay. It’s okay. I’m sorry that you feel that way, do you want to talk sometime? I know you feel you have to push your emotions away, but you do have to remember that they care about you as well, they want to comfort you when you hurt.

      • Awww, that’s terrible. 🙁 I feel the same way, it really makes me annoyed how people can be so mean to others. Don’t be sad, there are so many reasons to be happy! However, it’s okay to let out your emotions sometimes and that’s what we’re here for. *huggles* <3 <3

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