Festive gifts

[moth2fic.livejournal.com]

Good morning! I'm posting early in the day in the hope that someobdy might sort out my woeful inability to get the links right before tomorrow!

I want to rec a lovely story from last year's DiaLJ collection:
A Festive Gift by probodie

It was posted on 30th December 2010 - go to discoveredinalj, go to the profile page and scroll down till you come to Discovered in the Fairy Lights, click on that then find 30th December.

miwahni and golden_bastet have taken pity on me and told me to use the following: This way to story

Ray buys Bodie an expensive gift that turns out not to be 'perfect' but it leads to the start of a relationship. The story is delightful and also makes us think about the nature of gifts, their 'value' and their unintended consequences. A really good and Christmassy fic - fluff with an underlying seriousness that's like the best Christmas cake!

Comments

[miwahni.livejournal.com]

Someone else might know a quicker way, but if not -
(delete the asterisks without leaving a space)

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Someone else might know a quicker way, but if not -
(delete the asterisks without leaving a space)
<a href*=*"http://discoveredinalj.livejournal.com/196978.html"> This way to story </*a>

Change the text between the two lots of brackety-things (there's a technical word for you!)to whatever you want the link to say.
Hope that helps!

ETA: and of course my deliberately-borked html has resulted in the error message at the top....

[moth2fic.livejournal.com]

I tried (earlier) using that URL but it only took me to dialj, not to the date/story I wanted. Maybe I mistyped something. I will try editing to your specifications - and thank you so much!

[golden-bastet.livejournal.com]

miwahni's got it -

<a href="http://discoveredinalj.livejournal.com/196978.html">This way to story </a>

will get you the link you need.

(And if you use &lt; and &gt; you can show in text what the code should be. lt = "less than" and gt = "greater than")

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[moth2fic.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I'm about to try editing... I'm really grateful for geeks *g*
But I don't understand the bit about < and > - do I need to? Well, in the long run, maybe, but for today?

[moth2fic.livejournal.com]

Not quite what I wrote but LJ is being like treacle and I hesitate to try to edit... It's the lt and gt bits that threw me...

[msmoat.livejournal.com]

Oh, yes! I remember that story! You're right--fluff with an underlying seriousness, and perfect for Christmas. Thank you for the reminder!

[moth2fic.livejournal.com]

I tried to reply earlier but LJ was under attack... I love stories that are fluufy on the surface and solid underneath! *g*

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

I've barely been able to get into lj at all today - stoopid ddos attackers... But thanks for this - I remember liking this one, and as soon as I can I shall go and make sure... *g*

[moth2fic.livejournal.com]

I chose a bad day!! It's been terrible all day. I had a terrible job editing to put the proper link in. But maybe people will look when the attacks die down, and the story is worth reading.

[sc-fossil.livejournal.com]

It's such a sweet story even when the lads are snarking at each other. Thanks for the rec.

[moth2fic.livejournal.com]

Yes, there's nice snark and nice banter *g* Glad you enjoyed it!

[probodie.livejournal.com]

*blushes* I've never been recced before, thank you for making my day :-))))

[moth2fic.livejournal.com]

It was obviously time you were!! I looked through my very small select folder of Christmas story 'keepers' and there you were!! Loved it - and I'm glad to have been able to share the joy. I think quite often stories in things like dialj are a pleasure for everybody who stumbles across them at the time but then get lost/drowned in all the excitement. It's nice to be able to 'resurrect' them!

[probodie.livejournal.com]

I appreciate it, I do, thank you again :-) Am well chuffed.

[angel-ci5.livejournal.com]

Oh yes, a perfect Christmassy fic! Thanks for the reminder!