Maybe I'm paranoid?

[mamadeb]

Was there a reason that the sign-ups for Yuletide were announced on a Jewish holiday?

Seriously - it was hree days ago. If someone on my flist hadn't said something this morning, I'd never have known. Add to that the fact that nominations were done during the week of Yom Kippur and Sukkot, so I had NO time to do it.

A girl could get a complex.

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[sistermagpie.livejournal.com]

Reposting because on my new computer I insert sentences inside other sentences and delete paragraphs:

I saw this post when you put it up but didn't get a chance to come back and comment, so I'm just now seeing the reaction to it. Wow.

FWIW, I read your post as just voicing something disappointing to you to the people who would understand (meaning fandom, since people outside of it would hardly know what the deal was with a fic exchange)! I thought your use of paranoid and complex was joking, not suggesting any conspiracy, just stating the obvious: in many parts of the world, Christian holidays are automatically worked around and other religion's holidays are invisible. I assumed it was just a "oh, drat" reaction to realizing you'd missed something due to the holiday. I took it as more of a sigh about this kind of thing in general than any real accusation or criticism against the moderators of Yuletide.

And despite preferring the Pagan version of the holiday (which I realize you can't celebrate either!), I think Yuletide also=Christian and as a casual observer I always thought this was a Christmas exchange.