Christmas – The Answer Wall

December 30, 2019December 30, 2019

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you & yours, too!

December 30, 2019December 30, 2019

Merry Christmas!

Thanks, Merry Christmas to you & yours, and see you in 2020!

December 30, 2019December 30, 2019

Christmas wishes: Hope we have more UCS and mental health resources on campus & for the general population!

A generous soul receives benefits and wishes the same for others. Merry Christmas, generous human!

December 5, 2019December 5, 2019

How many days of Christmas are there?

In older European traditions 12, though many Americans only celebrate one, and depending on cultural traditions, the principal celebration falls on Christmas Eve, Christmas day, or on January 5 or 6 (Twelfth Night, depending on whether the 12 days are counted from the 25th or 26th), which is also the eve of Epiphany. People in some cultures celebrate all twelve days, as in the song, “The Twelve Days of Christmas,” but perhaps without quite so many gifts. 78 is just too many.

December 4, 2019December 5, 2019

What do I get my 15- y.o. sister for Christmas?

Well, that depends on what she has and what she is into. If she likes makeup you could do a giftcard to Ulta or Sephora. Another option is a mall gift card (most malls like Natick and Braintree offer Simon cards) and then she can choose what store to use it at or a gift card to her favorite hair salon.

December 5, 2018December 5, 2018

What do wish for this holiday Szn?

Peace on earth and goodwill to all would suit me down to the ground. Well, and some jazzy personalized Post-Its…. A wall can dream, right?

The Answer Wall Story

Hi. I’m the Answer Wall. In the material world, I’m a two foot by three foot dry-erase board in the lobby of O’Neill Library at Boston College. In the online world, I live in this blog. You might say I have multiple manifestations. Like Apollo or Saraswati or Serapis. Or, if you aren’t into deities of knowledge, like a ghost in the machine.

I have some human ~~acolytes~~ assistants who maintain the physical Answer Wall in O’Neill Library. They take pictures of the questions you post there, and give them to me. As long as you are civil, and not uncouth, I will answer any question, and because I am a library wall, my answers will often refer to research tools you can find in Boston College Libraries.

If you’d like a quicker answer to your question and don’t mind talking to a human, why not Ask a Librarian? Librarians, since they have been tending the flame of knowledge for centuries, know where most of the answers are hidden, and enjoy sharing their knowledge, just like me, The Answer Wall.