christmas subforum?

[beth]

i was just posting a thread on christmas lights and i thought how nice it would be to have a christmas 2011 subforum in discuss anything? i've had a few christmases here at hxf now and we always have a few generic threads, and i think it would be nice if we could have them all in one little forum.

examples of threads we always have:

- what do you want for christmas?
- what did you actually get for christmas?
- what do you have for christmas dinner?
- what gifts are you giving?
- what do you do on christmas day?

and there's loads of random threads that are always around. idk i thought it'd be nice and festive hahaha.

[geo]

I think this would be a great idea to have a Christmas sub forum. There are quite a few threads that would fall into the Christmas section and I think this would be quite nice.

[Martin]

This would be a fantastic idea! I know a lot of forums do this and generally it is nice to have the discussion all in one place. It is something which sparks a lot of discussions off and these can sometimes be lost and hard to find in the main discussion forum so having them altogether would make it more special and really get people in the mood! Great idea bethie! +rep

[Jurv]

It sounds like it would be a really nice addition for the festive season. I'm sure there would be quite a few more Christmas threads if this was introduced.

[Alex3213]

I'm very supportive of this idea, and then after January 6th or whatever the threads can be moved back into the Discuss Anything section. Why not? There's no harm whatsoever!

[beth]

I'm very supportive of this idea, and then after January 6th or whatever the threads can be moved back into the Discuss Anything section. Why not? There's no harm whatsoever!

or the subforum can disappear for a year (much like the hxss ones) and reappear next festive season.

i dunno, i just remember as a newer user in like 2005 there was a real excitement about christmas on the forum. people discussing their different days and gifts and rituals and stuff. and though the forum is a completely different place now, i think christmas is something that can unite all posters.

[Martin]

I'm very supportive of this idea, and then after January 6th or whatever the threads can be moved back into the Discuss Anything section. Why not? There's no harm whatsoever!

Too right! If anything it will encourage posting, keep things festive and perhaps the mod team could do one of their specific forum competition things too but a christmas related one nearer the time?

[Alex3213]

or the subforum can disappear for a year (much like the hxss ones) and reappear next festive season.

i dunno, i just remember as a newer user in like 2005 there was a real excitement about christmas on the forum. people discussing their different days and gifts and rituals and stuff. and though the forum is a completely different place now, i think christmas is something that can unite all posters.

Perhaps, although over the years the same threads may stack up over and over again, and will be noticed unlike other forums due to only coming out to play one month a year- although yes ofc they can just stay there.

[Red]

wonderful idea bethie :-)

[xxMATTGxx]

I was actually thinking about this the other day and It's nice to see people agreeing with the idea! I do agree it will be nice to have on HxF and would be great to see it implemented for this years Christmas. Hopefully @sct will agree!