2021 Mistletoe Exchange

[desertvixen]

My general preferences are here.

 

My blanket DNW are nominated character death, cruelty/death to animals/children, graphic/explicit/sexual violence.

 

So, in case you couldn’t guess from my signup, I really love feel-good Christmas stories that would not be out of place of Lifetime.  I’m all about having the most magical Christmas ever, the Christmas that you have when you’re a kid and you remember your whole life.  I’m all about the joy of Christmas, and unexpected miracles happening.  I’m all about a crowded family Christmas, where people are sleeping in sleeping bags on the floor and it’s the greatest adventure because we’re ALL TOGETHER. Piles of wrapping paper and big cozy breakfasts. 
A Very Brady Christmas and Christmas Vacation both hit the sweet spot for me.

 

I’m also here for people being stranded at hotels/cabins/houses whatever IN THE SNOW and they can’t go anywhere, but it’s okay.  Fireplaces and hot chocolate always improve a situation.  Or weathering travel delays and keeping the Christmas spirit.  How shall they stay occupied?

Fluffy, cuddly, warm.  All I Want for Christmas is fanfic.

 

 

Anne of Green Gables - L. M. Montgomery 

Bertha Willis Shirley/Walter Shirley (Anne of Green Gables - LMM), Gilbert Blythe/Anne Shirley (Anne of Green Gables - LMM), James Matthew "Jem" Blythe/Faith Meredith (Anne of Green Gables - LMM), Walter Blythe/Una Meredith (Anne of Green Gables - LMM)

 

I'd love a sweet Christmas story with Anne's parents - canon compliant, or maybe a AU where they live and Anne still ends up meeting the Avonlea crowd?

 

Or Gilbert/Anne having a lovely Christmas at Ingleside.

 

Or Jem/Faith having a lovely Christmas together post WW1.

 

Or Walter/Una fix-it where he lives and arrives home and makes it the best Christmas ever, especially for Una.

 

You could even combine two of these – or all of these.  Go for it! 

 

Baby-Sitters Club - Ann M. Martin 

Maureen McGill/Richard Spier (Baby-Sitters Club - Martin), Elizabeth Thomas Brewer/Watson Brewer (Baby-Sitters Club - Martin), Janine Kishi/Charlie Thomas (Baby-Sitters Club - Martin)

 

So I love BSC Christmas stories. I love single moms who find happiness.

 

I love Elizabeth/Watson meet cutes, falling for each other, married life, making Christmas logistics happen.

 

I love this whole idea of Maureen and Richard hooking up. Christmas cuteness, or maybe volunteering at something?

 

Or feel free to combine these and come up with a scenario where Elizabeth/Watson are helping hook them up...

 

Janine/Charlie are my OTP for this, and I'd just love either a Christmas spent away from families, traveling, or maybe a meet-cute style story where they are stranded while traveling.

 

As a parent, I relate to these books on a totally different level, and I still love them.  I love the logistics of making Christmas work, like giftwrapping into the wee hours of the night or trying to assemble things (possibly after a drink or two).   Elizabeth/Watson are my favorite for that.

 

I like Maureen/Richard (much better than the canon ship), and would love to see something bloom over holiday volunteering.  Maybe giftwrapping for a cause? 

 

Or yes, parents hooking other parents up.  I’m here for happy people helping other people be happy. 

 

I’d actually like Janine/Charlie to be set away from Stonybrooke.  I love the idea that they could be stranded somewhere together and experience each other in a new light.  Or even just an encounter while traveling back home that leads to more.

 

Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries (TV) 

Nancy Drew/Frank Hardy (Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew TV)

 

These two need to get a room with mistletoe. Or snowed in together. Stranded at a roadside inn in the snow with a mystery?

 

Make it a nice, easy mystery because while I like solving them, I’d also be totally down for aftermath/celebration/oh no we’re snowed in.  These two totally have an argue until we can’t any more.  They need to get a room. 

 

Not Christmas specific, but one of the things I love about the show is that Fenton respects Nancy’s abilities.  Please show that! 

 

Vorkosigan Saga - Lois McMaster Bujold 

Gregor Vorbarra/Laisa Toscane Vorbarra (Vorkosigan Saga - LMB), Ivan Vorpatril/Tej Arqua Vorpatril (Vorkosigan Saga - LMB), Alys Vorpatril/Padma Vorpatril (Vorkosigan Saga - LMB)

 

Winterfair! I'd love sweet and sexy for any of these three couples - a little AU for Alys/Padma would be good. I love Winterfair balls and celebrations and maybe getting snowed in together...

 

I think a scenario where Laisa and Tej are experiencing the snowed-in Winterfair would be excellent.  A little formal, a little homey, a little snowed in, fun times had by all. 

 

For Alys/Padma, a Winterfair Padma lives AU would be lovely. 

 

I love fancy dresses and parties and formal balls and description.  

 

Perry Mason (TV 1957) 

Hamilton Burger/Della Street (Perry Mason TV 1957)

 

A winter evening stranded somewhere (a nice roadside inn with a little mystery perhaps) for this odd pair would be lovely.

 

Pretty much what it sounds like.  A little mystery.  Snowed in with a roaring fire and bad roads, how ever will we pass the time?  Especially since they are normally on opposite teams.  I love when Della puts her feminine intuition to good use.