Forum:Holiday theme?

Alright, I know our last temporary theme change (for the release of Supernatural) wasn't discussed on-wiki, but I felt that this one should be since it may be a bit more controversial.

I'm wondering whether we should put in a temporary theme change on the wiki in celebration of Christmas. I know that not everyone celebrates Christmas (or any holiday, in some cases), so I'd hope the theme we picked would be as secular (i.e. not religious) as possible. This is a festive time of year in most English-speaking places, even among people who aren't Christians, so I'm wondering whether we want to celebrate it in our own small way here.

To give my opinion right away... I for one don't think non-Christians would be insulted/offended by modest 'holiday decoration'... from personal experience in the US, you get Christmas shoved into your face from all directions so I think most people tend to have thick skin about it, so long as people aren't shoving crosses and bibles into your face too. Ultimately the kind of theme I'm thinking of would mostly be:
 * A redesigned logo, possibly replacing the plumbbob with a Christmas tree, Christmas cane, wreath or something festive, along with a re-color
 * Re-coloring the wiki, probably to some combination of red, green and white (typical Christmas colors)
 * A Christmas-themed slider image (think Santa Claus, snowy scenes, etc)

Ultimately I think we should 'decorate' for major holidays, and Christmas, and the entire 'December Holidays' seasons, is about as big as they come.

In addition to figuring out whether or not we should do this, an additional question would be when we'd implement the changes (assuming we choose to do this).

--  LiR speak ~ read 02:33, November 24, 2012 (UTC)