Prosfic Advent Calendar 2021 anyone?

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

So along with ProsFandomCards and the discoveredinalj Christmas calendar, we usually have a Prosfic advent calendar - someone posting a Christmas-y Pros fic recommendation every day from 1st - 24th December, counting down the days. If you'd like to see some from previous years, here are some that we prepared almost every year since 2010 (inspired by The Hatstand's Christmas Advent calendar, which sadly stopped posting a long time ago).

If you'd like the join in, please choose a date from the calendar below, and then on that day simply post a recommendation for a Christmas-ish Pros story here to the ci5hq comm. If we can fill up the calendar, then we'll all have Christmas Pros to read (or even just to fondly remember, if we don't have time) in our lj flists every day until Christmas. *g*

ETA - and coincidentally, Istia of The Hatstand posted a list of Christmas Pros fics the very day after we were saying we needed one! It's over here at Dreamwidth - great job!

1st December - macklingirl - Christmas Past and Future by Meridian (Meri)
2nd December - hagsrus - Jingle Bells by O. Yardley
3rd December - byslantedlight - The Most Wonderful Time of the Year by Unbelievable2
4th December - tinturtle - A CI5 Christmas Carol by Rebelcat
4th December extra - krisserci5 - Boxing Day by the Hag
5th December - merentha13 - Like a Thunderstorm by Callisto
6th December - krisserci5 - Resolutions and Temptations by PFL
7th December - cim3745 - Not a Very Silent Silent Night by Alexandra
8th December - firlefanzine - Benevolencce by BrendaK
9th December - macklingirl - The Christmas Story by DVS
10th December - hagsrus - Cats and Dogs by Jojo
11th December - byslantedlight - My True Love Sent to Me by HG
12th December - tinturtle - Nothing Written in Stone by Josey
13th December - macklingirl - Join the Queue by Lizzie
14th December - krisserci5 - Tis the Season by Courtney Grey
15th December - byslantedlight - In the Grotto by Sebastian
16th December - hagsrus - Longest Night by ML Mead
17th December - cloudless_9193 - Five Christmases by Jojo
18th December - tinturtle - Mistletoe Kisses by Slantedlight
19th December - macklingirl - The Stuffing Dreams are Made Of by Lizzie
20th December - macklingirl - A Pub at Christmas by PFL
21st December - hagsrus - Will Sing for Mince Pies by Dawnwind
22nd December - firlefanzine - Snow and Falling by Slantedlight
23rd December - krisserci5 - Answered Prayers by Elessar
24th December - byslantedlight - One of Bodie's Better Ideas by Josey

Comments

[macklingirl.livejournal.com]

I could and would take the 1st. :-)

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Brilliant, thank you — and maybe more days later, I'm crossing my fingers!

[macklingirl.livejournal.com]

Of course there will be more days. I'll let you know one or two days before. Is this early enough?

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

As much notice as possible would be good! If I see a day empty tomorrow, then I assume I'm going to have to fill it, so it's nice to know before then that I don't have to. *g*

[macklingirl.livejournal.com]

I'm sure I'll know early enough.

[hagsrus.livejournal.com]

I can do the 2nd but any day is fine!

Do we have a list of seasonal stories to jog people's memories? I was looking at the Pros index but couldn't see one.

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Thank you — the 2nd is all yours. And I shall hope you might volunteer for some more days too... *g*

Do you mean seasonal stories that have already been included in the calendar, or Christmas stories in general? The closest thing to the former is the tag for the Advent Calendar indexes (https://ci5hq.livejournal.com/tag/advent%20calendar%20index), but they're not sorted out or anything. I don't think we have a Christmas story list because there are so many. We should make one though... *vbg*

[macklingirl.livejournal.com]

I have a holiday between Christmas and New Year, I'll try to make a Christmas-list in Prosficindex then.

[tinturtle]

We should make a New Year one, too.

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

I should start up the storylists again... *g*

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

There are sooo many Christmas stories - I was thinking maybe we could compile a list here, like we used to do, with lots of people contributing. Well, as many as are still around, anyway!

[tinturtle]

Speaking of being still around, hagsrus shared a list of Christmas Pros fics that istia posted on Dreamwidth yesterday.

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Yes, she said! I'll post a link above when I get a chance!

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Coincidentally, Istia over at Dreamwidth made a list the very day after we were talking about this - I've put the link in the post above. *g*

[hagsrus.livejournal.com]

I can probably manage a couple more days if it doesn't start to fill up!

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

You're definitely very welcome to claim some more - we've got as far as the 9th so far! *g*

[hagsrus.livejournal.com]

OK, put me in for the next free day for now and we'll see what's needed further down the pike!

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Thank you - the 10th it is! *g*

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Hello! Would you like another day or two on the calendar? There are five more days to fill, and then I can just relax and enjoy it without worrying whether there's someone to post! *g*

[tinturtle]

I can take the 4th. I have quite a few ideas, so I will be good for several more days if needed.

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Great, it looks like they'll probably be needed! *g* And the 4th is yours to start with.

[merentha13.livejournal.com]

I can take the 5th.

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

The 5th is all yours! *g*

[krisserci5.livejournal.com]

I'll take the 5th

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

merentha13 just beat you to it! How about the 6th? *g*

[cim3745.livejournal.com]

I would take the next free day.

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Excellent! How about the 7th? *g*

[cim3745.livejournal.com]

That's alright.

[firlefanzine.livejournal.com]

The 8th please. :-)

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Great - all yours! *g*

[macklingirl.livejournal.com]

I'll take the 9th as well.

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Excellent, all yours! *g*

[tinturtle]

Twelfth?

(ETA: What a weird-looking word.)

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

All yours!

(And lol! Yes!)

[krisserci5.livejournal.com]

14 and 23 if possible

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

I've just given you those, but...

I also see that you posted on the 4th (did you mean it to be the 5th?) which was TinTurtle's day. I suspect you meant it to be the 5th that Merentha originally asked for and — didn't get my message saying that she'd beaten you to it? Either way, we've got double recs for the 4th and I'm not sure now if you're expecting to post tomorrow, 6th December.

Please let me know about tomorrow 6th Dec, because I'll need to cover it myself if you're not going to. If I don't hear from you today, I'll assume you're not doing it...

[macklingirl.livejournal.com]

I can take the 13th and any other day except the 17th (both calendars will be too much for one day).

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Great, I've put you down for the 13th - how about the 20th for another one then? *g*

[macklingirl.livejournal.com]

Yes, thec20th sounds good.

[macklingirl.livejournal.com]

Yes, the 20th sounds good.

[tinturtle]

May I have the 18th, too?

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

All yours!

[sc-fossil.livejournal.com]

How nice of you to round the up stories here. Thank you!