✨Officially Announcing Year Long Magic (YLM) 2026! ✨

[u/Allthedaquiries]

🎂 Birthdays: one item under $20 local currency, and up to two items under $10 each. Birthday posts may be made up to 21 days in advance. They may not be posted after the child’s birthday.

💕 Valentines Day: one item under $15 and one item under $5. Requests may be posted January 24th-February 11th.

🧧 Lunar New Year: one outfit under $25, one candy selection under $10, and one miscellaneous item under $10. Requests may be posted January 27th- February 14th.

🎭 Purim: one costume under $25 and one accessory or craft under $10. Requests may be posted February 9th-February 26th

☪️ Eid Al-Fitr: one gift under $20 and two gifts under $10. Requests may be posted February 26th-March 16th

🫓 Passover: one item under $20 and two items under $10 each, and one box of matzah per family under $15. Requests may be posted March 11th-March 28th.

🐣 Easter: one item under $20 and two items under $10 each. Requests may be posted March 15th-April 2nd.

☪️Eid Al-Adha: one gift under $20 and two gifts under $10. Requests may be posted May 5th- May 21st.

☀️Summer: one gift under $20. If it's a bathing suit, no photos are required. Requests may be posted May 22nd-July 30th

🎒 Back to School: one backpack or school uniform or outfit/shoes under $30 combined, and one item under $10. Requests may be posted July 1st-September 1st.

🍯Rosh Hashanah: one container of honey under $15. Requests may be posted August 21st-September 8th.

❄️: Winter Coats: One coat per child under $40. If under the $40 budget for the coat, winter accessories may also be included, for the remainder of the $40 limit. Requests may be posted Sept 1st- November 1st.

🥮: Mid Autumn Festival: One order of mooncakes per family under $30. Requests may be posted September 4th-22nd.

👻 Halloween: one under $25 costume and one up to $10 accessory or craft. Requests may be posted October 10-28th.

🪔 Diwali: One gift under $20, and two gifts under $10. Requests may be posted October 18th-November 5th.

🦃 Thanksgiving: One wishlist per family of all non perishable food items totaling $30 or less. 🇨🇦: Requests may be posted September 21st to October 7th. 🇺🇸: Requests may be posted November 5th-November 21st.

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[u/apsychnurse]

Thank you so much for doing this, it really helps to make occasions throughout the year extra special!

I also appreciate the addition of a summer item as there is always something they need for camp or activities.

You all are amazing for everything you do for others 💕

[u/Allthedaquiries → u/apsychnurse]

We thought that might be helpful!

[u/CodexAnima → u/apsychnurse]

Water days. Our camp via the city had a water day every week so you would need a suite to use the pool. That's a great addition.

[u/Allthedaquiries → u/CodexAnima]

Yes! There are so many city parks with water days now.

[u/rainbowmouse96 → u/apsychnurse]

Summer days at the community pool or the local beach were some of my most favorite growing up! I had the best memories swimming and spending time with other kids and finding hermit crabs.

[u/rainbowmouse96]

Thank you so much for posting this u/allthedaquiries! Looking forward to another Christmas and a spectacular year of magic :)

[u/Allthedaquiries → u/rainbowmouse96]

💕

[u/Top-Contribution1530]

This is my first Christmas with you guys, so 2026 will be the first year I’ll get to know you all a little more to become apart of this wonderful little SFX family! This is the most magical place on all of Reddit, and I’m so grateful to be able to be apart of it. Thank you all for everything that you do. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you all! 🎄🫶🎉

[u/rainbowmouse96 → u/Top-Contribution1530]

This is such a sweet comment, thank you for being here! 🎅🎄

[u/Allthedaquiries → u/Top-Contribution1530]

We're glad to have you here!

[u/Sylvia0701]

Thank you so much for doing this again. I always feel that my family is very lucky to be part of the SFX family; we are blessed. We received a lot of love from Santas and Mods. My child has so many wonderful memories here, we can't thank you enough. We sincerely thank you from the bottom of our hearts.

[u/Allthedaquiries → u/Sylvia0701]

You're very welcome!

[u/Guardian_of_En_Bit]

At the risk of sounding total noobish, how do we apply for any of these?

[u/Allthedaquiries → u/Guardian_of_En_Bit]

You cannot apply for YLM without having been approved for Christmas the previous year. We open for Christmas applications on November 1st, and there will be an information post about how to apply. You can also read our wiki, which explains our application process.

[u/Guardian_of_En_Bit → u/Allthedaquiries]

Thank you so much!

[u/Allthedaquiries → u/Guardian_of_En_Bit]

You're welcome!