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25/12/2025

๐‹๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐”๐Œ ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ: Christmas Special Creations โ€“ ๐˜Œ๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ 4

"๐–๐ซ๐š๐ฉ ๐ˆ๐ญ ๐”๐ฉ!" by Kathleen Raine Elises

With only a few minutes before their corporate Christmas Party, Penny struggles to find the specific gift written on her recipient's wishlist.

Amidst the annoying endeavor of having to search for something so unavailable to many places, she comes across a professional gift wrapper named West who had no sense of urgency and took his very sweet time in wrapping the said gift.

Nonetheless, he took time in making sure that Penny leaves with the gift neatly wrapped, and ๐˜ข ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜Š๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ต.

๐‚๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐›๐ฒ: Sarah Caรฑon, Pexels
๐•๐ข๐๐ž๐จ ๐ž๐๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐›๐ฒ: Kym Danielle Pleรฑos

24/12/2025

๐‹๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐”๐Œ ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ: Christmas Special Creations โ€“ ๐˜Œ๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ 3

"๐”๐–๐ˆ๐€๐" by Kym Danielle Pleรฑos

Christmas arrives, but most of us don't feel it; it's as if it's a passing moment that won't even make an impact on our lives. ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ฌ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ง๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต, ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต'๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ต?

What's the point when all the joy we once had from it had already disappeared and left an emptiness in our chests?

But at the end of the day, maybe we're not empty. ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐—ท๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฒ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜'๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ.

๐ƒ๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐›๐ฒ: Sarah Caรฑon
๐•๐ข๐๐ž๐จ ๐ž๐๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐›๐ฒ: Sarah Caรฑon

24/12/2025

๐‹๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐”๐Œ ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ: Christmas Special Creations โ€“ ๐˜Œ๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ 2

"๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐‚๐ก๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฆ๐š๐ฌ ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ง ๐€๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ?" by Kym Danielle Pleรฑos

Christmas has always meant something to most of us, but in this case, ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ. There are huge Christmas trees and beautiful lights lining up the streets, but he still felt nothing despite all the festivities.

But why? What truth holds inside? What reasons cause him to feel nothing? ๐™’๐™–๐™จ ๐™ž๐™ฉ ๐™–๐™—๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐˜พ๐™๐™ง๐™ž๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ข๐™–๐™จ? ๐™Š๐™ง ๐™ฌ๐™–๐™จ ๐™ž๐™ฉ ๐™–๐™—๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐™๐™ž๐™ข?

'Cause truthfully, ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜?

๐ƒ๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐›๐ฒ: Sarah Caรฑon
๐•๐ข๐๐ž๐จ ๐ž๐๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐›๐ฒ: Sarah Caรฑon

23/12/2025

๐‹๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐”๐Œ ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ: Christmas Special Creations โ€“ ๐˜Œ๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ 1

"๐ƒ๐„๐‚๐„๐Œ๐๐„๐‘๐„๐ƒ" by Sarah Caรฑon

The Christmas season draws near, and the Christmas lights and trees fill the streets as early as September, and as December gets closer, we should be feeling that excitement...

But it's just ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ.

Is something wrong? ๐˜ฟ๐™ž๐™™ ๐˜พ๐™๐™ง๐™ž๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ข๐™–๐™จ ๐™˜๐™๐™–๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™š? ๐™Š๐™ง ๐™™๐™ž๐™™ ๐™ฌ๐™š?

๐ƒ๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐›๐ฒ: Sarah Caรฑon
๐•๐ข๐๐ž๐จ ๐ž๐๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐›๐ฒ: Sarah Caรฑon

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22/12/2025

๐‹๐Ž๐Ž๐Š | The most wonderful time of the year is almost here ๐ŸŽ„โœจ.

This December, weโ€™ll be sharing meaningful and heartwarming stories that celebrate the spirit of Christmas. Each story is something to look forward to, so stay tuned and celebrate the holiday season with us!

๐™ฟ๐š‚. ๐™ฝ๐šŠ-๐š๐šŽ๐š•๐šŠ๐šข ๐š”๐šŠ๐š–๐š’ ๐š๐šŠ๐š‘๐š’๐š• ๐šœ๐šŠ ๐šŽ๐šก๐šŠ๐š– :(Forgiveness can sometimes be difficult, and it takes guts to give that to someone who ...
20/11/2025

๐™ฟ๐š‚. ๐™ฝ๐šŠ-๐š๐šŽ๐š•๐šŠ๐šข ๐š”๐šŠ๐š–๐š’ ๐š๐šŠ๐š‘๐š’๐š• ๐šœ๐šŠ ๐šŽ๐šก๐šŠ๐š– :(

Forgiveness can sometimes be difficult, and it takes guts to give that to someone who has wronged you. But what is life without mistakes? And for those grudges that have already expired, this is the time to let them know.

๐™„ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง๐™œ๐™ž๐™ซ๐™š ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช.

โฌ‡๏ธ๐ƒ๐‘๐Ž๐ ๐˜๐Ž๐”๐‘ ๐€๐๐’๐–๐„๐‘๐’ ๐ˆ๐ ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐‚๐Ž๐Œ๐Œ๐„๐๐“๐’ ๐๐„๐‹๐Ž๐–โœ๏ธ

14/11/2025

๐’๐ก๐ž'๐ฌ ๐ƒ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ƒ๐ก๐ข๐ž ๐†๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ก๐ญ๐ž๐ซ by Sarah Caรฑon

๐˜š๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ช ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ข, ๐˜ฌ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜จ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฌ๐˜ขโ€ฆ
๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ด ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ฏ, ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ด, ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ญ๐˜บโ€”๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข.
๐˜Œ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ.

๐—ฆ๐—ข๐—•๐—ฅ๐—”๐—ก๐—š ๐—ข๐—”! Sorry kung natatapakan ko pagka-loveteam niyo!

โœจLiterariUM presents: ๐™ฒ๐š•๐š’๐šŒ๐š‘รฉ ๐™ฒ๐š›๐šŽ๐šŠ๐š๐š’๐š˜๐š—๐šœโœจ

๐ŸŽฒEvery week, a new writer is chosen through our Spin the Wheel selection.

๐Ÿ˜ฑGet ready to feel kilig, maiyak, matakotโ€”lahat na, kasi dito lahat OA!!

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๐š‚๐šŠ๐šข ๐™ท๐™ด๐™ป๐™ป๐™พ ๐š๐š˜ ๐šข๐š˜๐šž๐š›๐šœ๐šŽ๐š•๐š๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ'๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฌLet's prepare for those past embarrassments, of...
13/11/2025

๐š‚๐šŠ๐šข ๐™ท๐™ด๐™ป๐™ป๐™พ ๐š๐š˜ ๐šข๐š˜๐šž๐š›๐šœ๐šŽ๐š•๐š
๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ'๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฌ

Let's prepare for those past embarrassments, of those times when we finally try to break out of our shell and open up to the world, only for us to fail so badly in the process.

But let's not look back with a heavy heart, but rather see it as something we find joy in and a reason to laugh about.

๐—ข๐—ต ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ผ? ๐—š ๐—ธ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ? ๐Ÿ˜

โฌ‡๏ธ๐ƒ๐‘๐Ž๐ ๐˜๐Ž๐”๐‘ ๐€๐๐’๐–๐„๐‘๐’ ๐ˆ๐ ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐‚๐Ž๐Œ๐Œ๐„๐๐“๐’ ๐๐„๐‹๐Ž๐–โœ๏ธ

๐™ป๐šŽ๐š'๐šœ ๐š‘๐šŠ๐šŸ๐šŽ ๐šœ๐š˜๐š–๐šŽ ๐š๐šž๐š—!We've all experienced writing those messages to someone, only to turn back at the last moment and de...
11/11/2025

๐™ป๐šŽ๐š'๐šœ ๐š‘๐šŠ๐šŸ๐šŽ ๐šœ๐š˜๐š–๐šŽ ๐š๐šž๐š—!

We've all experienced writing those messages to someone, only to turn back at the last moment and delete everything we put so much thought into.

But now let's give it a chance, let's drop those unreleased feelings and share them to the world without telling anyone who it's meant for.

๐—ข๐—ต ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ผ? ๐—š ๐—ธ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ? ๐Ÿ˜

โฌ‡๏ธ๐ƒ๐‘๐Ž๐ ๐˜๐Ž๐”๐‘ ๐€๐๐’๐–๐„๐‘๐’ ๐ˆ๐ ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐‚๐Ž๐Œ๐Œ๐„๐๐“๐’ ๐๐„๐‹๐Ž๐–โœ๏ธ

๐Ÿ‚ ๐๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ซ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐’๐ฎ๐›๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐Ž๐ฉ๐ž๐ง ๐Ÿ‚๐˜‰๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ญ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜–๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜•๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜‰๐˜ถ๐˜ต...
11/11/2025

๐Ÿ‚ ๐๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ซ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐’๐ฎ๐›๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐Ž๐ฉ๐ž๐ง ๐Ÿ‚

๐˜‰๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ญ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ญ
๐˜–๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ
๐˜•๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ
๐˜‰๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ต

๐˜—๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ด ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ญ
๐˜‹๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ง๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด, ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ
๐˜๐˜ต'๐˜ด ๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ
๐˜‹๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ด ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ

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