Hi everyone!

♡ Please note that @wormywammy also proposed a Scratchmas theme for an SDS!

♡ I'm very excited to announce this year's Scratchmas and Scratch's New Year!

♡ It's my second time doing this!

♡ Here's the schedule of themes:

Scratchmas: 21 December- 25 December

Wish Box curators: 0/50
Community Wish Box: 0/4 hosting users

Cool Craft curators: 0/50
Community Craft: 0/4 hosting users

Food Festival curators: 0/50
Create a Dish Competition: 0/4 hosting users

Scratchmas Gifts curators: 0/50
User of the Year: 0/4 hosting users

Merry Scratchmas curators: 0/50
The Great Celebration: 0/4 hosting users

Scratch's New Year: 26 December 2026- 1 January 2027

Scratch's New Year Outfit curators: 0/50
Scratchwalk Fashion: 0/4 hosting users

Making Way For The New Year curators: 0/50
The Funniest Clean on Earth: 0/4 hosting users

What I loved about 2026 curators: 0/50
Community Tree of What We Loved: 0/4 hosting users

Fantastic Fortunes curators: 0/50
The Fortune Ball Making Competition: 0/4 hosting users

Scratch's New Year Hotel curators: 0/50
The Scratch's New Year Hotel Making Competition: 0/4 hosting users

Firework Fun curators: 0/50
Firework Display: 0/4 hosting users

Moonlight Party curators: 0/50
Moonlight Party: 0/4 hosting users
Moonlight Party Playlist users: 0/infinity users suggesting a song (this could be you!)

Welcome to 2027 curators: 0/50
New Year Celebration: 0/4 hosting users

♡ FAQ for activities (new)

What is community wish box?
It is a thing putting our wishes for 2027 together as one community.

What is community craft?
It is a thing putting our craft for 2027 together as one community.

What is the create a dish competition?
The create a dish competition (TCADC) is a competition about creating your own dish! Join by asking on our curator spots at the bottom!

What is user of the year?
User of the year (UOTY) is a thing where scratchers vote for users to recieve the user of the year award, an award for a user voted the best of the year!

What is the great celebration?
It is the celebration of Scratchmas!

What is Scratchwalk Fashion?
It is a time to reveal an outfit you drew for your character!

What is the funniest clean on Earth?
It is a thing where you create a photo of your idea of the funniest clean on Earth!

What is community tree of what we loved?
It is a thing putting our things we loved about 2026 together as one community.

What is the fortune ball making competition?
The the fortune ball making competition (TFBMC) is a competition about creating your own fortune ball! Join by asking on our curator spots at the bottom!

What is the Scratch's New Year hotel competition?
The Scratch's New Year hotel competition (TCADC) is a competition about creating your own Scratch's New Year hotel! Join by asking on our curator spots at the bottom!

What is firework display?
It's a firework display, right here on Scratch!

What is moonlight party?
It's a party at midnight to celebrate New Year here on Scratch!

What is new year celebration?
It's a celebration of a new start of a new year on Scratch!


If you'd like to go to our curator spots, they're here. You can also become a judge for the competitions here:
https://scratch.mit.edu/discuss/topic/893344/


Thanks,
@GigaWeek

Bump

I forgot to mention that Scratchmas is our version of Christmas and Scratch's New Year is our version of New Year!

Here are some things we'd like to hear from everyone in the community, or are asking if anyone wants to do something! It's ok if you can't, but we'd really appreciate it!

List:
● Create a dish vote
● User of the year vote
● Community Tree of What We Loved: What did you love about the year? (Collaborative project)
● Fortune Ball Making competition vote
● The Scratch's New Year Hotel Making Competition vote

New FAQ added for activities!

If you see a user who you think should recieve the user of the year award, please say here! You can request yourself! The user of the year gets a celebratory project made for them! We need people voting for users! The user with the most votes will become the user of the year!