Hey folks,
Its nothing new and probably many of you heard of it but also probably many don't.
I would like to introduce you to winter-een-mas. I myself totally forgot about it for the last years but few weeks ago i remembered it and i wanted to celebrate it again. So let me explain you what winter-een-mas is.
Winter-een-mas is a holiday created by Ethan who is one of the main characters of the web comic Ctrl-Alt-Del by Tim Buckley. Ethan is also the king of winter-een-mas.
The purpose of this holiday is to celebrate gaming as whole. It is a holiday for gamers to celebrate their passion and hobby with others all over the world.
It is celebrated annually through january which is the Winter-een-mas-season ending with the main holiday which last for the the last week of january (originally 25th - 31st).
Here a few mentionable links regarding this holiday:
First mention of winter-een-mas in the comic (January 2003): http://cad-comic.com/comic/winter-een-mas/
Winter-een-mas story (January 2004): http://cad-comic.com/comic/a-winter-een-mas-story-page-1/
Gamers life story (January 2008): http://cad-comic.com/comic/its-a-gamers-life-page-1/
The story of 2004 describes for the first time the spirits of winter-een-mas which are:
Its good time to take a break from the main game you are playing mostly, try out new games and just enjoy gaming as whole. There is no pc masterrace. It doesn't matter which console is better. We are all gamers, we are a big community of people who share the same passion, so lets enjoy it together and have a good time!
So gather your friends and other gamers and enjoy this. Let us all celebrate our passion which takes big part in our lives through this holiday!
A happy winter-een-mas to all and to all a good game!
