Well here we are ten days after I was supposed to announce the winners, but thank you for hanging in there! I kept going back a forth on a LOT of these, because I just had so much fun reading all of them, and they were such nice reads! Also, this has been hands down the MOST entries I have ever received, so as you notice there are ties for both 2nd and 3rd place! And then the rest of category winners are listed in alphabetical order by category! <3 Thank you all so so much for writing these!!

FIRST PLACE

“Feast Your Eyes” by @paperandsong​

SECOND PLACE

TIE between:

“A Spell of Calm Recouping” by @littlelonghairedoutlaw​ 

and 

“The Calm Before Christmas” by @bozzleboz​

THIRD PLACE

TIE between:

“Five Golden Rings and a Promise” by @i-penna​ 

and 

“Snow Angel” by @from-aldebaran​

BEST AU

“un rendez-vous avant noël” by @phannah–montana​

BEST CHRISTINE

“Joyeux Noël” by @sloanedestler​

BEST ERIK

“the golden ribbon” by @ofserien​

BEST FLUFFY FIC

“Beneath the Winter Snow” by @pianomanblaine​

BEST FIRST MEETING

“Christmas Coffee Shop AU” by @kaykitten09​

BEST MODERN

“A Child for Christmas” by @darealbellabelleoftheball​

BEST RAREPAIR

“Twelve Nights of Chocolate” by @agapecentauri-deactivated202101​ 

CUTEST

“A Chance to Live: Phantom Christmas Special” by @emotionalmotionsicknessxx​

MOST CHRISTMAS SPIRIT

“Liebesgrübchen” by @trapdoorlovers-harp​

MOST ORIGINAL

"Gift Exchange” by @flora-gray​

MOST ROMANTIC

“Walk on a Winter Night” by @nerdyfangirl67​

MOST TRUE TO LEROUX

“The Twelve Days of Christmas”  by @cdaae​

SWEETEST

“Silver & Gold” by @a-partofthenarrative​

AHHHH this was one of the HARD years to decide (let’s be real, they’re always difficult to decide!) I’ll get to work on the moodboards for this year’s 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners and hopefully it won’t take me as long as last year’s! ;) Thank all again so much, I loved each and every one of these stories!

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carlton pinkie pie christmas ornament (2012)

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The Christmas tree, Gallerie Lafayette, Paris, France

You know it’s only eleven months and ten days before Christmas Day, but it’s still the winter season! Won’t you want to come take a trip down here and spend the night under the Northern lights?

Today: Have a different take on “Every day means every day.” :) And you learn a little bit about where I’m from.
I ordered the tree from AliExpress months ago, but it only arrived now orz. Worry not, Wei Ying won’t let it go to waste! After hours of crafting and attaching tiny ornaments, here we are :) 

Going out at New Year holidays 😊

The Christmas tree, Gallerie Lafayette, Paris, France

winter holidays

A little compilation of Russian painters’ works, depicting some orthodox winter holidays, that never crossed my dash over the years I’ve been here:

1.  Антон Овсянников. Крещение. / Epiphany by Anton A. Ovsianikov 

2. Борис Кустодиев. Крещенское водосвятие. / The Consecration of Water on the Theophany (aka Great Blessing of the Waters on Epiphany) by Boris Kustodiev

3. Анатолий Коробкин. Перед Рождеством. / Before Christmas by Anatoliy Korobkin

4.  В.Ю.Жданов. Вечер на святочной неделе. Гатчина. / Svyatki night. Gatchina by Vladimir Y. Zhdanov

5. Юрий Николаевич Волков. Сочельник / Sochel'nik by Yuriy N. Volkov 

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GIF sunny-da-kitty

Christmas hedgies 😻

PART 1

Santa rats 😻

[Credit: Melina Souza | Flickr]

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“Yo ………………….. | Yo’ Beary and his woodland buddies…”

by Skeletalmess | Flickr

A dog and its friend

(Source)

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“Won’t be easy taking down the Christmas tree since it’s her favorite place to hangout 🙃”

by campandcolby | Reddit

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“Lola, the Christmas cat”

by Alex Spinder | 500px

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“is it tasty?”

by Bagirushka | 500px