There.com New Year’s Eve Party

Ring in the new year in the virtual world There! Celebrate with friends from all over the world in welcoming 2017. You are invited to the New Year’s Eve Celebration to be held at the Community Garden Pavilion.
There will be music, dancing, card games and prizes! Break out your best dress or tuxedo and join us for a toast to welcome in the new year.
Holiday Home Decorating Tour

Is your virtual holiday home decked out with lights all aglow? If you’ve got your Christmas tree decorated and stockings on the mantle make sure to enter your home into the Festival of Lights Holiday Home Decorating Tour!
If you’d like to be a stop on the tour, be sure to submit your build to RobbyBoy by December 15th. ThereHouses, Frontier Zones, Neighborhood Lots, PAZes and FunZones are eligible to enter. All entrants will be entered into a dice roll to win a RKM Christmas TUV designed by RK_Falagar.

To enter as a participating location on the tour, follow these steps:
Send ThereMail to RobbyBoy or Email iRobbyK@iCloud.com.
Include the following information:
Your Avatar Name
Contact Email
Name of Your Location
Link to Your Location
Type of Zone
The guided Festival of Lights Holiday Home Tour will take place on Monday, December 19th at 7:00 PM PST/10:00 PM EST.
If you cannot make the guided tour, there will be a Self-Guided Festival of Lights Holiday Home Tour that will take place between December 17th through the 26th. The host will track your journey on the tour with a quest kit.
All participants in both the guided tour and self-guided tour will be entered into a dice roll to win a Christmas Sleigh and Reindeer Hoverboat designed by Migman.
Good luck to all of our participants! Make sure to get your entries in by the 15th!
Festival of Lights Holiday Home Tour

Do you have a virtual home in There that you plan to decorate for the holidays? Submit your holiday home to the Festival of Lights Holiday Home Tour hosted by RobbyBoy to be entered into a drawing for a holiday gift and to be a stop along the tour.
Entries are due by December 15th. Send RobbyBoy a ThereMail with a link to your PAZ, ThereHouse or Lot that you have decorated for the holidays. The Holiday Home Tour will take place on Monday, December 19th. Stay tuned for the event link.
Here are some holiday home ideas to get you in the decorative mood! Search the Auctions for Holiday Home Decor.
Give the Gift of There This Holiday

Looking for a fun and creative gift idea for the upcoming holidays? Share There with the gift of Premium Membership this season with your loved ones! It’s a great idea for family and friends who live far away and cannot join you in person for winter festivities.
With the gift of There, you can fund a monthly Premium Account subscription for your loved one at a cost of $10.00 per month.
To get going on giving the GIFT of There, follow these steps:
Step 1
Have your loved one download the Virtual World There and create a Free Silent Trial Account. Ask them send you their Avatar name.
Step 2
Click here to register their Avatar name and set up a recurring payment for their Premium Membership through your PayPal account.
Step 3
Log into There and summon your loved one to your favorite locations. Encourage them to sign up and attend Festival of Lights events during the month of December. Here’s a helpful link to a Quick Start Guide to get them going in our beautiful Virtual World.
Please note, your PayPal account will continue to be charged every month for the gift subscription until you cancel it.
Thank you for sharing There with your friends and family. Happy Holidays!
Calling All Holiday Hosts!

The Festival of Lights will be taking place in There.com over the next couple of weeks. Do you have a winter holiday event in mind that you would like to plan and include in the festival?
Some past fun and creative events held during the holidays include winter a wonderland fashion show, Santa scavenger hunt, caroling, secret Santa gift exchange, eight days of Hanukkah, winter ball, ice skating, holiday quests, Developer Showcase, sleigh rides and much more!
If you’d like to plan a holiday event to include in the Festival of Lights, make sure to add the keyword FOL to your event description. You can also contact Staff member Pyrena_Zosime and send her a ThereMail or Facebook message with the details of your event to feature on the There blog and Facebook page.
Also, it’s not too early to start planning for New Year’s Eve events! Thereian Greenie is planning a NYE Masquerade Ball. Contact her to plan coinciding events to celebrate the arrival of 2017!
Thanksgiving Events in There.com
Gobble, gobble…it’s almost turkey time! Thanksgiving Day week is here and there are a few celebrations and games scheduled over the next couple of days in the virtual world There.com.

Happening around the clock this week is Jodi780’s Thanksgiving Day Quest. The clues to the quest are set throughout the Fantasy Island Neighborhood. The residents have built a beautiful tribute to Native Americans and show a scene from the early settlers Thanksgiving Day feast. Stop by and take in the sights and sounds.

Feel free to drop a writing document letting the community know what you are thankful for this season in the Pilgrim Village Lot. There is a nice collection of books, scrolls and brochures left by people of the Neighborhood and visitors expressing their gratitude and giving thanks this holiday season.

Thanksgiving Gobble BINGO will be hosted by Coolnet560 at the Avalon Therriotte on Wednesday, November 23 at 6:00 PM PST. Sign up for the event here.
Thanksgiving Day events are being added daily so check up on the Activities Page and join an event.
Books and Tea on Sundays

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Read any good books lately? Share your love of literature this weekend at Books and Tea hosted by Jessica_6. Discuss poems, short stories, books and authors with fellow bookworms in There.com.
You can catch Jessica_6 every week on Sundays at 2:00 PM PST/5:00 PM EST at her humble abode over in the Maidenflight Therehouse Neighborhood.
Sign up for the Books and Tea Club for more information about this weekly staple event.
Tuesday Theme Planning Meetings

Every month in There.com our community members come up with creative themed events for everyone to enjoy. Special events are planned for holidays, the different seasons and fun annual themes in addition to never before celebrated events.
Every week on Tuesday evenings, the community is invited to attend the Theme Planning Meetings to discuss upcoming event themes, brainstorm new ideas and review past events to find out what worked well and if there need to be any suggested changes for next time. If you have a creative idea brewing for a fun themed event in There, join your host B_A_B_S on Tuesday nights to share your contributions.
Weekly meetings will be held in different locations throughout There.com. You can search the Activities page for scheduled weekly meetings or join the There_Events club for email updates.
Last BABS Hayride of the Season

Photo Credit: Rox Anne Rye Facebook
Join your host KatesHappy for the last Hayride floatilla for the Fall season. The tractors leave the Aurora Gulch Hover Port at 7:00 PM PST on Thursday, November 17th. If you arrive late and the gang has already left, you can open up the Bay Area Boat Systems Club page and click on the group IM window and request a summons to their current location.

Photo Credit: Rox Anne Rye Facebook
10th Anniversary Ourstock Festival

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Grab your bell bottom pants and groovy glasses because Ourstock in There.com is in full swing! The hippies have taken over and it’s all about peace, love and granola. Don’t miss out on the 10th anniversary of the Ourstock festival in There.com going on until November 20th. Events are being added daily so search Ourstock on the Activities page to find the next event.

Photo Credit: Mimi Beckton Facebook

Photo Credit: Robert Rodrigues Facebook
The next upcoming event for the festival is Ourstock BINGO to be held on November 14th at 6:00 PM PST/9:00 PM EST and hosted by PrincessPebbie.
The 10th annual Ourstock event is being hosted on Hippie Islands. Pitch your tent on the outskirts of the Islands and hang out for the next week and enjoy the festival with new friends and neighbors. You can grab a PAZ from the Shop to set up camp.


