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The Silly Season

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Swap Coordinator:clebeans (contact)
Swap categories: Paper Goods 
Number of people in swap:6
Location:International
Type:Type 2: Flat mail
Last day to signup/drop:December 12, 2011
Date items must be sent by:December 29, 2011
Number of swap partners:1
Description:

Hi everyone, I know it is coming up to the silly season real fast but thought it would be nice to get something to that effect in our boxes.

For this swap you will have 1 parnter. You will decorate an envie pertaining to the title of the swap or you can go more to the christmas type of envie. Please put your best work forward to maybe put a smile on someones face and the posties hehe.

The usual rules for this swap and since we all have the right ratings there shouldn't be a problem. Please bear in mind that mail may take a little longer than the norm with the extra mail going out before you rate your partner.

Normally I would allow 2wks for postage but have added extra time.

Any questions PM me.

Discussion

camelsamba 12/12/2011 #

This had me confused. I read two books this past year where The Silly Season referred to summer (and I'd never encountered the phrase before that). Your note implies it is coming up. So I searched the web for "silly season" and wikipedia sets me straight:

The silly season is the period lasting for a few summer months typified by the emergence of frivolous news stories in the media. This term was known by the end of the 19th century and listed in the second edition of Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable and remains in use at the start of the 21st century. The fifteenth edition of Brewer's expands on the second, defining the silly season as "the part of the year when Parliament and the Law Courts are not sitting (about August and September)". In Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa, the silly season has come to refer to the Christmas/New Year festive period on account of the higher than usual number of social engagements where the consumption of alcohol is typical, which are in the Southern Hemisphere summer.

Since you're in New Zealand and I was reading 1 British and 1 American book, it all makes sense to me now!

texasjenn 12/15/2011 #

Oops I sent mine already and i just did silly drawings

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