"Cheer Days" Recap from December 2024

Happy New Year! The holiday season is officially over, but we wanted to share some of the fun we had celebrating the holidays in the BDC.

Each year during the last few weeks of December, the Beaufort County Library system celebrates the holiday season in our own special way: Cheer Days! During Cheer Days, library staff are encouraged to dress up for a theme that changes each day to bring some holiday cheer to the Library. 

The BDC Staff joined in on the fun too! You might have seen some of our outfits on the BDC Facebook, but you can see our "highlight reel" of Cheer Days pictures below.

Plaid Day

Monday, Dec. 16th was "Plaid Day," wherein staff could wear anything plaid. Everyone in the BDC participated, and we were finally able to get an official BDC group picture with Sydney!

Ugly Sweater Day

Dec. 17th was the day when staff was asked to "don [our] ugliest holiday sweater." You can see us here with BCL Marketing Department's Traci and Theresa.

"Smells Like Team Spirit" Day

On Wednesday, Dec. 18th, staff could wear something with their favorite team, whatever that team may be. Grace showed her support for Team BCL by sporting our official "Library" t-shirt, while others from Marketing and Library Administration showed support for sports teams and "Team Holiday Spirit."

Pajama Day

Next up was "Pajama Day" on Dec. 19th, a highly regarded Cheer Day tradition. Pajama Day is inarguably the coziest, most comfortable workday of the year! You can see Sydney and Grace in their work-appropriate holiday pjs in front of Library Administration's faux-roaring fire. 

Tropical Day

Dec. 20th was a day to pretend that the Winter Solstice was not nigh, and that instead the warmth we experienced that week was from a Library tropical vacation! BDC staff came dressed in tropical-print shirts and dresses to pose beside the Christmas tree.

Disney Day

For the day-after-Christmas, BCL staff were asked to "show off [their] love of Disney." Sydney and Marketing's Theresa came dressed in Mickey ears and Disney t-shirts.

Fandom Day

Dec. 27th was a day for staff to celebrate their inner geekiness and show-off what they were fans of. Sydney is a big Harry Potter fan, so she chose to wear Team Slytherin attire.

Alumni Day

Monday, Dec. 30th was a day for library staff to honor their alma mater. Cassandra came in her College of Charleston t-shirt with a University of South Carolina mug (not pictured).

Eras/Decades Day

The last day of 2024 was a day to reflect on days of yore. Staff could dress in attire from their favorite era or decade for the last Cheer Day of the year. Sydney, a big Taylor Swift fan, wore her "Eras" t-shirt, while Cassandra dressed in something her parent's might have worn in the 1970s and Marketing's Theresa came in an outfit straight from the '90s.

The BDC staff participated in every week-day Cheer Day this year and had so much fun dressing for each theme. We hope you enjoyed seeing our pictures and we look forward to seeing our patrons (but dressed in our normal work-wear) in 2025!