City Advent Calendar - Day 9
Posted by MeganL,
We've had two food-themed builds in a row - in that respect it almost feels like a Friends calendar. I'd welcome more food themed items in this calendar. Let's see if the ninth day makes it three days in a row.
A food themed item this is not! Instead we have a charming birdhouse, complete with its resident. I think this might be the first time that we've seen a birdhouse in a City advent calendar, which I think is a welcome addition.
While not exactly festive coloured, if you argue that the bird is a turtle dove, then perhaps it's a festive build?
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You can eat the bird...
Oh. We got one of the mini figures. 'Raze'. Quite like this so a shame if we aren't getting it later...
maybe the bird could have been a robin...
Maybe the bird spent too long sat out while it was snowing.
I think City is out-performing Friends this year.
"While not exactly festive coloured..." It's got red and green. Granted, they're not the primary colors, but they're there. Either way, it's adorable.
This one's nice. I like the snowy roof and the subtle red and green stripes. The bird is generous too.
And this can still include food... if you're a monster.
One word: Awww! :)
Lovely little build love the bird
Birb.
It is adorable. Honestly, I think it's the best day yet.
But if it's a turtle dove, there really should've been two of them.
@Zordboy said:
"It is adorable. Honestly, I think it's the best day yet.
But if it's a turtle dove, there really should've been two of them."
Agreed. Very nice. I think City is the best low-cost AC so far.
@Yooha said:
"You can eat the bird..."
Hey … all you’d need is a yellow bird with blue eyes and an orange beak, and then add a black cat with white chest. Perfect play after the usual lines we all know from childhood … .
Speaking of grammar discussions, "A food themed item this is not!" I think that's the first time I have seen a successful use of that sentence structure outside of high school grammar. Nice job.
I like it and the turtle dove and white roof make it festive enough for me. A unique addition for sure!
@Yooha:
It even comes with a roasting stick…
@TheOtherMike:
Dark-red and dark-green make for a more elegant, old-timey look. Basic red and green look modern and commercial. Gold works better as trim for the former, and white for the latter. You can get away with bright red and dark green, but dark red and bright green look like vomit.
@Iceranger22:
Except it should probably be, “A food themed item, this is not!”
I really like this one, and I think it is my favorite calendar build so far.
@PurpleDave said:
"Except it should probably be, “A food themed item, this is not!”"
I can’t find any rules indicating a comma here. This sentence is in inverted order. The predicate nominative, “a food themed item” has been placed before the subject “this.” There are no elided words, non-essential elements, independent clauses, etc., nor is this an introductory modifying phrase. If we rewrite the sentence without Yoda-ordering, it would read “This is not a food themed item,” which does not use a comma.
The real grammatical error is that the compound adjective “food themed” should have a hyphen. So I believe the corrected sentence is: “A food-themed item this is not.”
Awwww! The scene is absolutely adorable. Honestly, I think City is in the lead for best advent calendar this year -- though I will concede that SW & HP have had some very nice microscale builds.
@Zordboy said:
"It is adorable. Honestly, I think it's the best day yet.
But if it's a turtle dove, there really should've been two of them."
And tomorrow, a partridge in a pear tree ;-)
@AllenSmith:
https://www.grammarly.com/blog/comma/
“Comma after introductory phrase“ is the closest I can find. What I remember being taught, however, is that when you take a straightforward sentence, chop it in half, and move the back end to the front, you separate the result with a comma because it sounds awkward otherwise.
And * another* grammar discussion. Not that I'm complaining, I am a grammar Nazi after all. (Actually, I'm just a little anti-semantic.)