diff --git a/Tusker/Screens/Compose/ComposeView.swift b/Tusker/Screens/Compose/ComposeView.swift
index 3470d9de..5cfab82f 100644
--- a/Tusker/Screens/Compose/ComposeView.swift
+++ b/Tusker/Screens/Compose/ComposeView.swift
@@ -137,8 +137,7 @@ struct ComposeView: View {
             }
             
             MainComposeTextView(
-                draft: draft,
-                placeholder: Text("What's on your mind?")
+                draft: draft
             )
             
             if let poll = draft.poll {
diff --git a/Tusker/Screens/Compose/MainComposeTextView.swift b/Tusker/Screens/Compose/MainComposeTextView.swift
index 8c8e6135..f98ec048 100644
--- a/Tusker/Screens/Compose/MainComposeTextView.swift
+++ b/Tusker/Screens/Compose/MainComposeTextView.swift
@@ -11,7 +11,15 @@ import Pachyderm
 
 struct MainComposeTextView: View {
     @ObservedObject var draft: Draft
-    let placeholder: Text
+    let placeholder: Text = {
+        let components = Calendar.current.dateComponents([.month, .day], from: Date())
+        if components.month == 9 && components.day == 21 {
+            return Text("Do you remember?")
+        } else if components.month == 10 && components.day == 31 {
+            return Text("Post something spooky!")
+        }
+        return Text("What's on your mind?")
+    }()
     
     let minHeight: CGFloat = 150
     @State private var height: CGFloat?