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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via krisisawesome on Instagram

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
Workin’ Christmas Eve: A Self Portrait, via bmm6h09 on Instagram
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via rachmezza on Instagram

Ah, the holigay season. It’s like I’m in Klub Deer for months at a time.

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via starlord on Twitter

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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via androsaurus on Instagram
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via grahsar on Instagram
Cincy 'Straddlers Make a You Do You gingerbread house, via clarifyibly on Instagram
Cincy ‘Straddlers Make a You Do You gingerbread house, via clarifyibly on Instagram
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via djmsjackson on Instagram
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via carmenriosss on Instagram
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via sheldonkey on Instagram

Festive Cats and Other Animal Adventures

These pets give Eli a run for his money.

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via dykebrigade on Instagram

Decorations, Goodies, and Gifts

R-E-S-P-E-C-T, that is what I have for this person.

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A-Wreath-A Franklin via madelinemaeh on Instagram

This is a puddle of cute.

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via allissa_b on Instagram

It wouldn’t be a holigay without excessive amounts of food! Or without Gabby.

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via quirkyrican on Instagram

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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via allyouneedisnicki on Instagram

I would eat all of these, Robin.

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via robonyong on Instagram

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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via liquorinthefront on Tumblr
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via dykebrigade on Tumblr

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
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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via isabellemaree on Instagram
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via m-duwel on Tumblr

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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via gaybrideguide on Instagram
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via missminak on Instagram

Now that’s just too much yet the perfect amount of everything all at once and I’m melting.

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via demiiquinn on Instagram
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via besideyoudear on Tumblr

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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via autowin on Instagram
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via meyrude on Instagram

Buy yours today at the Autostraddle Store.

Other Gay Apparel

If you weren’t wearing #AutostraddleMerch, you at least still looked damn good.

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via missminak on Instagram
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via liquorinthefront on Tumblr
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via princessweirdo on Instagram

Tweets We Wholeheartedly Approved Of

https://twitter.com/pantone_185/status/547887657921961984

1. I can’t tell if this is a fisting joke or a drinking joke.

2. Either way, I hate it when that happens.

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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.