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Well. It's Novemeber. The clocks have gone back, Hallowe'en is past, it's getting chilly outside and

ebee is hassling the hell out of me.

You know what that means ?

Yup, it's time to declare open season on the Great Advent Game. Said Game requires you to manufacture some form of Advent Calendar and post it to an address I give you. In return, a handmade calendar from some far-flung corner will arrive for you in time for December 1st.

It's worked pretty well the past two years, when a dozen or so calendars have ended up travelling around in the post. I think the PO has let us down a few times (it lost my calendar, sent to Ebee, for a spectacularly long time last year).

I've had two 24-door calendars: A beautifully hand-drawn cartoon one from

thurisaz_art in 2005, and a monumentally unconventional and hilarious one from

dmh last year. I've heard tell of other people receiving flash web calendars, hot-drinks-based calendars, complicated mobiles and a variety of other stuff.

Signing up below doesn't commit you irretrievably - I'll mail people in a couple of weeks and see who's on course for completion and who's still interested in playing.

[Poll #1080902]

Please point any of your friends who're likely to be interested in this direction - the more the ~~messier~~ merrier. Anyone who can't fill in polls, please comment if you want to get in on the act.