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~~{{Page in progress}}Hosted by~~ [[~~Fp|~~FP]], ~~though~~ [[Poopman]] ~~has created content~~ for ~~a lot of these~~.

[[FP]] will do something on OWOT for most major (American) holidays, this can range from redesigning the [[Center Console]] to staging more elaborate events.

Some of the largest holiday events in OWOT's history were created by veteran user [[Poopman]].

== Valentine's Day ==

=== 2023 ===

[[File:Valentines console 2023.png|center|thumb|From [https://ourworldoftext.com/center_console_history /Center_Console_History]]]

== Pi Day ==

=== 2023 ===

''*An identical design was used for Pi Day 2025.''

[[File:Pi console 2023.png|center|thumb|245x245px|From [https://ourworldoftext.com/center_console_history /Center_Console_History]]]

== St. Patrick's Day ==

=== 2023 ===

[[File:Clover console 2023.png|center|thumb|251x251px|From [https://ourworldoftext.com/center_console_history /Center_Console_History]]]

=== 2024 ===

[[File:Clover console 2024.png|center|thumb|From [https://ourworldoftext.com/center_console_history /Center_Console_History]]]

== April Fools ==

=== 2020 ===

The Center Console was replaced by a [[Background images|background image]] of [https://ourworldoftext.com/other/backgrounds/quad_prot.png/ four grey circles].

=== 2021 ===

The Center Console was replaced by a variety of shapes throughout the day. These were rendered, like last time, using background images.<gallery mode="packed" heights="200">

File:Donut_of_publicity.png|[https://ourworldoftext.com/other/backgrounds/circle_prot.png/ /other/backgrounds/circle_prot.png/]

File:Mandelbrot_of_publicity.png|[https://ourworldoftext.com/other/backgrounds/nelson_mandelbrot.png /other/backgrounds/nelson_mandelbrot.png]

File:April_fools_2021_center_consoles.png|alt=Replicas of three other center consoles from the event, made by Cv in /center_console_history|Replicas of [https://ourworldoftext.com/other/backgrounds/bigger_quad.png three] [https://ourworldoftext.com/other/backgrounds/unloaded_question.png other] [https://ourworldoftext.com/other/backgrounds/iphone_x.png consoles] from the event, made by [[Cv]] in [https://ourworldoftext.com/center_console_history /center_console_history]

</gallery>

=== 2024 ===

For April Fools 2024, FP temporarily enabled cell background colors on the Mainpage, allowing users to run high resolution [[image pasters]] at [[Spawn]]. This feature would be permanently enabled later that year.

FP also put a ~~[[Background images|~~background image]] of Elon Musk at Spawn~~, marking one of the few times that feature was utilized~~.[[File:Elon april fools 2024.png|center|thumb]]

FP also put a background image of Elon Musk at Spawn.[[File:Elon april fools 2024.png|center|thumb|Elon Musk background image]]

=== 2025 ===

[[File:Shotscreen.png|center|thumb|~~760x760px~~]]

For April Fools 2025, FP changed the names of every channel in the [[OWOT Discord]].

* #screenshot -> #shotscreen

* #trash -> treasure

* tbd

[[File:Shotscreen.png|center|thumb|463x463px|Posted in the <s>#screenshots</s>#shotscreen channel on April Fools' Day]]

== Easter ==

=== 2023 ===

[[File:Easter console 2023.png|center|thumb|331x331px|From [https://ourworldoftext.com/center_console_history /Center_Console_History]]]

=== 2025 ===

[[File:Carrion easter 1.jpg|center|thumb|Egg of Publicity with [[The Carrion]]]]

== Earth Day ==

=== 2025 ===

[[File:EoP main.png|center|thumb|~~389x389px~~]]

[[File:EoP main.png|center|thumb|386x386px|Earth background image for the [[Center Console]]]]

== Independence Day ==

[[File:~~Flag~~ of publicity paste.~~gif~~|center|thumb]]

=== 2024 ===

File:Flag of publicity paste.gif|"''the US has temporarily colonized the OWOT spawn to bring you the Flag of Publicity''"

File:Fp flag of publicity remove.gif|"''the American occupation of the OWOT spawn has proven too costly. we have reverted to the status quo.''"

</gallery>

=== 2025 ===

[[File:We the people of publicity.png|center|thumb|From [https://ourworldoftext.com/center_console_history /Center_Console_History]|241x241px]]

== Anniversary of OWOT's creation ==

The modern OWOT was created by [[FP]] on October 8th, 2017. It inherited the URL of a [[Your World of Text|YWOT]] instance created by [[Andrew Badr]] in 2010, which was shut down in 2015.

=== 2023 ===

<blockquote>'''''<big>Our World of Text turned 6 years old today!</big>'''''

''Six years ago, @FP has released his clone of Your World of Text to the public. To celebrate its 6th anniversary, the community has come together to make and paste various OWOT logo artwork around spawn, some even protected! To add, the trademark on the center console is back after FP noticed the amount of artworks still keeping it. @> ✨ᗩＩ ⟨ 𝓐ndrei𝓧𝓨𝓩 🌌 ⟩ ◭⟁◮ has also started a nickname party, which even had FP and Mr.Guy joining the train. Thank you for always supporting us throughout our journey. This news project would not have been possible without OWOT existing. We will forever keep this website in a special place in our hearts, and we will cherish all the memories together.''

'''- [[AndreiXYZ]] in [[OWOT Today|''OWOT Today'']]'''</blockquote><gallery mode="packed" heights="200" caption="Screenshots from ''OWOT Today''">

File:Owot 6th anniversary 1.jpg

File:Owot 6th anniversary 2.png

File:Owot 6th anniversary 3.jpg

</gallery>

[[File:Fp center console.png|center|thumb|318x318px|FP Center Console by AndreiXYZ]]

[[File:Interview_with_fp.png|center|thumb|335x335px|Andrei's [https://ourworldoftext.com/Interview_with_FP interview with FP] for OWOT's 6th anniversary]]

== Halloween ==

=== 2022 ===

[[File:Halloween console 2022.png|center|thumb|From [https://ourworldoftext.com/center_console_history /Center_Console_History]]]

=== 2023 ===

Created in collaboration with [[Poopman]] for a Halloween event.

[https://ourworldoftext.com/halloween23 /Halloween23] ~~contains an assortment of unique features~~, ~~such~~ as a ~~decorative background and~~ a ~~floating pumpkin/ghost~~ emoji ~~that replaces~~ your cursor.

[https://ourworldoftext.com/halloween23 /Halloween23] uses pixel art by Poopman as its [[Background images|image background]], which is stored in the site's code as [https://ourworldoftext.com/static/files/grave.webp /static/files/grave.webp]. There is also a script that displayed a wobbling, Halloween-themed emoji over your cursor. The emoji shows up at your location for everyone using the world, though this feature can be toggled off using a menu at the top left corner.

In addition to the background, Poopman has filled the world with several pieces of high quality pixel art. These were meant to accompany an art contest that was taking place on the world. The contest was won by [[Bzuki]] (''to much controversy due to the questionable quality of his drawing''), who received membership on the page as a prize.

~~The world is filled with several high quality~~ [[~~Art|pixel art]~~] ~~pieces, which were created as part of an art contest~~.<gallery mode="packed" heights="~~200~~">

Poopman would create similar worlds (''and art contests'') for [https://ourworldoftext.com/thanksgiving23 Thanksgiving 2023] and [https://ourworldoftext.com/christmasworld Christmas 2025 - 2030].<gallery mode="packed" heights="150" caption="Poopman pixel art from [https://ourworldoftext.com/Halloween23 /Halloween23]">

~~File:Holloween23 pumpkin.jpg|From~~ [https://ourworldoftext.com/Halloween23 /Halloween23]

File:Holloween23 pumpkin.jpg|alt=From /Halloween23

File:Halloween23 monsters.jpg|From ~~[https://ourworldoftext.com~~/Halloween23 ~~/Halloween23]~~

File:Halloween23 monsters.jpg|alt=From /Halloween23

File:Pixel art bgcolor enabled.jpg

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Frontpage [[chat]] was also brought back, temporarily at first, though it ended up staying for good due to requests from the community.

On November 6th, the pumpkin started to decay like in the previous year. Afterwards FP made the choice to not restore the Center Console until the following day.<gallery mode="packed" heights="200">

On November 6th, the pumpkin started to decay like in the previous year. Afterwards FP made the choice to not restore the Center Console until the following day.

''*The pumpkin design was reused from Halloween 2023.''<gallery mode="packed" heights="200">

File:Thank you poopman.png|A note link thanking Poopman for creating [https://ourworldoftext.com/Halloween23 /Halloween23]

File:Pumpkin death 2025.gif|Timelapse of the pumpkin disappearing

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== Thanksgiving ==

[[File:Thanksgiving_table.jpg|center|thumb|~~936x936px~~|[https://ourworldoftext.com/thanksgiving_dinner /thanksgiving_dinner] ~~opens exclusively on Thanksgivings~~]]

=== /thanksgiving_dinner ===

Linked on the Center Console during Thanksgiving. At the end of the holiday, all art/text left on the world are placed under member protection.

The world was created in 2022.[[File:Thanksgiving_table.jpg|center|thumb|476x476px|[https://ourworldoftext.com/thanksgiving_dinner /thanksgiving_dinner] as of 2025]]

=== 2023 ===

[[File:Turkey of publicity.png|thumb|306x306px|Turkey of Publicity by [[Poopman]]|center]]

[[File:Turkey of publicity.png|thumb|306x306px|Turkey of Publicity by [[Poopman]]|center]]Poopman created a detailed pixel art turkey for 2023's Thanksgiving Center Console.

File:Thanksgiving world.jpg

He also made [https://ourworldoftext.com/thanksgiving23 /thanksgiving23], a world similar to [https://ourworldoftext.com/halloween23 /Halloween23] with an [https://ourworldoftext.com/static/files/thanksgiving23.jpg image background] made by Poopman. The emoji cursor feature also made a return, alongside a new effect where leaves fall down from the top right corner of the screen.

Like its predecessor, this world was host to an art contest which was won by [[Scar32]], who became a member of the world as a prize.<gallery mode="packed" heights="150" caption="[https://ourworldoftext.com/thanksgiving23 /thanksgiving23]">

File:Thanksgiving world.jpg|Poopman's art for the world

File:Thanksgiving drawing contest.jpg

File:Pilgrims and indians.jpg

File:Scar32 turkey.jpg

File:Scar32 turkey.jpg|Scar32's (winning) submission

</gallery>

== Christmas ==

[[File:OWOT Christmas 2024.png|center|thumb|~~490x490px~~]]

=== Countdown worlds ===

Linked on the Center Console.

An identical world appears every Christmas with countdowns for each timezone, see a recording [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYncEFZNtmc here]. After Christmas is over the world is permanently privated.

The first Christmas countdown was [https://ourworldoftext.com/owot/christmas2023 /owot/christmas2023].[[File:OWOT Christmas 2024.png|center|408x408px|border|frameless]]

=== 2021 ===

[[File:Christmas consoles 2021.png|center|thumb|334x334px|From [https://ourworldoftext.com/center_console_history /Center_Console_History]]]

=== 2022 ===

This was the first Center Console to use [[Symbols for Legacy Computing]], a feature that was added earlier that year.

''*A mostly identical design was used for Christmas 2024.''

[[File:Christmas console 2022.png|center|thumb|From [https://ourworldoftext.com/center_console_history /Center_Console_History]]]

=== 2024 ===

[[File:Carrion_december_20_2024.png|center|thumb|407x407px|Wreath of Publicity with [[The Carrion]] (''December 20th, 2024'')]]

=== 2025 ===

On December 17th, 2025, FP created a green Center Console for Christmas 2025. It received some amount of backlash for its uninspired design, and was replaced by a Poopman drawing on the following day. This marked one of Poopman's first major actions in OWOT after being inactive for most of 2025.

''*Poopman later deleted the drawing by accident and had to rebuild it from scratch. At the end of this he forgot to protect the lowest row of characters, leading them to be deleted for the rest of the holiday season.''

Around this time, an anonymous scripter also deployed several [[Animated scripts|animations]] at Spawn, some of which were Christmas-themed.

On December 19th, Poopman and FP released [https://ourworldoftext.com/ChristmasWorld /ChristmasWorld], which contained an [~~[Background images|~~image background]] just like [https://ourworldoftext.com/Halloween23 /Halloween23] and [https://ourworldoftext.com/thanksgiving23 /thanksgiving23]. And like in those worlds an art contest was announced, with the winner(s) being given a (🎄) [[Tags|tag]] for one month. Unlike its predecessors, however, /ChristmasWorld is set to make a return every year until 2030.

On December 19th, Poopman and FP released [https://ourworldoftext.com/ChristmasWorld /ChristmasWorld], which contained an [https://ourworldoftext.com/other/backgrounds/snow.png image background] just like [https://ourworldoftext.com/Halloween23 /Halloween23] and [https://ourworldoftext.com/thanksgiving23 /thanksgiving23]. And like in those worlds an art contest was announced, with the winner(s) being given a (🎄) [[Tags|tag]] for one month. Unlike its predecessors, however, /ChristmasWorld is set to make a return every year until 2030.

On a more unfortunate note, an influx of NSFW [[Image pasters|image pastes]] caused FP to [[2025 color ban|temporarily disable colors]] on the [[/|Mainpage]]. The color ban persisted through Christmas and would not end until ?????, when FP implemented a way to hide image pastes from the canvas. <gallery mode="packed" heights="~~200~~">

On a more unfortunate note, an influx of NSFW [[Image pasters|image pastes]] caused FP to [[2025 color ban|temporarily disable colors]] on the [[/|Mainpage]]. The color ban persisted through Christmas and would not end until ?????, when FP implemented a way to hide image pastes from the canvas. <gallery mode="packed" heights="150" caption="Center Console">

File:Christmas sop 2025.png|Old Christmas Console from December 17th, 2025

File:Sock of publicity.png|Poopman's Sock of Publicity(''December 18th, 2025'')

File:Sock of publicity.png|Poopman's Sock of Publicity (''December 18th, 2025'')

File:Drawing competition.png|December 19th, 2025

File:Sans candle.png|Additions by [[Banksy]]

File:Banksy stink.png|Cont.

File:Cat sock sing.png|Christmas day

</gallery><gallery mode="packed" widths="200" heights="200" caption="Animations by [[Animated scripts#Animations by Banksy|Banksy]]">

File:Center console christmas tree animation.gif|December 10th, 2025

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File:River sunset animation.gif|December 18th, 2025

</gallery><gallery mode="packed" heights="200">

File:Link art christmas tree.png|Link art Christmas tree to get around the color ban(''December 25th, 2025'')

File:Link art christmas tree.png|Link art Christmas tree to get around the color ban (''December 25th, 2025'')

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== New Year ==

~~[[File:2024 countdown.png|center|thumb|487x487px]]~~

* https://ourworldoftext.com/owot/~~2023countdown~~

=== Countdown worlds ===

* https://ourworldoftext.com/owot/~~2024countdown~~

Linked on the Center Console.

* https://ourworldoftext.com/owot/~~2025countdown~~

A (mostly<ref>With differences in background colors.</ref>) identical world appears every New Year's Eve with countdowns for each timezone, see a recording [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avAYxAhByzw here].

The first New Year's countdown was [https://ourworldoftext.com/owot/2023countdown /owot/2023countdown][[File:2024 countdown.png|center|418x418px|border|frameless]]

=== New Year worlds ===

A new world is created every January 1st, featuring a unique design each year.

Like the countdown, this tradition started in 2023.

* [https://ourworldoftext.com/owot/2023 /owot/2023]

* [https://ourworldoftext.com/owot/2024 /owot/2024]

* [https://ourworldoftext.com/owot/2025 /owot/2025]

* [https://ourworldoftext.com/owot/2026 /owot/2026]

=== 2025 ===

[[File:2025_of_publicity.png|center|thumb|382x382px|2025 of Publicity with [[The Carrion]]]]

== Notes ==

[[Category:Documentation]]

[[Category:History]]

[[Category:Events]]

~~[[Category:Holiday Events]]~~

[[Category:Compilation pages]]