Yuletide

Today is Yuletide! Roast marshmallows and listen to spooky ghost stories in Seaside Town!

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Yuletide celebrates the feast of St. Yule "Be Sorry" Brenner. Brenner used to go from house to house in Seaside Town throwing flaming logs through the windows of sinners, to remind them of the flames of hell and encourage them to repent. After Brenner committed suicide by stabbing himself repeatedly in the back, then throwing himself to wild dogs, the denizens of Loathing began the custom of gathering around a flaming log every Dougtember, roasting marshmallows, and telling ghost stories.

Dates

• Yuletide I: January 25th, 2008 (Dougtember 4, Year 19)
• Yuletide II: April 30, 2008 (Dougtember 4, Year 20)
• Yuletide III: August 4, 2008 (Dougtember 4, Year 21)
• Yuletide IV: November 8, 2008 (Dougtember 4, Year 22)
• Yuletide V: February 12, 2009 (Dougtember 4, Year 23)
• Yuletide VI: April 1, 2009 (Bill 4, Year 24)
• Yuletide VII: May 19, 2009 (Dougtember 4, Year 24)
• Yuletide VIII: August 23, 2009 (Dougtember 4, Year 25)
• Yuletide IX: November 27, 2009 (Dougtember 4, Year 26)
• Yuletide X: March 3, 2010 (Dougtember 4, Year 27)
• Yuletide XI: June 7, 2010 (Dougtember 4, Year 28)
• Yuletide XII: September 11, 2010 (Dougtember 4, Year 29)
• Yuletide XIII: December 16, 2010 (Dougtember 4, Year 30)
• Yuletide XIV: March 22, 2011 (Dougtember 4, Year 31)
• Yuletide XV: June 26, 2011 (Dougtember 4, Year 32)
• Yuletide XVI: September 30, 2011 (Dougtember 4, Year 33)
• Yuletide XVII: January 4, 2012 (Dougtember 4, Year 34)
• Yuletide XVIII: April 9, 2012 (Dougtember 4, Year 35)
• Yuletide XIX: July 14, 2012 (Dougtember 4, Year 36)
• Yuletide XX: October 18, 2012 (Dougtember 4, Year 37)
• Yuletide XXI: January 22, 2013 (Dougtember 4, Year 38)
• Yuletide XXII: April 28, 2013 (Dougtember 4, Year 39)
• Yuletide XXIII: August 2, 2013 (Dougtember 4, Year 40)
• Yuletide XXIV: November 6, 2013 (Dougtember 4, Year 41)
• Yuletide XXV: February 10, 2014 (Dougtember 4, Year 42)
• Yuletide XXVI: May 17, 2014 (Dougtember 4, Year 43)
• Yuletide XXVII: August 21, 2014 (Dougtember 4, Year 44)
• Yuletide XXVIII: November 25, 2014 (Dougtember 4, Year 45)
• Yuletide XXIX: March 1, 2015 (Dougtember 4, Year 46)
• Yuletide XXX: June 5, 2015 (Dougtember 4, Year 47)
• Yuletide XXXI: September 9, 2015 (Dougtember 4, Year 48)
• Yuletide XXXII: December 14, 2015 (Dougtember 4, Year 49)
• Yuletide XXXIII: March 19, 2016 (Dougtember 4, Year 50)
• Yuletide XXXIV: June 23, 2016 (Dougtember 4, Year 51)
• Yuletide XXXV: September 27, 2016 (Dougtember 4, Year 52)
• Yuletide XXXVI: January 1, 2017 (Dougtember 4, Year 53)
• Yuletide XXXVII: April 7, 2017 (Dougtember 4, Year 54)
• Yuletide XXXVIII: July 12, 2017 (Dougtember 4, Year 55)
• Yuletide XXXIX: October 16, 2017 (Dougtember 4, Year 56)
• Yuletide XXXIX: January 20, 2018 (Dougtember 4, Year 57)
• Yuletide XL: April 26, 2018 (Dougtember 4, Year 58)
• Yuletide XLI: July 31, 2018 (Dougtember 4, Year 59)
• Yuletide XLII: November 4, 2018 (Dougtember 4, Year 60)
• Yuletide XLIII: February 8, 2019 (Dougtember 4, Year 61)
• Yuletide XLIV: May 15, 2019 (Dougtember 4, Year 62)
• Yuletide XLV: August 19, 2019 (Dougtember 4, Year 63)
• Yuletide XLVI: November 23, 2019 (Dougtember 4, Year 64)
• Yuletide XLVII: February 27, 2020 (Dougtember 4, Year 65)
• Yuletide XLVIII: June 2, 2020 (Dougtember 4, Year 66)
• Yuletide XLIX: September 6, 2020 (Dougtember 4, Year 67)
• Yuletide L: December 11, 2020 (Dougtember 4, Year 68)
• Yuletide LI (St. Sneaky Pete's Day LXXIX): March 17, 2021 (Dougtember 4, Year 69)
• Yuletide LII: June 21, 2021 (Dougtember 4, Year 70)
• Yuletide LIII: September 25, 2021 (Dougtember 4, Year 71)
• Yuletide LIV: December 30, 2021 (Dougtember 4, Year 72)
• Yuletide LV: April 5, 2022 (Dougtember 4, Year 73)
• Yuletide LVI: July 10, 2022 (Dougtember 4, Year 74)
• Yuletide LVII: October 14, 2022 (Dougtember 4, Year 75)
• Yuletide LVIII: January 18, 2023 (Dougtember 4, Year 76) (predicted)

Festivities

Roasting marshmallows and listening to spooooky stories around the bonfire.

Special Adventures

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The Tale of the Mysterious Beekeeper
	Item Drops: roasted marshmallow OR marshmallow bomb Note: Lose some hit points. Note: Gain some Mana Points. Note: Must have a marshmallow or green marshmallow in inventory.

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The Tale of the Mysterious Event at Makeout Point
	Item Drops: roasted marshmallow OR marshmallow bomb Note: Lose some hit points. Note: Gain some Mana Points. Note: Must have a marshmallow or green marshmallow in inventory.

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The Tale of the Mysterious Green Ribbon
	Item Drops: roasted marshmallow OR marshmallow bomb Note: Lose some hit points. Note: Gain some Mana Points. Note: Must have a marshmallow or green marshmallow in inventory.

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The Tale of the Mysterious House in the Suburbs
	Item Drops: roasted marshmallow OR marshmallow bomb Note: Lose some hit points. Note: Gain some Mana Points. Note: Must have a marshmallow or green marshmallow in inventory.

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The Tale of the Mysterious Sexy Pottery
	Item Drops: roasted marshmallow OR marshmallow bomb Note: Lose some hit points. Note: Gain some Mana Points. Note: Must have a marshmallow or green marshmallow in inventory.

Added on Yuletide II

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The Tale of the Mysterious Albino Ladies and Stuff
	Item Drops: roasted marshmallow OR marshmallow bomb Note: Lose some hit points. Note: Gain some Mana Points. Note: Must have a marshmallow or green marshmallow in inventory.

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The Tale of the Mysterious Bedroom Game
	Item Drops: roasted marshmallow OR marshmallow bomb Note: Lose some hit points. Note: Gain some Mana Points. Note: Must have a marshmallow or green marshmallow in inventory.

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The Tale of the Mysterious Diminishing Returns
	Item Drops: roasted marshmallow OR marshmallow bomb Note: Lose some hit points. Note: Gain some Mana Points. Note: Must have a marshmallow or green marshmallow in inventory.

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The Tale of the Mysterious Hellhound
	Item Drops: roasted marshmallow OR marshmallow bomb Note: Lose some hit points. Note: Gain some Mana Points. Note: Must have a marshmallow or green marshmallow in inventory.

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The Tale of the Mysterious Moping Prince
	Item Drops: roasted marshmallow OR marshmallow bomb Note: Lose some hit points. Note: Gain some Mana Points. Note: Must have a marshmallow or green marshmallow in inventory.

Added on Yuletide XIII

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The Tale of the Mysterious Holiday Abomination
	Item Drops: roasted marshmallow OR marshmallow bomb Note: Lose some hit points. Note: Gain some Mana Points. Note: Must have a marshmallow or green marshmallow in inventory.

Notes

• If your HP is reduced to 0 from one of the ghost story adventures, you gain Beaten Up for 4 adventures instead of the usual 3.
• Green marshmallows take priority over normal ones.

References

• Yul Brynner was a star of Hollywood and Broadway. Notably, he played the evil robot in WestWorld and the king in the first movie adaptation of the Broadway play, The King and I, where he was the lead for over 2 decades.
• "Brenner" is the German word for "burner", as applied to the inanimate object. When applied to people, the word "Brenner" means "distiller".
• The tradition of telling ghost stories around the campfire, while long-standing, was featured in the Nickelodeon show Are You Afraid of the Dark?, with each story beginning as "The Tale of the..."
• Because many traditions of the real Yuletide have become part of the Christmas (not to be confused with Crimbo) celebration, this may also be a reference to the Christmas song "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year", which contains the lyrics "There'll be parties for hosting / marshmallows for toasting / and caroling out in the snow. / There'll be scary ghost stories / and tales of the glories / of Christmases long, long ago."
• The 2002 mafia movie Analyze That contains this exchange:

Jelly: Anyway, two of the witnesses decided not to testify and the third guy, well, he committed suicide.

Dr. Sobel: How?

Jelly: He stabbed himself in the back four times and threw himself off a bridge.

• The "Yul Be sorry" and the reference to "flaming logs" references the last time Yul Brenner appeared on TV. He was dying of lung cancer and gave a very impassioned appeal to never smoke. For a few years it was used as a public service announcement to get Americans to stop smoking.

See Also

• Official Holiday Description