I'll compile the full list of ideas here in the first post. Submit ideas and brainstorming in replies below to be added - or even playing off the idea of one already on the list.
Not sure if Nio is up to making trophies, but if yes (or if someone else takes up the mantle drawing them), we can at least also have a running list for those too, so we're at least prepared just in case.
Running Prompt Themes List:
✦ Mice, Wooden toys, and…Ballerinas? Who’s dancing in your Nutcracker? show us those suite. suite shows! (Use The Nutcracker as your inspiration!)
✦ Santa Claus is Coming— Have you been naughty or nice for the big red guy? (Dress up as any part of the Claus family!)
✦ Had a VERY Shiny Nose! What the heck kinda’ reindeer is that—oh gaw. (What kinda’ reindeer is pulling your sleigh?)
✦ Working 354 days of the YEAR —Toys and cocoa and joy galore, show off those fancy shelves and more! (The North Pole workshop is your oyster, featuring the department of—YOU.)
✦ May your Christmas be MERRY & BRIGHT What scene is right on Christmas night? (Show us the glowy lights of Christmas day.)
✦ “You are fettered, tell me why?” Are you the scrooge? Or a phantom of past, present, or future? (Show us your choicest ‘A Christmas Carol’ inspired looks.)
✦ Do you Wanna Build a Snowman? Baby, it’s cold outside and you really CAN’T stay— (Show us your wintery flurries, your frosty winds!)
✦ Silent night, Cozy night Baby it’s cold outside, and you really CAN stay— (Curl up and show us how nice it can be.)
✦ “Can I use your Finger for a Second?” It's me, I'M the present! Bags, boxes, ribbons, bows + tape. (What is wrapped with anticipation of wait?!)
✦ There be a Fable in there somewhere… There! A snowy creep, who’s out in that white, knee deep? (Dress up as your most favorite winter-dwelling cryptid!)
✦ “I’m only an elected official here. I can’t make decisions by myself!” Elf, Nightmare, Clause, Hard, Stories, Jangle and Miracles! (Dress up as anything derived from your favorite Christmas flick!)
✦ Are you….finished? Be that EXTRA finishing touch of the Christmas season! (Are you the best decorated tree, ugly sweater, tree topper etc.)
✦ Caroler of the Bells Cheer us with those yuletide warbles! (Dress as a caroler, or to the theme of a famous holiday song!)
✦ Everyone wishes for Silver and Gold How do you measure its shimmery, shiny worth? (Dress as one color or the other—or both!)
✦ Good Tartan and Plaid Joy Bide! Which family bit tae ye’ belong? Och, near’ flap ye’ bonnie nut. What family house do you belong to? Don’t worry your pretty head. (It’s an age for plaid! Wear your finest Party tartans!)
✦ Peppermint Swirls and Sugar Plum Visions When slumber arrives, what festal dreams await us? (Wear Red/White or Purple/Blue, show us your dream-like festive costumery!)
Running Trophy List: ✦ [+6] - 6 Complete looks?! What are you? The season’s greeter? That’s rad. (Have submitted 6 prompts for Avimas, regardless of day.) ✦ [+12] - 12 DAYS?! THIS FEELS LIKE CHRISTMAS!! HAUL THAT CHEER OVER HERE!!! (Have submitted 12 prompts for Avimas, regardless of day.) ✦ [paws] - wowza'! snowbody's purrfect but you! (Submit a paw avi for any prompt.) ✦ [A Parti] - is that your partridge in a pear tree, or are you just--squawk! (Use a visible bird item in any prompt's submission.) ((gnocchi's addition)) ✦ [+1 yum] - did you bring that for me!? it's my holiday favorite! (Use a visible food/beverage item in any submission.) ((mallow's addition)) ✦ [+1 br] BLUE RIBBON BABBBYYY! We’re calling it, you’re the best dressed…what are you again? (Submit a look during the ‘Are you…Finished’ day.) ✦ [tatw] - (tell all the world) get caught by an Avimas crew member talking about Avimas elsewhere. (Have been chatting about Avimas in the forums/avi chat and be celebrated with this trophy.)
Previous--- ✦ nutcracker (offshoots; ballerina) ✦ Santa Claus -or- Mrs. Claus (offshoots; naughty -or- nice) ✦ reindeer games (offshoots; rudolph) ✦ Santa's workship (offshoots; elves, toys, north pole, winter wonderland, scenic of it) ✦ merry & bright (offshoots; colorful, lit, light in the dark) ✦ ghosts of christmas (past, present, or future) ✦ bah humbug! (be a grinch or a scrooge) ✦ do you wanna build a snowman? (offshoots; let it snow; snowglobe scene, snowy scenes; snow queen/king) ✦ silent night, cozy night (best cozy build) ✦ it's me, I'M the present (pretty people with ribbons, or a general present that'd be found under a tree) ✦ winter cryptid (krampus, yeti, mari lwyd, etc.) ✦ favorite holiday movie (Nightmare Before Christmas, Elf, A Christmas Story, etc.) ✦ best decorated (tree, ugly sweater, tree topper, gingerbread man/house, etc.) ✦ yuletide cheer (dress up as a caroler, or according to the theme of a famous holiday song) ✦ shining star (be shiniest thing imaginable) ✦ silver & gold (wear either or both) ✦ plaid tidings (wear plaid; offshoot; peppermint pattys - wear red/white)
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Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2025 4:55 am
SUP BATTEAAAAA!
So Gnocchi and I were playing with the idea, since it'll be such a busy month for everyone with families and the like, that we do a '12 days of Avimas' And that each day has a different look or challenge to meet. Half a month for that guy? Fulfill the itch without completely healing the scratch so we have interest forrrr---
A version of MERmay!! So people WILL be able to get the gauntlet of a full month again! Just with time to recover and get themselves hype for another 30 day cycle. I chose this to think about because like ink-tober, it is during a digital art challenge month where creatives may not be able to draw/art--but would still like to be consumed by something creative--and with this, they don't have to feel like they're missing out for a whole month. Filling the fomo void.
I can post the (only 3 submissions) feedback we received from AVItober if y'all would like to see what those participants wanted to see maybe added?
BACK TO MAS.
--I would be up to drawing any trophies, but assembling and data analyzing--I would need some assistance. So if everyone wants to list off their skillsets all resume style lol, that would help? See what people are willing to offer for the month of december in particular.
--I think Gnocchi only wants to be in charge of the art nook post, and make that her home while all she does is draw lol. Which I am on-board with if y'all are too. 4laugh
As someone that has 4 sets of parents (hubby and I's parents both divorced) and a toddler, 12 days of xmas sounds amazing to me!! >n> December will be super busy for us, especially later in the month.
MER-May sounds SO FRICKING CUTE AAHHHH.
If I can help with any of it, I'd love to! :3 Get you a lil team behind ya~
Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2025 6:34 am
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As someone that has 4 sets of parents (hubby and I's parents both divorced) and a toddler, 12 days of xmas sounds amazing to me!! >n> December will be super busy for us, especially later in the month.
MER-May sounds SO FRICKING CUTE AAHHHH.
If I can help with any of it, I'd love to! :3 Get you a lil team behind ya~
If we went with the 12 day timeline, we could put it earlier in the month (probably the first 12 days, so people didn't get confused trying to match up weird dates), so that people would have those later party weekends empty, whatever last minute shopping, could also get in the site's holiday crap, and just enjoy our christmas mornings. 3nodding
As someone that has 4 sets of parents (hubby and I's parents both divorced) and a toddler, 12 days of xmas sounds amazing to me!! >n> December will be super busy for us, especially later in the month.
MER-May sounds SO FRICKING CUTE AAHHHH.
If I can help with any of it, I'd love to! :3 Get you a lil team behind ya~
If we went with the 12 day timeline, we could put it earlier in the month (probably the first 12 days, so people didn't get confused trying to match up weird dates), so that people would have those later party weekends empty, whatever last minute shopping, could also get in the site's holiday crap, and just enjoy our christmas mornings. 3nodding
I would much appreciate that >///>
Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2025 10:24 am
YES to Avimas aligning with Dec 1-12th.
I can't do data again for this one, I have a huge project to be finished by the end of the year for work. sweatdrop
But I'm up for popping in to lovingly yell words of encouragement to people, and to draw all the Christmas funnnnn
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OKAY TEA. I've reformatted them so they're like the AVITOBER prompt list, and omgggggg. these are all delightfullll. genius ones in here. I LIKE YOUR SQUISHY GREY MATTER. I dunno' that I even know what to add on top of these, they're so good. They're so, so good. I'd have to stare at them some more to figure out trophies for them if we decide to do them though, I'm still a little in awe of how varied they are. Jeesh.
For trophies: I do think they'll need a cap for number. The shelves would be smaller, since it's only 12 days. And the turnaround much faster.
✦ Mice, Wooden toys, and…Ballerinas? Who’s dancing in your Nutcracker? show us those suite. suite shows! (Use The Nutcracker as your inspiration!)
✦ Santa Claus is Coming— Have you been naughty or nice for the big red guy? (Dress up as any part of the Claus family!)
✦ Had a VERY Shiny Nose! What the heck kinda’ reindeer is that—oh gaw. (What kinda’ reindeer is pulling your sleigh?)
✦ Working 354 days of the YEAR —Toys and cocoa and joy galore, show off those fancy shelves and more! (The North Pole workshop is your oyster, featuring the department of—YOU.)
✦ May your Christmas be MERRY & BRIGHT What scene is right on Christmas night? (Show us the glowy lights of Christmas day.)
✦ “You are fettered, tell me why?” Are you the scrooge? Or a phantom of past, present, or future? (Show us your choicest ‘A Christmas Carol’ inspired looks.)
✦ Do you Wanna Build a Snowman? Baby, it’s cold outside and you really CAN’T stay— (Show us your wintery flurries, your frosty winds!)
✦ Silent night, Cozy night Baby it’s cold outside, and you really CAN stay— (Curl up and show us how nice it can be.)
✦ “Can I use your Finger for a Second?” It's me, I'M the present! Bags, boxes, ribbons, bows + tape. (What is wrapped with anticipation of wait?!)
✦ There be a Fable in there somewhere… There! A snowy creep, who’s out in that white, knee deep? (Dress up as your most favorite winter-dwelling cryptid!)
✦ “I’m only an elected official here. I can’t make decisions by myself!” Elf, Nightmare, Clause, Hard, Stories, Jangle and Miracles! (Dress up as anything derived from your favorite Christmas flick!)
✦ Are you….finished? Be that EXTRA finishing touch of the Christmas season! (Are you the best decorated tree, ugly sweater, tree topper etc.)
✦ Caroler of the Bells Cheer us with those yuletide warbles! (Dress as a caroler, or to the theme of a famous holiday song!)
✦ Everyone wishes for Silver and Gold How do you measure its shimmery, shiny worth? (Dress as one color or the other—or both!)
✦ Good Tartan and Plaid Joy Bide! Which family bit tae ye’ belong? Och, near’ flap ye’ bonnie nut. What family house do you belong to? Don’t worry your pretty head. (It’s an age for plaid! Wear your finest Party tartans!)
✦ Peppermint Swirls and Sugar Plum Visions When slumber arrives, what festal dreams await us? (Wear Red/White or Purple/Blue, show us your dream-like festive costumery!)
((((notes on these guys)))) ✦ bah humbug! (be a grinch or a scrooge) (this one’s a little tricky since it’s more limiting for inventory’s color palette imo. and can be split into ghosts of christmas / holiday movie ✦ shining star (be shiniest thing imaginable) (I feel like this is tied in with the glow of the season theme -------------------
Trophy Ideas:
✦ [+6] - 6 Complete looks?! What are you? The season’s greeter? That’s rad. (Have submitted 6 prompts for Avimas, regardless of day.) ✦ [+12] - 12 DAYS?! THIS FEELS LIKE CHRISTMAS!! HAUL THAT CHEER OVER HERE!!! (Have submitted 12 prompts for Avimas, regardless of day.) ✦ [paws] - wowza'! snowbody's purrfect but you! (Submit a paw avi for any prompt.) ✦ [A Parti] - is that your partridge in a pear tree, or are you just--squawk! (Use a visible bird item in any prompt's submission.) ((gnocchi's addition)) ✦ [+1 yum] - did you bring that for me!? it's my holiday favorite! (Use a visible food/beverage item in any submission.) ((mallow's addition)) ✦ [+1 br] BLUE RIBBON BABBBYYY! We’re calling it, you’re the best dressed…what are you again? (Submit a look during the ‘Are you…Finished’ day.) ✦ [tatw] - (tell all the world) get caught by an Avimas crew member talking about Avimas elsewhere. (Have been chatting about Avimas in the forums/avi chat and be celebrated with this trophy.)
Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2025 12:41 pm
trophy idea
a partridge in a pear tree - use of a bird item in one of your entries (must be visible)
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A couple people were NOT fond of the locked trophies idea, or the daily one, since real life issues could affect your hard work and muck it all up. So I'm hesitant to add the [did it daily] again, I don't want to frustrate people--but I also want to celebrate people who are able to sort out the time and do things on time. thoughts?
Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2025 12:59 pm
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A couple people were NOT fond of the locked trophies idea, or the daily one, since real life issues could affect your hard work and muck it all up. So I'm hesitant to add the [did it daily] again, I don't want to frustrate people--but I also want to celebrate people who are able to sort out the time and do things on time. thoughts?
As someone who put that feedback in, it was literally because it was the only "negative" thing I could think of. I think it makes sense to reward people who can and do go the extra mile to post consistently each day and I wouldn't worry too much about it unless a lot of other people said the same.
In general, love everything I'm seeing so far in this thread! My first idea for a prompt was festive treat like cookies, hot cocoa, etc. If there isn't room for that as a prompt, maybe as a trophy? Incorporate a festive food-related item?
RE: Skills I'm generally very organized and love maintaining spreadsheets. I'm also a faving fanatic so I wouldn't mind maintaining the favorites collections if you were looking to outsource that. I am actually getting married December 12th, though, so I might be a little busy that day specifically
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A couple people were NOT fond of the locked trophies idea, or the daily one, since real life issues could affect your hard work and muck it all up. So I'm hesitant to add the [did it daily] again, I don't want to frustrate people--but I also want to celebrate people who are able to sort out the time and do things on time. thoughts?
As someone who put that feedback in, it was literally because it was the only "negative" thing I could think of. I think it makes sense to reward people who can and do go the extra mile to post consistently each day and I wouldn't worry too much about it unless a lot of other people said the same.
In general, love everything I'm seeing so far in this thread! My first idea for a prompt was festive treat like cookies, hot cocoa, etc. If there isn't room for that as a prompt, maybe as a trophy? Incorporate a festive food-related item?
RE: Skills I'm generally very organized and love maintaining spreadsheets. I'm also a faving fanatic so I wouldn't mind maintaining the favorites collections if you were looking to outsource that. I am actually getting married December 12th, though, so I might be a little busy that day specifically
ooo! good to know! I got it from one other person via pms, and they were super bummed to have missed one day and even with make-ups, it still effect a trophy.
ADDING ITTTT. Omg that's a good one!! We have two hidey ones then, and that matches the avitober list, so i think that'll be golden for that earning method.
OMGGGGGGG. CONGRATULATIONS. OMG HOW EXCITINGGGGGG. Gorl, and you wanna' help up until then? You're a loon, and I love itttttt! No bridezilla hurr lol. Yes. Omg, maintaining the favs was fun, but also a time suck with other weird tasky tasks in motion. I love that direction as well if you get closer to December and decide it's too much with wedding planning though, please don't feel like you're obligated at that point. We can reshuffle.
Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2025 1:25 pm
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A couple people were NOT fond of the locked trophies idea, or the daily one, since real life issues could affect your hard work and muck it all up. So I'm hesitant to add the [did it daily] again, I don't want to frustrate people--but I also want to celebrate people who are able to sort out the time and do things on time. thoughts?
As someone who put that feedback in, it was literally because it was the only "negative" thing I could think of. I think it makes sense to reward people who can and do go the extra mile to post consistently each day and I wouldn't worry too much about it unless a lot of other people said the same.
In general, love everything I'm seeing so far in this thread! My first idea for a prompt was festive treat like cookies, hot cocoa, etc. If there isn't room for that as a prompt, maybe as a trophy? Incorporate a festive food-related item?
RE: Skills I'm generally very organized and love maintaining spreadsheets. I'm also a faving fanatic so I wouldn't mind maintaining the favorites collections if you were looking to outsource that. I am actually getting married December 12th, though, so I might be a little busy that day specifically
ooo! good to know! I got it from one other person via pms, and they were super bummed to have missed one day and even with make-ups, it still effect a trophy.
ADDING ITTTT. Omg that's a good one!! We have two hidey ones then, and that matches the avitober list, so i think that'll be golden for that earning method.
OMGGGGGGG. CONGRATULATIONS. OMG HOW EXCITINGGGGGG. Gorl, and you wanna' help up until then? You're a loon, and I love itttttt! No bridezilla hurr lol. Yes. Omg, maintaining the favs was fun, but also a time suck with other weird tasky tasks in motion. I love that direction as well if you get closer to December and decide it's too much with wedding planning though, please don't feel like you're obligated at that point. We can reshuffle.
Ah, good to know about the PM. I can definitely understand the sentiment, which is why I mentioned it in my feedback, but I also see the justification for including it as a trophy as well since it is meant to be a challenge. There weren't any prizes outside of posting at least once in the 30 Days Has September writing challenge, but I know myself and a several other people would pop in at whatever random time we could (sometimes in the very early am hours) just to get something in for each day. I think what would help is letting people know about the "hardcore mode" extra challenges right at the start, and maybe getting the thread up a little early so people can pre-plan if they are worried about missing something. Adding some MVP style trophies at the end to special users who do something exceptional I think is also easier for people to accept.
Thank you!! It's going to be very very casual, just a quick ceremony at a public park and then dinner with our parents, but I do want to make sure I spend an appropriate amount of time with my spouse rather than on gaia Everything is planned and booked already, so it's more likely that something will come up at work that distracts me than the wedding.
Just a random thought: I know for some of the GCD event threads like the summer sale and black friday sale events they have a generic "host" account that multiple people log into, that way multiple people can edit the front page posts of the thread depending on who is online. Would something like that make sense here? That would also work for the favorites, we could have a "Avitober Christmas" account and the fave collections could all live under that user, so even if I'm not available on a specific day I could ping the group and someone else could fill them in while still keeping them all in the same place.
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Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2025 1:39 pm
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SUP BATTEAAAAA!
So Gnocchi and I were playing with the idea, since it'll be such a busy month for everyone with families and the like, that we do a '12 days of Avimas' And that each day has a different look or challenge to meet. Half a month for that guy? Fulfill the itch without completely healing the scratch so we have interest forrrr---
A version of MERmay!! So people WILL be able to get the gauntlet of a full month again! Just with time to recover and get themselves hype for another 30 day cycle. I chose this to think about because like ink-tober, it is during a digital art challenge month where creatives may not be able to draw/art--but would still like to be consumed by something creative--and with this, they don't have to feel like they're missing out for a whole month. Filling the fomo void.
I can post the (only 3 submissions) feedback we received from AVItober if y'all would like to see what those participants wanted to see maybe added?
BACK TO MAS.
--I would be up to drawing any trophies, but assembling and data analyzing--I would need some assistance. So if everyone wants to list off their skillsets all resume style lol, that would help? See what people are willing to offer for the month of december in particular.
--I think Gnocchi only wants to be in charge of the art nook post, and make that her home while all she does is draw lol. Which I am on-board with if y'all are too. 4laugh
Yeah that's kind of exactly what I was thinking bc people tend to get so busy later in the month of dec!
YES please share the submission feedback so we can incorporate that into things.
As far as my skills go: I am very good at analyzing qualitative data (esp for studies and surveys). I'm not the best at using advanced excel, but for basic organizational lists, tracking, etc. and some easy math, I am good at that much with it. I am generally an insomniac night owl and with the time change, my sleep schedule is mucked up good xd So I can help be a tracker, but maybe we could have a duo of us so someone takes the earlier shift in the day when I am sleeping and/or working.
I'm also super good at offering up ideas and bouncing off other folks' input when it comes to brainstorming (hence this post lol) heart
Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2025 1:55 pm
quote tree time lol
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Like I came up with that list so fast - there was deffo a lot of overlap whee but thank you for loving my weird brain xd
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Love that idea for a trophy since there's so many flipping birds in the song rofl
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OMG CONGRATS and are you SURE you're gonna be okay helping?!?!? You got a whole a** wedding to go to and you're the star! But if you're sure, maybe you could be the day shift for the tracking - we could have a joint google sheets doc. I'm in CST, but I'm usually up till 3am lol
RE: joint avimas acct with the faving - I could also do this and screen the pages for any that might've been missed (typically posts at the end of the page sometimes get glossed off esp if convos are happening).
Alternate idea: have a thread where people only submit their avi submissions, but are more than welcome to double post in the thread as well with their lore
In general RE: prizes ideas - do we want to do prizes? are we capping amounts for prizes? I know gaia is gonna release something seasonal during it so maybe pick up one of those as a "grand prize". Probably a prisma or landscape item - which would work out with us doing this earlier so they could actually use the item for the remainder of the month, but deffo hinges on gaia posting appropriately early enough. Wish we had an insider who knew.
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quote tree time lol
Niomo
Like I came up with that list so fast - there was deffo a lot of overlap whee but thank you for loving my weird brain xd
Gnocchi Dokie
Love that idea for a trophy since there's so many flipping birds in the song rofl
mothmallow
OMG CONGRATS and are you SURE you're gonna be okay helping?!?!? You got a whole a** wedding to go to and you're the star! But if you're sure, maybe you could be the day shift for the tracking - we could have a joint google sheets doc. I'm in CST, but I'm usually up till 3am lol
RE: joint avimas acct with the faving - I could also do this and screen the pages for any that might've been missed (typically posts at the end of the page sometimes get glossed off esp if convos are happening).
Alternate idea: have a thread where people only submit their avi submissions, but are more than welcome to double post in the thread as well with their lore
In general RE: prizes ideas - do we want to do prizes? are we capping amounts for prizes? I know gaia is gonna release something seasonal during it so maybe pick up one of those as a "grand prize". Probably a prisma or landscape item - which would work out with us doing this earlier so they could actually use the item for the remainder of the month, but deffo hinges on gaia posting appropriately early enough. Wish we had an insider who knew.
re: faving I'm in EST time and on work days (Mon-Thurs) I can only check gaia briefly on my phone during the day, I'm able to check on my laptop like 8pm-10pm and on weekends much more (Fri-Sun). So if you need a daytime person, not sure if it makes sense for it to be me. It would be easier to split the load with a shared account, though.
And as for the separate thread idea, for the 30 Days Has September thread they did the opposite where the main thread was for people to just post their entries (in this case could be avi + lore) and then there was a chatterbox sister thread for people to discuss and double post to their hearts content. I personally like the idea of the main thread being neater and easier to follow and then there's the chaotic chatterbox thread for people who really want to socialize, but I can see the argument for doing it the other way.
re: prizes I think the trophies are prize enough, I kind of like the purity/simplicity of not having a "monetary" prize.
