ATM -- January

Hi everyone,

Happy New Year! Hope you were able to get all the Elfember items you need and that the Santa Claws Raffle is good to you.

CLUB POLL - I recently put up a new club poll. it's a simple yes or no - Should we have a raffle once a week that uses club points? If you haven't already clicked on the poll, please let us know your opinion.

QUIZZES AND RAFFLES - If you would like to help out, this month we will focus on all things January, winter, snow, Chinese (Lunar New Year is 1/29), Australian (Australia Day is 1/26), as well as non-event items such as slates, toy blocks, keys, hieroglyphics, AU items, balls of yarn, Magic Beans, and anything else you might have in your attic. Don't forget to check for items from previous Australian Day and Chinese New Year Events. All donations are welcome.

BANNERS: Cygnet came up with this banner for us:
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https://mara.pics/uploads/5390870/3851fdb7921233e4b7ff47468454101e1fa62d37.jpg

If you would like to contribute a banner for us to use as well, mm/mt me the image and code and I will add them to January planning page and post it in club chat.

CALENDAR:
1/1 Santa Claws Raffle Winners
1/6-1/13 ATM Word Scramble (Cygnet)
https://www.marapets.com/blogs.php?entry=502013&id=5390870
1/16- 1/22 ATM Appreciate a Dragon Day Ad Contest (Gwylynnsgarden) https://www.marapets.com/blogs.php?entry=504100&id=2039393
1/26 Australia Day

WINTER WORD SCRAMBLE (Hosted by Cygnet)
Starts next week on 1/6 and runs thru 1/12. Scrambles will be uploaded the 5th or 6th.
https://www.marapets.com/blogs.php?entry=502013&id=5390870

Unscramble the winter word scrambles.
CLUE: The first letter of each scrambled word is the first letter of the real word.
For example: ACCIRT = ARCTIC

If there is a hyphenated word or two words, each is its own scramble. For example: uble-yger = blue-grey.

Then send Cygnet a Maramail with your answers. Everyone who unscrambles all correctly will receive a random prize from my attic.

Prizes include plushies, photos, plates, hieroglyphics, toy blocks, gourmet food, and more.

APPRECIATE A DRAGON DAY AD CONTEST 1/16-1/22 (Gwylynnsgarden) https://www.marapets.com/blogs.php?entry=504100&id=2039393

Believe it or not, this is a real thing that started in 2004. National Appreciate a Dragon Day is January 16th this year. In honor of our favorite dragons, I am hosting an ad contest.

Welcome to the ATM Ad Agency! Your job is to take our product Dragon Pants and make an appealing ad campaign for it! We want everyone on Mara to want to rush right out and model this high fashion asap! We want customers to be crashing internet sites and knocking down the doors of brick and mortar stores looking for these pants! They may be retired, but we want Dragon Pants to go viral!

Your ad campaign can be as simple or as complex as you please. You can write a jingle or slogan, you can pretend to be a social media sensation, you can do artwork with a slogan on it, you can write out a commercial, or whatever else you want to do.

The campaign that makes me want to wear this wardrobe item the most will win the Dragon Pants! Everyone who enters will win a prize with the word "dragon" in it from my attic.

Contest begins 1/16/25 and ends 1/22/25.

You can enter by EITHER posting in the comment section (don't forget your username) or by mailing me. If you want others to see your entry the comment section is the way to go.

GRAND PRIZE: Dragon Pants

If anyone else would like to host, please let me know.

Happy New Year! May 2025 be even more special than the last. Wishing you a year filled with good friends, great adventure, and even better treats!

Gwylynnsgarden