# We are not alone, we’re here together. Happy Holidays to all Dopers **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 25, 2021, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-not-alone-we-re-here-together-happy-holidays-to-all-dopers/956635 "2021-12-25T18:42:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2021, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-not-alone-we-re-here-together-happy-holidays-to-all-dopers/956635/1 "2021-12-25T18:42:02Z")
I’m glad we are all here as a community of Dopers. We are the same. And we are all different. But mostly, we are all similar. In many ways, like a family. I am grateful that we are here with each other. A big inclusive loving Doper hug to all of you — well to those who would welcome it. For those who would not welcome it, I simply smile, make eye contact from a comfortable distance and politely nod my head and say, “Holiday greetings, fellow Doper” to you. We are not alone. Here at the SDMB, in a way we are all together. The Happiest of Holidays to us all. As happy as we can make it. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2021, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-not-alone-we-re-here-together-happy-holidays-to-all-dopers/956635/2 "2021-12-25T19:25:11Z")
Yay! I totally expect the new year to be so so so much better. Merry, merry merry Christmas! I love you all,my precious, helpful and long suffering Dopers. Don’t know how I would’ve got thru this past year without you! ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2021, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-not-alone-we-re-here-together-happy-holidays-to-all-dopers/956635/3 "2021-12-25T19:26:18Z")
Right On! Best Wishes to all who pass by here! ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2021, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-not-alone-we-re-here-together-happy-holidays-to-all-dopers/956635/4 "2021-12-25T19:33:17Z")
Now where’s @Cecil_Adams ? ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2021, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-not-alone-we-re-here-together-happy-holidays-to-all-dopers/956635/5 "2021-12-25T19:35:13Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > I totally expect the new year to be so so so much better. The phrase “From your mouth to God’s ear” comes to mind. So take it in that spirit even though it’s from an atheist. And yes: we are here together; and yes, that counts. May we all be together even if at long distance with those with whom we wish to be together. And if some of them are gone: then together in memory. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2021, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-not-alone-we-re-here-together-happy-holidays-to-all-dopers/956635/6 "2021-12-25T20:36:04Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Now where’s @Cecil_Adams ? I recall writing the following to you, **Beck** , maybe a year and a half ago; and I’m going to repeat it. It is somehow appropriate on this, of all, days: > [@](#): > > **Beck** , if you think Cecil is a myth, then you are wrong. And so are your friends who believe the same. > > They have been affected by the skepticism of a skeptical age. They do not believe except they see. They think that nothing can be which is not comprehensible by their little minds. All minds, **Beck** , whether they be men’s or children’s, are little. Cecil works to expand ours. > > Yes, **Beck** , there is a Cecil Adams. He exists as certainly as curiosity and questions and answers exist, and you know that they abound and give to your life its highest beauty and joy. Alas! how dreary would be the world if there were no Cecil Adams. It would be as dreary as if there were no **Beck** s. There would be no faith in other posters then, no poetry in Thread Games, no Great Debates to make tolerable this existence. We should have no enjoyment, except in sense and sight. The eternal light with which the Straight Dope fills the world, through the written word, would be extinguished. > > Not believe in Cecil Adams! You might as well not believe in fairies! You might get Mr. Wrek to hire men to watch all the Admins, Mods, and twenty-plus-year-posters, to catch Cecil Adams, but even if they did not see Cecil Adams posting on the board, what would that prove? Nobody sees Cecil Adams, but that is no sign that there is no Cecil Adams. The most real things in the world are those that neither children nor we posters can see. Did you ever see Cecil Adams dancing on your lawn? Of course not, but that’s no proof that he wasn’t there. Nobody can conceive or imagine all the wonders there are unseen and unseeable in the world. > > You may look at each separate Doper’s profile and get an idea of who we are, but there is a veil covering ourselves. Agree or disagree, the only thing we Dopers have in common is our belief in Cecil Adams. Only faith, fancy, poetry, love, romance, can push aside that curtain and view and picture the supernal beauty and glory beyond, as we post our views. Is it all real? Ah, **Beck** , in all this world there is nothing else real and abiding. It is Cecil that brings these out in each of us. > > **Beck** , Cecil is real. We don’t need for him to pop his head in from time to time; he’s simply happy to know that we believe. So, dear **Beck** , believe in him. If we believe, **Beck** , then he is here with us. And I’m sure that he joins in with all of us in wishing all Dopers “Happy Holidays”! ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2021, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-not-alone-we-re-here-together-happy-holidays-to-all-dopers/956635/7 "2021-12-25T21:11:25Z")
We’re all in a lot of tribes we make, when you think about it. Our work family, our neighbour tribe, our relatives, our specific interests, ski crowds, club tribe, football clan, etc. Of all the tribes I’m in, this one is definitely the weirdest. That’s what makes it the best! HAPPY CHRISTMAS! ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2021, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-not-alone-we-re-here-together-happy-holidays-to-all-dopers/956635/8 "2021-12-25T21:15:20Z")
Happy holidays, y’all. This place is my tribe, my place of strength, and a buncha smart people who hold me together. … plus some complete whackadoodles, but that’s okay too. ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2021, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-not-alone-we-re-here-together-happy-holidays-to-all-dopers/956635/9 "2021-12-25T21:21:24Z")
Thank you very much. Happy holidays to you all too. May good will prevail in the end, here, there and everywhere. ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2021, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-not-alone-we-re-here-together-happy-holidays-to-all-dopers/956635/10 "2021-12-25T22:53:46Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > … plus some complete whackadoodles, but that’s okay too. You want something different from us whack jobs? I’m so glad you are all here, posting what you think and wonder about, showing me that I’m not so different. I love that I can toss a pun out here and know somebody will catch it, or say something poorly and have you all shoot holes in it. We are us and we are all the better for the Straight Dope. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2021, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-not-alone-we-re-here-together-happy-holidays-to-all-dopers/956635/11 "2021-12-25T23:26:35Z")
It all will be shiny and bright and not at all purple, say our lawyers, in 2022. [Pantone](https://www.pantone.com/articles/press-releases/introducing-pantone-17-3938-very-peri-pantone-color-of-the-year-2022) has invented a totally new color that will transform our world. > Displaying a carefree confidence and a daring curiosity that animates our creative spirit, inquisitive and intriguing PANTONE 17-3938 Very Peri helps us to embrace this altered landscape of possibilities, opening us up to a new vision as we rewrite our lives. Rekindling gratitude for some of the qualities that blue represents complemented by a new perspective that resonates today, PANTONE 17-3938 Very Peri places the future ahead in a new light. I couldn’t have said this better myself. Or at all. Create your own colors, everyone. That’s what a new year is for. And then post them here. What better place? ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2021, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-not-alone-we-re-here-together-happy-holidays-to-all-dopers/956635/12 "2021-12-26T00:27:18Z")
Jerry Christmas, everyone! [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51776201755_d67491ace5_z.jpg "Jerry Christmas") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/68782016@N08/51776201755/) ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2021, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-not-alone-we-re-here-together-happy-holidays-to-all-dopers/956635/13 "2021-12-26T01:22:44Z")
Wishing wonderful holidays for you all. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2021, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-not-alone-we-re-here-together-happy-holidays-to-all-dopers/956635/14 "2021-12-26T01:28:18Z")
Oh, bother. I was so hoping for a color that exuded an insouciant dégagé. Will I settle for “a carefree confidence and a daring curiosity that animates our creative spirit ?” Sure. But not again in 2021. I mean it this time 🙂 Nice sentiment, @Bullitt Happy, Happy to all y’all ! ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2021, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-not-alone-we-re-here-together-happy-holidays-to-all-dopers/956635/15 "2021-12-26T02:59:19Z")
I invented (ummm, found) a new color. I call it red mud clay pink. Get a white sock wet at the pond. It’s permanently stained. Once you wash it, even with bleach it comes from the dryer a lovely pink shade. I’ve never seen this color on any cloth. Believe me, I’ve looked. I’m waiting on the big textile Mills to pay me for the use of my ‘new’ color. Yep the big bucks are coming my way. Any day now, I’ll be rollin’ in the dough. See,I really did find a color. 🤗 ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2021, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-not-alone-we-re-here-together-happy-holidays-to-all-dopers/956635/16 "2021-12-26T03:13:37Z")
Christmas night. Here I am. Where else would I be? > [@Beckdawrek](#): > > See,I really did find a color. What color? ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2021, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-not-alone-we-re-here-together-happy-holidays-to-all-dopers/956635/17 "2021-12-26T03:41:03Z")
🎄🏈🍿🍷Bless you all​:purple\_heart: ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2021, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-not-alone-we-re-here-together-happy-holidays-to-all-dopers/956635/18 "2021-12-26T04:11:41Z")
> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#): > > It all will be shiny and bright and not at all purple, say our lawyers, in 2022. [Pantone](https://www.pantone.com/articles/press-releases/introducing-pantone-17-3938-very-peri-pantone-color-of-the-year-2022) has invented a totally new color that will transform our world. OK, who else was expecting them to introduce octarine? ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2021, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-not-alone-we-re-here-together-happy-holidays-to-all-dopers/956635/19 "2021-12-26T07:23:24Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > I totally expect the new year to be so so so much better. But didn’t we say exactly the same thing last year? Here’s hoping the Fates hear us this time. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2021, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-not-alone-we-re-here-together-happy-holidays-to-all-dopers/956635/20 "2021-12-26T17:49:16Z")
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