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Christmas Design
Would anybody like a Christmas design for the board? A temporary thing over the festive season?
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Uuuuuhhhhhmmm, nope! Thank you 
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This may make me slightly unpopular but I would absolutely love one! 
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Molly Hooper wrote:
This may make me slightly unpopular but I would absolutely love one!
Nothing can make you unpopular Molly, dear...
About the decorations, I'm going to be neutral, like Switzerland 
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Oh, some burnt ginger bread men, antlers, camera phones and mankinis could do no harm.
But seriously : I'm in favour of any surprises no matter what.
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I'm not opposed to anything Christmas. And I'm sure Molly won't either, right?
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I'm not opposed to anything generically holiday-oriented, ie not religious in tone. Unless the images were taken directly from the celebration--if it can actually be called that, cosidering how it ended--at 221B; then religious would be okay. It's nice of you to ask--thanks!
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I'm not opposed to it, it might spread some holiday cheer for those of us feeling not so much ho ho honess.
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Perfectly fine with me, though of course, there is no such thing as generic holiday-oriented, now is there? 
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This may make me slightly unpopular but I would absolutely love one!
Nothing can make you unpopular Molly, dear...
About the decorations, I'm going to be neutral, like Switzerland
haha! me too! completely neutral like Switzerland... ^^
I think it would be okay if you don't overdo it... I don't want fairies and reindeers jumping up and down the screen.. but A little bit of snow or something would be okay... If you want to so badly...
But don't come up with wanting easter design or something... cute but not sherlock-like...
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...though of course, there is no such thing as generic holiday-oriented, now is there?
Sure there is! Images like stars, trees, snowflakes, old-fashioned village/country scenes, sleighs (without reindeer), candles, gift-wrapped presents, people singing in front of buildings. What I would not want to see is Nativity scenes, Santa Claus, Rudolf, menorahs, dreidels, and such like. Looking at this, I guess what I'm saying is: Something that is more wintery than just Christmas, since not all board members are Christian.
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Re: Christmas Design
Personally, I would like the idea of a Christmas/festive design .
I think something non-flashy would be nice, maybe just a change in background colour or the header? Like Sherli, I don't feel anything actually religious is necessary or appropriate, but maybe a little red and green could cheer up the atmosphere without offending anyone's taste or feelings.
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I'd love to see some Christmas stuff around here! After all, even Sherlock himself let the flat be decorated, didn't he?
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...though of course, there is no such thing as generic holiday-oriented, now is there?
Sure there is! Images like stars, trees, snowflakes, old-fashioned village/country scenes, sleighs (without reindeer), candles, gift-wrapped presents, people singing in front of buildings. What I would not want to see is Nativity scenes, Santa Claus, Rudolf, menorahs, dreidels, and such like. Looking at this, I guess what I'm saying is: Something that is more wintery than just Christmas, since not all board members are Christian.
Well, yes, I suppose you are correct there. I like all your suggestions--quite in the spirit of the season, I think. My post was poorly worded, I think. I should have said "there is no such thing as generic Christmas-oriented...".
Christmas has, by it's nature, a Christian aspect to it, even in today's culture. But as a Christian, I don't really claim it as a Christian holiday, simply because it isn't something the Bible directs us to celebrate. I do enjoy seeing nativity scenes, hearing the Christmas hymns, and so forth, but I'm fine too with St. Nicolas (the historical, non-commercialized version of him), reindeer, and all the great wintery stuff Sheri already mentioned.
I'd love to see a kind of "Norman Rockwell" wintery/Christmasy something...
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Well, yes, I suppose you are correct there. I like all your suggestions--quite in the spirit of the season, I think. My post was poorly worded, I think. I should have said "there is no such thing as generic Christmas-oriented...".
Christmas has, by it's nature, a Christian aspect to it, even in today's culture. But as a Christian, I don't really claim it as a Christian holiday, simply because it isn't something the Bible directs us to celebrate. I do enjoy seeing nativity scenes, hearing the Christmas hymns, and so forth, but I'm fine too with St. Nicolas (the historical, non-commercialized version of him), reindeer, and all the great wintery stuff Sheri already mentioned.
I'd love to see a kind of "Norman Rockwell" wintery/Christmasy something...
Are we a complex bunch, or what, boss?
I do love St. Nicolas. When I was a child I always got my presents on December 6th (today) and to me it was much more important than Christmas (not just for presents related reasons).
Norman Rockwell sounds good.
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Sweeties in shoe day. Not here in the UK although I did it for my kids when they were small.
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I'd love to see some Christmas stuff around here! After all, even Sherlock himself let the flat be decorated, didn't he?
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Why not? I'll be great, I think. When there's not "too much" of it... Remember, we're a Sherlock-Board 
I'm in favor of it, and I think it's great to ask the community if they want a christmas-design!
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Oh don't worry...I'm not going to go over the top or anything...and I was actually wondering whether I could still keep it Sherlocky...use some screenshots of how they had the flat decorated. No jumping reindeers or flying Santas.
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