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Come on over guys! It's that time of the week when Cinnamon Cup Coffee pours out the weekly prompt, giving you the chance to #SPILLTHEBEANS for our Creative Writing Challenge.

If you are reading this, you are invited to join this week's challenge.

See this week's topic below, with a countdown timer that needs to be observed. The entry deadline for posts ends on Tuesday at 22:30 UTC time, with the countdown timer at the top and the bottom of this post, guiding you to the cut-off time.

Thank you all for being involved so far, and for raising the bar. We hope that you'll have fun creating the stories that you continue to produce week after week. You all have been amazing, so keep shining ;-)

GUIDELINES:

  • ⚠️ Post to Cinnamon Cup Coffee Community

  • ⚠️ Use #spillthebeans as the first tag

  • ⚠️ No less than 250 words and no more than 1000 words MAX!

  • ⚠️ Post in English ONLY

  • ⚠️ Post within the Countdown Timer. (No late entries)

  • One entry per person.

  • Drop a link to your entry in the comments section of this post.

  • Adhere to general community rules.

Late entries will be muted!

So, without further ado, here's the prompt for the week.


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Create your unique story title in English ONLY

"A Festivus for the Rest of us Prompt"

To ease us into the Holiday season let's start with a bit of nonsense. Tell us a story about Festivus.

For those of you who do not know, Festivus is a made-up holiday that was made popular in 1997 when the comedy sitcom Seinfeld did an episode on it (i.e. S9E10 - The Strike).
To see a clip of the Seinfeld episode to get some inspiration you can check out the link:

Festivus has gained traction ever since the show and now many people around the world do celebrate this crazy holiday.

For more information on Festivus, you can check out the Wikipedia Link.

Here are some of the details for simplicity.

• Day: Celebrated on 23 December
• Philosophy: Meant as an alternative to the commercialism of Christmas.
• Symbol: an aluminium pole (aka Festivus pole) is used instead of a Christmas tree.
• Tradition 1: "Airing of grievances." During dinner, people tell the guests all of the ways that they have let them down this year.
• Tradition 2: "Feats of Strength." After dinner, the head of the household is wrestled to the floor and the holiday only ends if the head of the household is pinned.
• Miracles: People declare that mediocre, normal and easily explained events that take place during the evening are Festivus miracles. "It's a Festivus miracle!"

One last thing: in the same way that we wouldn't want to read a Christmas story that explains what Christmas is, we also do not want to read any Festivus stories that explain what Festivus is - this post already covers that. Be creative and write us a fictional Festivus-related story.

Remember, it's a "Creative Writing Challenge" - Be imaginative and original. Cover all the elements that make a good story.

Have Fun!

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Here is a link with some Creative Writing Tips and #Spillthebeans Writing Tips.

⚠️ #spillthebeans MUST be your first tag, and if your story does not cover any of the relevant scenarios presented, your post will be muted for fairness to other competitors.

C'mon, put your creative caps on!

And ...

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This #spillthebeans was quite challenging!, it cost me a bit, but I think it turned out decent 😅🤣. I was very amused by the Festivus, it wouldn't be a bad idea to put it into practice sometime 🤭.

https://ecency.com/hive-152524/@valeriavalentina/christmas-no-it-s-festivus

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I admit that it's a new holiday to me as this was Leaky's idea. However, I do like what it stands for.
Thanks for your entry:)

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Ok! Happy Festivus!!!

💜☕

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Will we be seeing a story from you this week also?

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Oh yes, I wouldn't miss it for anything. What an interesting topic. I'll have to make a festivus pole to set my story 🤭🤭🤭🤭....

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OOOH, I think I can do it this week. Half way through already, I'll get it out by tomorrow - I have just the thing especially for @millycf1976

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Hi there. 😃 Just in the nick of time. My boys are on holiday and it's chaos here. But I tried to put something together. I hope you like it. Thanks. 😊

https://peakd.com/hive-152524/@ladytitan/festivus-gone-wrong

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Thank you for your entry!
Yes, it's weird for me to remember to close the contest at 17:30 (since I'm now in Jamaica, not the UK), but I have to, so we keep up with the schedule :)

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