Gaia Manuary

Manuary happens during the month of January, men who grow out their facial hair. Exact reasons for this are unknown, yet theories have arose as it being in response to the high stress nature of the holiday season, thereby men resorting to mantastic facial hair to compensate for seeing their in-laws.

On Gaia Online this took place among the Gaia Staff and was declared by Brunosmad, who gave Cashmere Cactus a dollar to make this announcement:

Many men spent weeks straining to grow facial hair, and many beards (including Cashmere Cactus) fell by the wayside as angry girlfriends and nonstop itching forced them to abandon their manliness. Only about a dozen men had successfully completed the challenge and retained their beards for a full six weeks. Brunosmad documented these proud beards on film, and they were delighted to share the photos with Gaians.

Gaians were encouraged to use the photos from Gaia Manuary Flickr to create edits.