The Fresh Five for December 21 - New Steemians You Should Get To Know!

We're back with a brand new Fresh 5 for December 21st. It seems like you have to get up PREEETTY early in the morning to beat out Hive account@theaustrianguy and his new delegation of Steem Power on the Hive account@welcoming account from Hive account@transisto if you want to highlight people he hasn't found yet! At the end of the process today I was able to scrape up four new Steemians that hadn't been visited by welcoming, but I just had to include one he had visited who invokes the heart of Hive account@slothicorn!

If you missed the initial post and want to learn about the process I am using to select the daily five, please check out The First Post in the Series. In that post you will find the first five Steemians I chose, as well as the methods used to find them.

I hope you will help me welcome these Steemians to the Platform! If you would like to support this work, please click on some of the links below and visit new Steemians to make them welcome!!

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Let's Get to Today's 5

Welcome to Korin Krafting Mess is the first of 3 visits to Japan in today's five. That's pretty crazy, and unintended, but that's how the chips fell today. Our new friend Hive account@korinkrafting is a "Random Girl who came to Japan" with her luggage and the dream of being an animator in Japan "The Holy Land of Anime". Join her on her blog as she relates some of the stories of trying to make it in an unfamiliar land, a girl chasing her dream!

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Well Here Goes introduces us to Hive account@venxhin, who caught me with the title "Having Unicorn Hair is my Life. She writes for a living, but wants to experiment more with her personal writing, and Steem gives her a place where she can do just that. Her favorite place to visit? Japan! She doesn't know where her writing will take her on Steem, but I am sure we will be interested in the journey.

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7 year old's Dreams Become a Reality for Dylan, as he completes our Japanese visit for today. Visit him over at Hive account@dylansjourney and read (and watch a illustrated video) about his dream from the time he was seven to move from Canada to Japan. You really have to watch the video for the full impression of Dylan's story, so I will encourage you to go over and check it out! It is well worth your time!

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Author, Blogger, Scientist brings us another Canadian who moved away. What is it too cold up there guys? Hive account@shawndove is a marine biologist who moved from Canada and currently lives in Germany. He had never left North America before age 28, but when he finally did, he made it an adventure. So far he has 16 countries under his belt, met his wife and has a youngling with a second on the way. Make sure you check out Shawn's journey at his blog!

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Cryptocomic I dub thee Slothicorn is not the title of Hive account@cryptocomic's intro post, but it should be. He's creating Crypto Art under the Creative Commons Licence, so he is a sure fit for the Slothicorn movement. Head over to his blog to check out the first piece of crypto art he shared with the Steem community. This means you Hive account@stellabelle!

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Leaving this disclaimer one more time for those who missed it

Don't go away yet! If you are a regular reader of my Lists, I know this is usually where you get the chance to zone out. But I have a new addition at the bottom, so jump down there and check it out!!! It'll make you famous!

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That's our list for December 19th. I hope you enjoyed getting to know a few new Steemians today. Make sure you give them all a warm welcome, and maybe even follow one or two of them!

Previous Versions of the Daily Five will appear in this space:

• The Daily Five for December 3
• The Daily Five for December 4
• The Daily Five for December 5
• The Daily Five for December 6
• The Daily Five for December 7
• The Daily Five for December 9th
• The Daily Five for December 10
• The Daily Five for December 11
• The Daily Five for December 13
• The Fresh Five for December 15
• The Fresh Five for December 16
• The Fresh Five for December 17
• The Fresh Five for December 19

I hope these Steemians will find a warm welcome to the platform, and look forward to their contributions as they learn the platform and grow with us! Please join me in welcoming them all!

Thanks for reading! I hope you have enjoyed today's edition of the Fresh 5.

Are you new to Steem and looking for some guidance or mentoring? #promo-steem is a new community focused on growing the Steem footprint, and assisting with on-boarding those who find their way to the platform. Please feel welcome to join the Promo Steem Discord Server at: https://discord.gg/J5Ax9uf. We look forward to seeing you there!!

Are you a "Creative Thinker"? Slothicorn may be the community for you! Slothicorn is a new community of Steemians promoting the idea of Crypto Art utilizing the Creative Commons standards. We look to support artists working in the crypto realm. We also need web designers, developers, and organizers who can help make the dream a reality. Hive account@stellabelle has created the Hive account@slothicorn account head over and check out the blog posts, and join us in the Discord Server: https://discord.gg/GWQHDdR

Both of the above listed groups are great, and have loads of very helpful people. But because they are newer organizations, it can sometimes be quiet in those chat rooms. If you want a little more help RIGHT NOW, then what you need is The Minnow Support Project. MSP/PAL is made up of over 7000 Steemians whose main goal is to help each other climb the ladder from minnow to whale. 24 hours a day there are people there to chat with you. So if you want to jump right in to the waters, head to the MSP Discord at: https://discord.gg/FdvSPNT

Do you ever wonder why I use #welcomingcomittee as one of my tags? The brainchild of Hive account@inquiringtimes is the Welcoming Committee and a set of contests that are sponsored by some great witnesses: Hive account@reggaemuffin, Hive account@aggroed, Hive account@ausbitbank & Hive account@swelker101. These fine folks have put 700 STEEM and a Steem Power Delegation up for Steemians who make it their mission to help new Steemians by creating tools for new Steemians to use as almost a guidebook to Steem. The Third Contest is going on now, and the post includes dozens of helpful links that new Steemians should find very useful. The challenge this time around is to take the information in the links posted and create your own New Steemian Welcome Guide. Top Two Contestants will each receive 50 Steem, currently worth over $150 USD. So please go over and show your support for this great project!

Thanks for reading!!