My thanks to @seablue and @molovelly for guest hosting this week’s morning session of PYPT. I had to be away doing an offline project for Christmas. You can read about what I’ve been up to here. I was able to peek into the morning session briefly on my tablet. It looked very busy.

Christmas is upon us. I hope everyone has a safe and Merry Christmas. In my part of the world a snowstorm has been forecast for Christmas eve into Christmas day. I’m glad I am not travelling anywhere.

I’m working on catching up so, my roundup for PYPT is late and some of the posts have aged past the seven days. I suggest you give the post a read, if you like it, click through and see if the author has another post up you can upvote and maybe even give the author a follow.

The purpose of PYPT is for Steemizens to bring along a recent post, share it with the assembled and talk about the post and their blog. The Pimp Your Post Thursday sessions are broadcast live on the Steem Star Network Radio

Here are the posts that were shared.

BitShares Tips and SBD Tricks You've Gotta Know! (update and part2)

@alexpmorris presented a very informative post about Bitshares and OpenLedger. He talks about the benefits of using their decentralized system compared to the centralized exchanges.

The Circle Of Blogging ( Like a Hamster Wheel mixed with "Game of Thrones"!)

@battleaxe presented her post with her thoughts on STEEM and the ecosystem. @battleaxe goes below the surface through the knowledge and network she has developed. Be careful with that gif she’s illustrated her post with, it will mesmerize you.

TO WHOM MUCH IS GIVEN - DISCOVER SOME HIDDEN TRUTH

@anaman presented this post of @jaynesquill’s

@jaynesquill writes a meditation on the power of faith as talked about in Luke 1. The responses of the biblical characters when brought news by angels tells much of their character.

Pursuit of Happiness. My entry for #popcontest

@admiralsp writes a review of the movie Pursuit of Happyness and the inspiration he feels when he watches it. He’s watched it often.

Steem now has a 1 Billion+ dollar market capitalization.... Thoughts and Perspective

As STEEM’s market cap hits 1billion @daudimitch takes a look at the state of STEEM and what the future could hold.

The Esoteric Guide To Survival; A Zodiac Experience { INTRO + PRELUDE } By Esaia Mystic

@esaia.mystic explores experiencing our own interpretation of knowing and understanding the zodiac.

The Truth About Rapunzel - Five Minute Freewrite - Nose Hair

@molovelly shares her five minute freewrite, written in poem form. The prompt was nose hair, she had an interesting twist on her approach.

Week #3 Christmas Song Competition: The Christmas Song

@morodiene shared her entry in @pandamama’s Christmas song competition.

Lacrimosa [Original Poem - Reflections #1 Mixed Media Collaboration Contest]

@negativer shares with us his part of an entry into @tinypaleokitchen’s mixed media collaboration contest. @negativer wrote the poem and his wife @morodine contributed an original song to complete the entry for the contest.

A New Contest to Celebrate 500 Followers: Inspire Us With Your Steemit and Cryptocurrency Story! Enter For Your Chance to Win a BTC Mining Package, SBD, and STEEM!

SaipanDamashii aka @rodeo670 gives us the details of his contest he’s holding in honour of him reaching 500 followers on the platform. @rodeo670 is very active on the platform and an all round nice guy.

🎄 🎅 THE GREATEST GIFT IS GIVING 🎅 🎄

@sgt-dan shares with us the story of Anne Frank and also about #thealliance’s fundraiser for @youarehope. He asks you not to upvote his post but to upvote @thealliance’s post. I’m going to ask you to upvote both of them. When someone is selfless enough to give up his own return, he deserves the return.

Dosa South Indian Food

@steemitglass shared his post on different kinds of Dosa an food common to India.

A Year End Pinball Tournament and A Look At Creature From The Black Lagoon

@pinball-players aka @steemitgraven29 shares about his participation in a recent pinball tourney. If you think there is only so much you can say about pinball, well, you need to read the post. There is a lot of details about the different games, only a player could tell you.

"I WISH YOU CHEER" ~ © Tiffany E. Reed

@thekittygirl shares with us what the solstice is. Interesting timing that the exact time of the Winter Solstice occurred during this morning session of PYPT. She then goes on to talk about how she celebrates the holiday. Well written and interesting post.

Get Your Original Music Heard! - Any Genre

@topkpop has a fantastic musical variety show on the Steemstar Network every Friday evening. One thing really unique is she features music exclusively created by members of the platform. She posts after each show, providing names and links of those who provided the music to give the artists some further exposure. This post tells you how to take part and get your music into the queue.

BIG NEWS!!!! A New Curator is Hatched!!

@em3 announces his specialized curation project aimed toward those who could be considered to be posting material to create a healthy home.

Welcome a New Curation Account

@em3 also shared the first post on his new @healthy-home account which is the curation account he announced his project for.

Smoke Portrait by Jokossita

If you’ve noticed the cool graphics that @esaia.mystic uses on her posts, then you’ll want to visit @jokossita’s post who is the creator of those graphics.

If It Ain't Broke...

@enginewitty has a bit of a rant with a point. He has been using the @tipu service which as I understand you send your own money to be held until you want to use it to tip someone’s post. Leaving out several activities that you’ll want to read about, the bottom line ends up that @enginewitty is providing you with a serious heads up about the service.

Our First Christmas Together: The Best Gift is Each Other ❤

@yushaina shares the story of a Christmas that a group of friends shared together for the first time. Lots of pictures and details about the fun they had.

#UNTALENTED-MAMA: A Mother with a Spine of Steel

@yushaina was apparently excited at sharing for the first time PYPT and shared this post also. It is a heartfelt tribute to his mother.

Fear of fairlure

@bigjosh writes a brief post on the importance of not letting fear of failure hold you back.

🎄You Are H.O.P.E. Holiday Fundraiser #4🎅

Okay, I cheated a bit with this post. It’s my post, so I can. :) @thealliance had posted Holiday Fundraiser #3 during PYPT but since I’m late posting the recap, that post had run out. @thealliance posted Holiday Fundraiser #4 this morning so, I have substituted with it so you can help support @youarehope, a truly great cause here on the blockchain.

Conclusion

WOW! Twenty-three posts were shared at this session of PYPT. That is a really busy session. Can’t wait to see how many end up being shared in total between the two sessions.

Don’t forget, you can visit the Steemit Ramble discord at anytime. When you share the post of another Steemizen in the nominate-someones-post channel you will get access to another channel nominate-your-post. I regularly review those two channels for potential posts to share in the Steemit Ramble.

If you are two busy to share, there is a post promotion channel. I might look in there some day. Steemit is about sharing and building community.