#swiftmas in September

[thesedesperateprayers]

this just might be my favorite picture of tay 🥹🫶🏻

@taylorswift @taylornation

[unbreakable--heaven]

results from my puzzles and my friends' thus far + hints:

new york city

got a haircut (caption)

from the vault

she lost him (out of the woods intro)

love

golf club (smashing)

nice to meet you (blank space)

tokyo (first stop)

pop record

melbourne (hint: last stop)

chai sugar cookies (aka christmas in september)

swiftmas (santa emoji)

taylurking (likes, job, whereabouts studied intently)

she's like oh my god (blank space)

sheep (impossible to reason with)

[areyoureadyforswift]

HINT - ANSWER

A Game of Cat and Mouse - love

AKA Christmas in September - chai sugar cookies

All You Had To Do Was Stay - but not like this

- the palm of your hand

- you were all i wanted

- they paid the price

And Somehow That Was Everything - but she found herself

Announce - los angeles

Bad Blood - now we got problems

- she wasn’t doing anything

Birth Date - december thirteenth

Birth Day - wednesday

Blank Space - and i’ll write your name

- pen click

- darling i’m a nightmare

- magic madness heaven sin

- incredible things

- she’s like oh my god

- so it’s gonna be forever

- so hey let’s be friends

- crossword puzzle

- nice to meet you

Blue Sweatshirt - seagulls

Caption - got a haircut

Clean - i could finally breathe

- think i am finally clean

- what you are is brave

- 

Coffee - long list of ex lovers

Deepest Fear - sea urchins

Excitedly Mingling - secret sessions

First Stop - tokyo

Halloween Costume - pegacorn

How You Get the Girl - of kisses on cheeks

I Know Places - and we run

- and everyone was watching

- loose lips sink ships

I Love You - swifties

I Was Born In - nineteen eighty-nine

I Wish You Would - elevator buttons

- everything and nothing

- 

Impossible To Reason With - sheep

Karma Music Video - MCMLXXXIX

Last Stop - melbourne

Likes, Job, Whereabouts Were Studied Intently - taylurking

Look At It!! - yes whale

Loudest and Brightest City - new york city

Lucky - thirteen

Makes You Clean - rainstorms

New Romantics - come along with me

Number of Instant Films - sixty five

Out of the Woods - two paper airplanes flying

- it all seems so simple

- like we stood a chance

- you were looking at me

Out of the Woods Intro - she lost him

Reclaimed - taylor’s version

Release - october twenty-seventh

Shake It Off - can’t stop won’t stop moving

- i’m just gonna shake

- she danced to forget him

Smashing - golf club

Style - never go out of style

- red lip classic

- with some other girl

Sun Sign - sagittarius

They Never Go Out of Style - sunglasses

This Love - in silent screams

- to what you need

- timing is a funny thing

This Love (Taylor’s Version) - the summer i turned pretty

Track 6 - floor eighteen

Welcome to New York - it’s a new soundtrack

- it’s been waiting for you

- but they never blind me

Wildest Dreams - burning it down

- he does it so well

Wildest Dreams (Taylor’s Version) - glitch

Wonderland - we both went mad

World Tour Live - sydney

You Are In Love - you’re my best friend

🎅 - swiftmas

NO HINT - crystal skies blue

- rose garden pink

- sunrise boulevard yellow

- aquamarine green

- from the vault

- fifth album

- pop record

[tilynation]

Hailee Steinfeld

I’m on the @whatiwillsay podcast this week to discuss all things Hailee Steinfeld - link!

Her Career

True Grit - 2010. Nominated at 14 years old for Best Supporting Actress Academy Award.

2015 - appeared in Shawn Mendes’ “Stitches” (acoustic) music video. Appeared in the Bad Blood music video. “Love Myself” single released.

Pitch Perfect 2 - 2015 / Pitch Perfect 3 - 2017

The Edge of Seventeen - 2016. Golden Globe nominee for Best Actress.

2016 - hit single “Starving” released

Marvel Cinematic Universe - Kate Bishop in Hawkeye, voiced Gwen Stacey in Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse.

2018 - “Colour” song and music video with MNEK, out gay British pop artist.

2019-2021 - played Emily Dickinson in “Dickinson” and was an executive producer on the show.

Hailee & Taylor

2011 - Taylor and Hailee were introduced by Emma Stone.

2012 - Hailee was backstage at the Red tour.

January 2013 - took trip together to Paris and posted about it. Several magazine articles. Taylor was in France to perform at an awards show in Cannes.

May 2013 - hung out at the Met Ball. Took Memorial Day trip together to Rhode Island and were papped.

September 2013 - papped shopping in West Hollywood. The night before, Taylor went to the Fun concert with Dianna and Sarah Hyland.

October 2013 - Taylor went to Hailee’s “Romeo + Juliet” movie premiere. Articles said Taylor was like Hailee’s big sister.

December 2013 - Hailee stayed over at Taylor’s house a few nights before Christmas. Posted some Swiftmas photos doing Christmas-y things.

January 2014 - hung out at a Golden Globes after party.

April 2014 - Glamour and Just Jared articles about Hailee and Taylor. They were papped walking around NYC going out to dinner. Hailee was 17 at the time. Taylor was 24. Hailee was on the cover of Nylon’s Young Hollywood issue. Hailee said that she and Taylor are good friends, “do everything together from baking cookies to vacationing in Rhode Island with matching outfits.”

March 2015 - iHeart Radio Awards.

May 2015 - Hailee was at Taylor’s after party for the Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas. One of the first Tayvin appearances.

Bad Blood Music Video - released in May 2015. Premiered at the Billboard Music Awards. Hailee and some of the squad attended. Hailee was “The Trinity” in the video.

1989 Tour - Hailee walked the stage with Taylor, Lena Dunham, Gigi, and Lily Aldridge at a July 2015 tour stop in New Jersey.

2015 VMAs - August 2015. Won a moon man for Bad Blood mv.

March 3, 2016 - Taylor posted a photo with Hailee, Selena, and Camila for Camila’s birthday.

August 2016 - Hailee interview in Billboard/Seventeen. The 1989 era squad doesn’t see each other very much. “Not as close with Taylor as people think.”

October 2016 - US magazine article about group chat with the squad. Hailee seemingly left the squad as it transitioned towards the Brit girls.

January 2021 - in a radio interview, Hailee learned that “Evermore” may be partially based on Emily Dickinson.

December 2021 - Ivy plays during the closing credits of a Dickinson episode after Emily and Sue have sex.

Public Romances

Charlie Puth - 2015 - Hailee was spotted backstage hanging out with him at the AMAs. Never officially confirmed.

Cameron Smoller - 2016/2017. Attended the Golden Globes and other events together. Posted about each other on IG. Maybe back together in 2019-2021, but probably just stayed friends. Went to a Republic Records party and a Billie Eilish concert.

Niall Horan - Dec. 2017/Dec. 2018. Friends beforehand. Attended some events together.

Possible WLW

October 4, 2015 - posted a photo of herself on stage and captioned it “G-A-Y”

June 12, 2016 - tweeted about attending LA Pride and joining the LGBTQ community at Pride. “I could have danced all night in celebration of our freedom and equality.”

Sophie Turner

2015 - release of the Barely Lethal movie they did together. Movie was filmed in 2013.

Friends from 2013 - 2016. Photographed holding hands and wearing similar-ish outfits in 2015, including at a Barely Lethal screening in LA and a fan meet and greet in London. Sat front row next to each other at a London fashion week show. 2014 - papped holding hands and getting ice cream in Malibu.

Reunited and took a photo together at Coachella in 2017. Hailee was there with Cameron and Sophie was there with Joe Jonas.

Hailee was rumored to have set Sophie and Joe up in 2016 when they first started dating. A rumor she denies, but she’ll “take credit for it” because they are cute together. (Jimmy Fallon)

Sophie and Joe announced their engagement in 2017. Married twice in 2019. As far as I can tell, Hailee did not attend either of Sophie’s weddings. Sophie is out as “falling for souls not genders” and admitted in an interview to previously dating men and women.

2019 - Hailee and Sophie danced together and hung out at the VMAs. The three also hung out at the Vanity Fair Oscar party that year.

In late 2021 on the Netflix roast of the Jonas Brothers, Sophie talked about Joe’s purity ring and described who Joe had his fingers in, “co-stars, actresses, and supermodels.” No mention of Taylor.

Hailee was voted the #1 woman on the 2022 L Chat Hot 100 poll.

[middleofthenight13]

Hello! I'm back again on Tumblr. It's September and I wish there is Swiftmas!!! @taylorswift @taylornation Please make my wish come true ( ◜‿◝ )♡

[makistar2018]

A Timeline of Taylor Swift's Generosity

10/23/2018 by Rania Aniftos

Taylor Swift has become well known for lending a hand whenever she can. Most recently, the songstress donated $15,500 a 19-year-old fan whose mother has been in a coma for the past three years.

The act of generosity is just of Swift's many financial contributions. Billboard has rounded up all the times the pop star donated her money to a good cause. See below for her philanthropic timeline.

October 2011 - She donates $70,000 in books to her hometown library In the midst of her Speak Now tour, the star donated 6,000 books to the Reading Public Library in Pennsylvania. The books were all new and geared towards children and teens, according to the local Reading Eagle.

January 2015 - A lucky fan gets some help paying for student loans Swift spread the holiday cheer by sending personalized "Swiftmas" presents to fans all over the world. Rebekah, a college graduate who wrote via Tumblr about her student loans concerns, got a donation of $1,989 (like her album name) to help her start payments.

February 2015 - Swift gives $50,000 in song proceeds to NYC schools At the time, the singer just moved to New York and released the ode to her new home, the 1989 tune, "Welcome to New York." In celebration, she announced that she would donate proceeds from the single to the city’s schools.

September 2015 - "Wildest Dreams" video proceeds go to animal foundation In another 1989 song-related donation, Swift gave money made from her wildlife themed "Wildest Dreams" video to the African Parks Foundation of America (APFA), which focuses on eradication of poaching, nature conservation, community engagement and the development of sustainable tourism.

February 2016 - Swift supports Kesha with $250,000 Two days after a judge ruled against the "Tik Tok" singer in a case in which she asked to record music independently of producer Dr. Luke, Swift gave money to her fellow songstress during the "trying time."

August 2016 - She thanks doctors who saved Jaime King's son's life "At 20 weeks our son was diagnosed with Transposition of the Great Arteries AKA TGA," Jaime King wrote on Instagram at the time. "He had a major heart surgery, that was terrifying, and traumatic for us as parents, for our family." She then continued to thank Swift. "As the Godmother of Leo Thames for his birthday she gave an incredible donation to the people that saved his life Dr. Allistar Phillips and his brilliant team."

August 2017 - Swift donates to Joyful Heart Foundation for survivors of sexual assault After winning a countersuit against a former Denver DJ who allegedly groped her in 2013, she gave back by making a "generous" pledge to actress Mariska Hargitay's Joyful Heart Foundation, which helps those victimized by sexual assault.

September 2017 - Hurricane Harvey survivors get a helping hand Following the devastation that led to multiple deaths and extreme damages, Swift donated to the Houston Food Bank in honor of her mother, Andrea Finlay Swift, who graduated from the University of Houston. The organization soon thanked her for her "very sizable" donation.

April 2018 - Singer thanked by RAINN for donation during Sexual Assault Awareness Month "Thank you @TaylorSwift13 for always standing with survivors," the Rape, Abuse, and Incest National Network wrote on Twitter. "Your generous donation this week during #SAAPM ensures that survivors and their loved ones get the help they need and deserve."

July 2018 - Swift donates Reputation tour tickets to mourning Massachusetts police departments After Weymouth Sgt. Michael Chesna was shot and killed while investigating a car crash, Swift tried to ease the pain by donating “a significant number of tickets” to the police department for her shows in Foxborough, according to The Patriot Ledger.

October 2018 - Swift meets boy with autism she donated $10,000 to for a service dog Two years after she donated $10,000 to a boy with autism for a service dog, Swift invited 8-year-old Jacob Hill, his dog Reid and his family to her show at NRG Stadium in Houston. 

Billboard

[brokenpromiseinnameofhonest]

I love my friends so much 😭😭🥺🥺 merry swiftmas in September 🥺🥺 @taylorswift @kissmeonthesidewalk and my other friend= the best ever

[swiftsforest89]

it’s only september but i’m already beyond excited to send out swiftmas presents to my buddies🥰🥰

[kellykanem]

Yes, it’s September.

Yes, I just rewatched Taylor’s gift giving of 2014 video again.

Yes, I’m planning what Christmas sweater to buy my boyfriend.

Yes, I’m planning how to make this his best Christmas ever because he hasn’t really had the best ones in his past.

Yes, I’m trying to be Swiftmas 2.0 for him.

Oh, and yes, I’m considering dressing like Santa for it.

🎅🏻

[reputayshan]

The real Taylor Swift:

April 23rd 2009-July 10th 2010: The Fearless Tour

The Fearless Tour. Taylor decided to walk through the crowds at her shows, greeting fans of all ages, genders and races because SHE wanted to meet the fans that had been supporting her and helping her reach where she is to this day. After each show, Taylor held a meet and greet called ‘The T-Party’. This was a room where fans could go to eat pizza and meet each other and get to know other people and then get to meet Taylor. Taylor would walk around stadiums and hide behind food bars and then surprise fans in the line. Each night she would walk a number of miles to meet as many people as she could.

February 9th 2011-March 18th 2012: The Speak Now Tour

Much like at the Fearless Tour, Taylor said she wanted to continue walking through the crowds during one of her songs at the Speak Now Tour. Taylor hugged as many people as she could and thanked them for coming. Sometimes Taylor would tell her security to move out of the way and to let her hug more people. Taylor continued her ‘T-Party’ meet and greet. Taylor’s team would walk to different areas of the stadium during the show and hand out free meet and greets to fans who had gone all-out; screaming and dancing the whole time and wearing bold and creative costumes/handmade posters.

September 8th 2012: Ronan

The lyrics to this song are based on a blog she read about a four-year-old boy, Ronan Thompson, who died from neuroblastoma in 2011.Taylor wrote the song by putting together quotes from blog creator Maya Thompson, Ronan's mother. Thompson is credited as a co-writer of the song. Taylor first performed the song live for Stand Up to Cancer in September 2012, and has only performed it publicly one other time, at the Glendale, Arizona stop of The 1989 World Tour, at which Ronan’s mother was in the audience. All proceeds from sales of the single go to help fight cancer.

2014: 1989 Secret Sessions

In anticipation of the release of her album, 1989 on October 27, Taylor held a series of “1989 Secret Sessions” over the past few weeks at her various homes across America, where carefully-selected fans were told they were attending some sort of secret event, with no knowledge of what was in store for them. When fans arrived they were told to sit in a room together and wait. Taylor then jumped out and surprised them all and they all got to hear her new album before anyone else. Taylor baked cookies and other goods, fans got to meet Taylor’s cat, Olivia Benson Swift, and they danced together and each got to meet Taylor and just hang out.

May 5th 2015-December 12th 2015: The 1989 Tour

At each 1989 concert, before perfoming her song ‘clean’, Taylor gave a 3-4 minute inspirational speech, telling fans to love themselves. This is what Taylor said to the crowd of 60,000 at Hyde Park, London on June 272015: ‘There are people here from all over the world, so if you travelled to be here, thank you so much for coming. And, you know, looking out at you, thinking about the fact that we all come from different places, maybe we all have different accents, we have different hobbies, different backgrounds, whatever. But there’s one thing that we have in common that I know for sure. That thing is that when we feel a great amount of joy, or a great amount of pain, we turn to music. That’s why we’re all at Hyde Park tonight. From talking to you so much, and getting to know you, it’s never been more apparent to me how difficult it is to feel okay about yourself in 2015. Real talk. I mean, every single day we go online – and trust me, I love the internet, okay? Love it – but, every day we go online and we scroll through the highlight reel of other people’s awesome lives. But we don’t see the highlight reel of our awesome lives – all we see is the behind the scenes. We see every single moment, from when we wake up and we’re like “oh, God, not feeling my hair today. Not going to be a good day today for the hair”. We see our doubts, we see our fears, we see our concerns. You are the only one who is inside your brain feeling all of your anxieties and the voices who are telling you that you can’t be who you want to be, or that you’re not who you want to be, or that you want to be more like that other person over there. Let me tell you, people are mean to each other, but no voice is as mean as our own voices are to ourselves. Is it true or is it false? It’s true, right? Okay, so if there’s one thing that you come away from this night remembering, I want it to be this – every day when you look in the mirror, and your mind is telling you all the things you are not – if those things are that you’re not cool enough, you’re not pretty enough, you’re not popular enough, you’re not successful enough, you’re not special, you’re not wanted, you’re not unique – those are not the things you are not. Let me tell you the things you are not. Okay? You are not somebody else’s opinion. That’s what you’re not. You are not going nowhere just because you’re not where you want to be yet. You are not damaged goods just because you have made mistakes in your life. Those are the things you are not. Let me tell you the things that you are. Would you like to hear the things that you are? You are your own definition of beautiful, and worthwhile, and no one else’s definition. You are wiser, stronger, and smarter because you made mistakes in your life, not damaged. And lastly, London, England, you are someone who is probably standing here tonight going through your own battles, fighting your own ghosts, trying to cover your own scars, stressing about your own stresses. But, rather than wallowing in them, you got up, you put on an awesome outfit, and now we’re all standing here together having the best time of our lives at a concert on a Saturday night. I realise that it’s not about being perfect, it’s not about feeling perfect. I think that sometimes it’s just about getting on with things and realising that you’re happy today. That’s all that matters. I just want you to know that one thing I have learned in 25 years, and I’m still learning, is that if you get rained on, you walk through a bunch of storms, life is constantly coming at you – that doesn’t make you damaged. It makes you clean.’

May 5th 2015-December 12th 2015: The 1989 Tour (Loft 89)

At Taylor’s 1989 concerts, she held a meet and greet called ‘Loft 89′ where Taylor, again, could hang out with her fans and dance around with them. Taylor met lots of different people including children with disabilities and illnesses. Taylor made sure everyone had a great time and that everyone was included and treated equally.

Christmas 2014/2015: ‘Swiftmas’

Taylor Swift surprised 13-year-old fan Delaney Clements who was diagnosed with neuroblastoma at the age of seven. Delaney, who is a massive fan of the 26-year-old singer started a campaign to meet Taylor called #TaylorMeetDelaney and on Saturday (19th December) her wish came true. Taylor surprised the family by turning up unannounced and the afternoon was captured on Instagram and Facebook with Delaney and her Mum posting photos. Taylor became so into the idea of ‘Swiftmas’ that she also sent a number of other fans packages of merch and other little presents.

Award acceptance speeches

To any award acceptance speech, there is always something directed to Taylor’s fans. Taylor thanks her fans for everything because she knows that we are such a big part of her life and she wouldnt be where she is now without us.

A very important quote Taylor has said:

Long story short: Taylor is one of those few artists who does nothing but good for her fans and everyone around her yet she gets body shamed and name called everywhere. It really does break my heart. 

Taylor has been there for me through everything and I know that she always will be because she has never failed to make us all smile and to make us all feel better about ourselves, She has made me feel loved and wanted and she has introduced me to some of my bestest friends ever. To me, Taylor Swift is not just an artist, she’s my best friend.

@taylorswift

[swiftred]

Months of the year:

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

Redtober

reputation

Swiftmas.

[rachlou86]

Well hello there! 🤗 I’m assuming it’s still November where you are, but where I live it just ticked over to December 1st! And you know what that means, SWIFTMAS! 🤶🏻🎄 I’m your secret Santa and so I thought I’d drop in and say hi before I go to sleep. I have a course tomorrow, ugh I mean today 😂 so I really better go eh.

HI 👋🏻👋🏻

It is indeed still November but I’ve been excited about Christmas since September 😂 and I’m very excited for swiftmas

🎅🏻🎅🏻🎅🏻🎅🏻🎅🏻🎅🏻🎅🏻🎅🏻🎅🏻🎅🏻🎅🏻🎅🏻🎅🏻

[howtayslays]

I LOVE THIS FANDON

When it’s only August/September and the fandom is thinking about Swiftmas 

[your-eyez-look-like-coming-home]

watch two of my Swiftmas packages actually arrive in December (and not in September as planned) because Norway doesn’t send packages to Australia atm.