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Painting I did for my very dear friend Kessira for Christmas. :)

If you don’t know the scene... Then where have you been this year? XD

And here is part two of my Post Office Holiday Extravaganza! :) 

Clockwise from upper left:

Joy To The World from @amelioratrix. This was a terrible year, but I’m glad I could help :) 

A very unique Aussie Christmas card and a lovely koala sketch from @kessira -- your art’s going on my cubicle wall! 

A tartan tree in silver and gold from @geekgirl76 -- amusingly, a little hole wore in the envelope right where the tree topper is, so it looked like it was peeking out at me :) 

A very cool 3-D card with gingerbread cookies and nutcrackers from @agentpaxieamor -- it’s been good to see you around again :) I share your hopes for 2017...

The brightly-colored snowflake card is from @guinea-goon -- I included the wax seal so that you could see that I opened the envelope around it, since I thought it was lovely. :D And an S, which makes it even better!

The man being destroyed by rats is a FRANKLY AMAZING card which reads “This holiday season be kind to those less fortunate -- because some hoboes can control rats with their minds.” I cracked up laughing. :D Lillian, I can’t quite read your username in the card because I am old but I believe it’s @lillianb -- please let me know if that’s wrong and I’ll correct it! 

THOSE ARE SOME BUCKNEKKED SUPERHEROES, and the card is from @karadin, and I believe the art is also? Hit me up with a link if you posted it and I will definitely reblog :D (Sam looks especially smug.) 

The Dia De Los Muertos skulls are from @la-rainette, a very apt theme for the holidays I’ve always thought, given how DARK so many christmas carols can be. So it might not be seasonal, but it’s still thematically appropriate :)

And in the middle, some GLITTER PENGUINS from @bookfanatic -- I hope the holiday is everything you’d like it to be too! 

Thanks for your lovely cards and good wishes for the new year. I have high hopes for 2017, as insane as that sounds as we drag ourselves out of 2016. And what struck me reading these cards is that it seems like other people do too. It’s been a terrible year and we face a frightening and uncertain future, but what I see in people most clearly is hope. Possibly desperate hope, but hope nonetheless. :)