The Yuletide Archive is open! Rare fic for days, in all shapes, sizes, and flavors. If you're looking for something to do in the next couple days, make yourself a cup of peppermint cocoa and settle down with AO3 and the reader of your choice to peruse the archive.

You can start with my gift, if you want, because it is STUNNING. With This Ring, ( Read more... )

In keeping with tradition, today I offer you three versions of that perennial classic "Auld Lang Syne". Something to carry us through to the new year is just the thing on this last day of Advent. And as an added bonus, I threw in another classic New Year's song ( Read more... )

Today I only have one song for you, but it's a good one. Sir Paul McCartney with a vegan* rendition of the classic The Christmas Song. Enjoy!

Paul McCartney -- The Christmas Song

I am headed to work. Enjoy the last of your holiday weekend, kids! I hope you all have the next few days off to celebrate however you see fit.

* No, seriously, he ( Read more... )

I have been meaning to do this all week for those of you who contributed, but it's been hectic (mostly with Yuletide writing) and I haven't had a chance. But everything I signed up to write has officially been handed in, so I wanted to take a minute to post pictures of all the gifts I sent to Faith and Tyler and their dad on your behalf.

( There were a lot of gifts. )

I am sort of torn about today's entry in the calendar. On the one hand, it is pretty hilarious that this exists. On the other hand, it is so bad. So, so bad. I'm really sorry, you guys.

Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta -- Baby It's Cold Outside
Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta -- Auld Lang Syne/Christmas Time Is HereI really hate Baby ( Read more... )

I confess that I'm relieved that whole End Days business did not come to fruition, because if the world had ended before I got around to putting the Muppet Christmas Carol soundtrack on the calendar, I would have felt I'd failed you all ( Read more... )

Today's selections come from the album 40 Years: A Charlie Brown Christmas, which, as the name implies, is a tribute to the 40th anniversary of A Charlie Brown Christmas. It is nothing at all like the classic Vince Guaraldi soundtrack to the Christmas special, though a couple of those songs are covered on this album. But there are a few gems, and ( Read more... )

Do you know what I realized the other day? This is not, in fact, the 7th annual musical advent calendar. It's actually the eighth. That's right, according my iTunes I started this in 2005. I thought it was 2006! Go figure ( Read more... )

Day eighteen already? How did that happen? I still have baking to do ( Read more... )

Today on the calendar are two versions of the same song. One is a rather haunting Maroon 5 rendition, and the other an a cappella version by the season 3 Sing-Off contestants.

Maroon 5 -- Happy Christmas (War Is Over)
Sing-Off Contestants -- Happy Christmas (War Is Over)