Christmas-Themed Multi-Fandom Recs

[jenna_marianne]

In honor of the Christmas holiday season, here is a random assortment of Christmas themed fics from a variety of fandoms (American Idol RPF, A-Team, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, CSI: Las Vegas, Dresden Files, due South, Inception, Magnificent 7, Merlin, Sentinel, Sherlock BBC, Smallville, Stargate: Atlantis, Stargate: SG1, Star Trek: ToS, Star Wars, Supernatural).

Resources:
As of 12/1/10, there's 2,945 hits on Archive of Own own when searching "christmas," and 689 tagged "Christmas."
Here's my Christmas delicious bookmark, which basically has the below stories and a few I have marked to read.

Fics marked with a ♥ are personal favorites of mine.



♥ 12 Days of Christmas (on LJ) (on DW) (on author's website) by Luna / lunasky / lunasky (PG-13)
Fandom: SGA
Pairing: McKay/Sheppard
Categories: humor
Words: 8,245 words
Summary: Someone's sending Rodney the 12 Days of Christmas and to no one's surprise, he's allergic to birds.

And Singing Through the Seasons Young and Old by maychorian (PG-13)
Fandom: Supernatural
Pairing: gen
Categories: fluff, timetravel, kids
Warning: past Child Abuse
Words: 3,500 words
Summary: Sixth in the Rain Falling Down AU/series. It's gonna be a good Christmas. Dean can tell. He's smart like that. Now all he has to do is convince Jimmy.

Away by Te (PG)
Fandom: due South
Pairing: Fraser/Kowalski
Categories: fluff, romance
Words: 3,007 words
Summary: It hadn't really been a surprise to find Fraser on his doorstep.
Quote: Ray hadn't been able to work up even a token protest to their presence, and so one thing had led to another had led to actual cocoa and then also to decorating the tree. Well, the bush.

The Bough That Breaks by Tira Nog (R)
Fandom: due South
Pairing: Fraser/Kowalski
Categories: angst, hurt/comfort
Words: ~34,000 words
Summary: Set post-"Good for the Soul." Two men who are lonely and emotionally damaged (and in Fraser's case, physically) find a much happier Christmas than either imagined, and tell each other some truths.
Quote: "It's Christmas. You don't come home with me, we're both gonna have a miserable, depressing time. I know that you'd rather spend Christmas with the real Ray Vecchio, but since the Real Ray's not here, can't you make due with the one you've got?"

Candy Cane Hearts by Vivian Darkbloom / tasabian (NC-17)
Fandom: Smallville, DCU
Pairing: Clark/Lex
Categories: futurefic, humor
Words: ~4,600 words
Summary: A new brand of candy makes Clark unusually mellow and he takes Lex on vacation to Niagra Falls; Lex finds it all very confusing.
Quote: Clark beams at Lex and displays a candy cane heart in his big palm.
"He's been eating these all day," Lex says. "They seem to make him very happy and....affectionate."

Cartography in Empty Spaces (on AO3) (on LJ) by ignipes / ignipes (PG-13)
Fandom: Supernatural
Pairing: gen
Categories: amnesia, drama, hurt/comfort, kidnapped
Words: 13,575 words
Summary: Dean has been gone for two years. On Christmas Day, an old friend brings him back to Sam's doorstep.
(Second in the Cartography in Empty Spaces series.)

The Christmas Elf by ladyra (PG)
Fandom: The Sentinel
Pairing: Jim/Blair
Categories: AU, romance, fluff, hurt/comfort
Words: 8,198 words
Summary: Jim's life is falling apart, and there seems to be only one place that makes him feel better...the mall during the holiday shopping season.
Quote: Jim had no idea what the attraction was, but he couldn't seem to stay away. He was at the mall. He couldn't remember the last time he'd come here voluntarily, as he'd always hated it, even before his senses started going nuts. Now, he hated it with a passion. It was too noisy, too smelly, too everything. But here he was. Again.

The Christmas Fairy by Mithrel / silver_scrawls (PG)
Fandom: Supernatural
Pairing: Dean/Castiel
Words: 1,010 words
Summary: Someone is leaving the Winchesters gifts.
Quote: "...no more mysterious gifts appeared, and now Dean was offended, which was completely ridiculous. Didn’t whatever elves were infesting Bobby’s house think he deserved anything?"

A Christmas Tale by Nadine
Fandom: Magnificent Seven
Pairing: gen
Categories: ATF
Words: 24,159 words
Summary: The team are snowed in at Christmas, and the neighbors come over, too.
Part of the Brother's Keeper series.

A Devilstone Christmas (on LJ) (on AO3) by xbeyondinsanex / beyondinsane (R)
Fandom: American Idol RPF
Pairing: Adam/Kris
Categories: romance, fluff, steampunk
Words: 4,624 words
Summary: Sequel to "The Devilstone Registry." A chance snow storm ruins Dr. Lambert and Arkansas's travel plans, so Adam resolves to give Kris the perfect Christmas in Westport. The only problem is that Christmas is the one thing Dr. Lambert doesn't have a doctorate in...

Die Hard 4.5: I'll Be Hard for Christmas by Aja / bookshop (NC-17)
Fandom: Die Hard 4: Live Free or Die Hard
Pairing: John/Matt
Categories: humor
Words: 15,205 words
Summary: McClane and Farrell get dragged to Congressional hearings on the Fire Sale.
Quote: Subcommittee bingo, flashbulb gauntlets, and gay sex scandals - oh, there's no place like Capitol Hill for the holidays!

A Far Better Present (on LJ) (on ff.net) by Jaxmari / imadra_blue / imadra_blue (G)
Fandom: Star Wars
Pairing: gen
Categories: drama
Words: 2,558 words
Summary: On a faraway planet celebrating a Christmas-like holiday, ten-year-old Anakin wishes Obi-Wan would like him, even a little.

Force of Nature by mrshamill (PG)
Fandom: Stargate: Atlantis
Pairing: McKay/Sheppard, Jeannie/Kaleb, Teyla/Kanaan
Categories: fluff, family, domestic, Thanksgiving, vacation
Words: 10,693 words
Summary: Jeannie Miller gets fed up and the IOA wisely gets out of her way.
Quote: "Dr. McKay, your sister is apparently a force of nature."

Four Christmases Claire Novak Didn't Celebrate and One She Did by kijikun (PG-13)
Fandom: Supernatural
Pairing: gen, Dean/Castiel, Gabriel/Sam, Jimmy/Amelia
Categories: five things
Words: 3,269 words
Summary: Four ways Claire Novak didn't spend Christmas or Christmas Eve and one way she did. Each is from a different AU.

♥ The Gift Of The Mad Guy by sam_storyteller / sam_storyteller / copperbadge (PG)
Fandom: Doctor Who
Pairing: gen
Categories: humor
Words: 9,916 words
Summary: The Doctor joins some Kings of Orient following a star, helps a quartet of sociologists, gets thrown in prison, meets shepherds (ditto: talking sheep), finds a baby in a stable, uses Christmas carols for nefarious ends, and learns The True Meaning Of Camel. (Ten POV)

God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen by sound_of_bells (PG-13)
Fandom: Inception, Good Omens
Pairing: Arthur/Eames
Categories: fusion, crossover, crack
Words: ~3,400 words
Summary: A holiday-themed sequel to "Somewhere Between Heaven and Hell."
In which Arthur protests the crass commercialization of the saviour's birth, Eames fellates a candy cane, various Christmas decorations are destroyed, and Arthur's sartorial choices are spectacularly awful.

How the Millers Relaxed and Learned to Love Rodney (With A Little Help from John Sheppard) by sardonicsmiley (PG)
Fandom: SGA
Pairing: gen, McKay/Sheppard, Jeanne/Kaleb
Categories: angst, hurt/comfort, family
Warning: Verging on character bashing of Jeanne
Words: 5,758 words
Summary: Sooner or later, Rodney just gets under your skin...or, Jeannie gets to know her brother through John.

♥ I'm Telling You Why by teand (PG-13)
Fandom: Supernatural
Pairing: gen
Categories: fluff
Words: 2,018 words
Summary: If anthropomorphic evil exists, and Sam and Dean have definitive reasons to believe it does, then why not anthropomorphic good?
Quote: "The diner was packed, the only open seat at the counter next to...Santa Claus."

Identical #3: It Came Just the Same (on author's site) (at AO3) by Lanning Cook (G)
Fandom: Smallville
Pairing: Clark/Lex
Categories: humor
Words: 3,775 words
Summary: The Grinch pwns Lex Luthor; Clark and Lex each buy some clues. Or, The night before Christmas at the Kent farm and Clark wants to get back as much of Lex's life as he can, while Lex just wants Clark's friendship and to be able to reciprocate. With a hilarious moment of Lex reading The Grinch Who Stole Christmas with scathing commentary.
(Part of Lanning Cook's Identical series)

It's Like This Old Inuvit Story I Knew (on author's website) (on AO3) by rageprufrock / rageprufrock (PG-13)
Fandom: due South
Pairing: Fraser/Kowalski
Categories: humor
Words: 4,362 words
Summary: Thursday morning, Ray woke up with an elderly Mountie sitting at the foot of his bed.
Quote: "Look," Ray said. "I'm at work. I'm actually awake now. You're supposed to go away."
He snorted. "Son, call me 'Sir,' and for goodness sake. If I didn't leave when I died I'm certainly not leaving because you're unwilling to face reality."

It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year (on LJ) (on author's website) by mrshamill (PG)
Fandom: SGA
Pairing: gen, McKay/Sheppard
Categories: crack, humor
Words: 4,602 words
Summary: John and Rodney really love Christmas time. No, really. NO, REALLY, they LOVE IT.
Quote: "He has agreed to fly me to the mainland for the next few weeks. If you are wise, you will come with me."
Ronon blinked in surprise. "What? Why?" He pulled out a chair and straddled it backwards. "Okay, tell me why everyone's getting all weird."
"It is this..." her face contorted into what almost looked like a snarl, "holiday they have. It is called Christmas and it is apparently supposed to be a happy time, but in my experience it is nothing but an exercise in rudeness, anger and frustration. Both Dr. McKay and Colonel Sheppard act as though they are possessed by Wraith and run around insulting each other and every other person on Atlantis. Dr. Weir retires to her rooms and refuses to come out and even Dr. Beckett -- well, last year, he merely drank too much and slept most of the time. I am glad I do not know what it is like on Earth; I can barely stand it here."

It's Vulcan for Humbug by nimori (PG)
Fandom: Star Trek (2009)
Pairing: Kirk/Spock
Categories: humor, fluff
Words: ~3,000 words
Summary: In which Jim is a multicultural holiday whore, Spock could do with a little less respect, and Russians invented Christmas trees.

♥ Good Things Do Happen by trinityofone (PG)
Fandom: Supernatural
Pairing: Sam/Jess, Dean/Castiel, John/Mary, Deanna/Samuel
Categories: humor, family
Words: 10,877 words
Summary: A Winchester Family Christmas, 2010. AKA, Best zombie Christmas ever! (The one where not one member of the Winchester family is not undead.)
Quote: "Sam had pretty much never loved Dean more. He was man enough to admit it (at least in the privacy of his own head): he had watched his big brother stare down God, listened to him demand back every single life that had been stolen in the war between Heaven and Hell, and all Sam had been able to think was that he loved Dean a crazy amount, and that he hoped Dean got to be happy, that he got everything he wanted and more. And for once in his life, Dean got exactly what he wanted. Word for word."

Jeannie Miller’s Guide to Holiday Romance by klinoa (PG)
Fandom: SGA
Pairing: McKay/Sheppard
Categories: romance, humor, fluff, matchmaking
Words: ~6,400 words
Summary: John wants something special for Christmas, and Jeannie plans to see that he gets it.

♥ Jingle Wings (on LJ) (on Wraithbait) by forcryinoutloud (R)
Fandom: SGA
Pairing: McKay/Sheppard
Categories: humor
Words: 5,389 words
Summary: It's a Regular!guys AU. John is a Christmas elf that comes to spread the joy of Christmas to Rodney. "I selflessly helped a poor struggling elf to earn his over-sized jingle shoes and found the spirit of Christmas all while getting laid." (Not-Really-Elf!John)

John and Rodney Save Christmas by chase_acow (PG-13)
Fandom: SGA, The Santa Clause
Pairing: McKay/Sheppard
Categories: fusion, crossover, crack, humor, matchmaking
Words: 6,494 words
Summary: "The Santa Clause" with John and Rodney covering for electrified Santa. Comet plays matchmaker. When they get back they find Santa is an Ancient.
Quote: Earth was supposed to be boring, college bowl games, mashed potatoes, and shopping mall normal. Earth was not supposed to be impossible and more than likely life threatening.

Just That Simple Thing by ToraK / torakowalski (NC-17)
Fandom: Die Hard 4: Live Free or Die Hard
Pairing: John/Matt
Categories: x
Words: 5,926 words
Summary: Lucy waits for Matt outside the comic book shop, and drags him out shopping, and they bring secret Christmas cheer to John, and John & Matt spend Christmas together.

Lab Book by sam_storyteller / sam_storyteller / copperbadge (R)
Fandom: Sherlock (BBC)
Pairing: Holmes/Watson
Categories: fluff, humor
Words: 5,437 words
Summary: Sherlock has been observing John.
Quote: "Did you do charts?" John asked, working his way down to Sherlock's jaw, kissing along the line of it. Silence; he pulled back. "Oh my God, you did. You did charts. You have a lab book on my sexuality."

Let it Snow, Let it Snow (on author's LJ) Let it Snow, Let it Snow (at sgahcchallenges) by coolbreeze1 (PG)
Fandom: SGA
Pairing: gen
Categories: family, hurt/comfort, illness
Words: 5,383 words
Prompt: John goes to visit Dave for Christmas, either while recovering from an injury or he gets injured while there.
Summary: When Sheppard, Teyla and Torren are stranded by a storm, they show up at a very surprised Dave's doorstep.

Luke's Christmas by Kitt / KittandChips (PG)
Fandom: Star Wars
Pairing: gen
Categories: (implausible) fluff
Warning: Mentions of Christmas in a galaxy far, far away
Words: 9,998 words
Summary: The rest of the rebels are celebrating, but Luke is suffering from a bad case of Christmas blues. Then an unexpected mission results in him spending Christmas with the last person he expected.

Merry and Bright by jerakeen / jerakeen (PG-13)
Fandom: American Idol RPF
Pairing: Adam/Kris
Categories: AU
Words: 1,220 words
Summary: The Allens and the Lamberts have been neighbors and close friends since the dawn of time, though no one can really tell why, because they have virtually nothing in common. Their kids grew up together, were the best of friends, and left for college at about the same time. Now, with all children grown up and moved away, the parents seem to be tighter than ever. At least that’s what Kris thinks when he goes home for Christmas.

Never Too Old for Santa Claus by shelbecat (PG-13)
Fandom: American Idol RPF
Pairing: Adam/Kris
Categories: AU, fluff, romance
Words: ~6,600 words
Summary: It has been a long time since Kris stopped believing in the magic of Santa, but tonight, in LA, with this amazing man...he believes.

Nutcracker (or here) by vr_trakowski and cincoflex (G)
Fandom: Iron Man
Pairing: Pepper/Tony
Categories: pre-canon, kids
Words: 29,436 words
Summary: A young Tony Stark is forced to spend the holidays with his aunt. He auditions for a production of "The Nutcracker" where he ends up dancing with a young girl named Ginny...

The Observer by Master Elayna / elayna88 (PG-13)
Fandom: SGA, The Ref
Pairing: McKay/Sheppard, Ronon/Teyla
Categories: fusion, crossover, family
Words: 12,395 words
Summary: A man on the run kidnaps a couple on Christmas Eve...Very loosely based on the movie 'The Ref' with Denis Leary and Kevin Spacey. Very loosely.

Promise of Frost by Eurydice / eurydice72 (NC-17)
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Pairing: Buffy/Spike
Categories: romance
Words: ? words (very long)
Summary: When a snowstorm strands Buffy and Spike, they are forced to turn to each other for strength, especially when a missing Giles, mysterious visitors, and way too much magic threatens to turn it into a not so very merry Christmas. Set mid-Season Four.

Real by emmastark (R)
Fandom: A-Team (TV)
Pairing: Face/Murdock
Categories: drama, angst, sad
Words: 4,971 words
Summary: The team's first Christmas in 1973 after they escape from jail. One of them is REALLY missing Murdock, who is still not well enough to leave the VA. How does he get in to see Murdock, what happens during the visit, and what does he give Murdock for Christmas?

Recruitment by thearchpoet (PG)
Fandom: Dresden Files
Pairing: gen, Dresden/Marcone
Categories: fluff
Words: 302 words
Summary: John Marcone is nothing if not persistent.
Quote: "Merry Christmas Johnny," he hears when he answers the phone Christmas morning, "is this package secretly enchanted to kill me, or did you actually send it to the wrong address?"

Sabbatical by rageprufrock (R)
Fandom: SGA, Eureka
Pairing: McKay/Sheppard
Categories: crossover
Words: x words
Summary: Sequel to "Summer House" & "Shore Leave" and prequel to "New Eureka shenanigans."
Summary: He turns around and winces, saying to Jack, "Sorry about this -- but could you and Henry go down to the basement? There're a couple of high-level government employees Rodney locked in with the rats."

♥ Santa Ez by Pat Merritt
Fandom: Magnificent Seven
Pairing: gen
Categories: fluff
Words: 14,932 words
Summary: Ezra plays Santa for an adorable bunch of kids down on their luck over the winter season. The youngest girl, Laura, is convinced that Ezra is old Saint Nick, and that Vin is his helper.
Quote: Movement caught his eye and he saw a little girl staring inside curiously from under the bat-winged doors. She looked at Ezra and gave a little gasp of delight and then ran into the saloon right up to where Ezra was playing. She grasped his elbow and said, questioningly, “Santa?” Vin straightened up. The youngin thought that red jacket was Santa’s red coat. This should be good.

Save As (on LJ) by poisontaster (NC-17)
Fandom: Die Hard 4: Live Free or Die Hard
Pairing: John/Matt
Categories: x
Words: 23,733 words
Summary: Part of the Dying is Easy 'Verse.
While John is visiting his family in D.C. he sees the live broadcast of Matt involved in a hostage situation and rushes back to New York. News crews capture their reunion live, and John must deal with his ex-wife & children's reaction to his coming out and his relationship with Matt. -- "Save As: the moment in creation where you have to decide if this is something you really want to keep and what to call it."

Second Childhood by cloudyjenn / cloudy_fic (PG-13)
Fandom: Supernatural
Pairing: Dean/Castiel
Categories: humor, drama, de-aged, kids
Words: 16,350 words
Summary: Sam gets de-aged, and Dean and Castiel have to take care of him.
Prompt: To turn Sam into a baby and to have a Christmas tree.
Quote: "Dude, I can't do this whole thing by myself," Dean said with far more desperation leaking into his tone than he liked. It would just be too much to make it through hell and death and Lucifer only to have Castiel bail on him because of a frigging baby.

Second Fiddle (on wraitbait) (on Area 52) (on AO3) by Madison / sgamadison (NC-17)
Fandom: SGA
Pairing: McKay/Sheppard
Categories: alternate dimensions, drama, hurt/comfort
Warning: Character Death (alt!Rodney)
Words: 30,878 words
Summary: Assistant professor Rodney McKay has just learned he has no real prospects for tenure at MIT -- not when Kavanagh is so much better at sucking up -- on the same dreary winter day he had to put his cat to sleep. Then he gets mugged on his way home, but he is rescued by a mysterious stranger in sopping wet military dress. John Sheppard turns out to be from an alternate universe and needs Rodney's help to get home.
Quote: No wonder Sheppard missed McKay. He was an impossible act to follow.

The Single Dad and the Tycoon by Tarlan / tarlanx (NC-17)
Fandom: SGA
Pairing: McKay/Sheppard
Categories: harlequin, romance, kids, family
Warning: Character Death (Jeannie & Kaleb Miller)
Words: 9,560 words
Quote: Rodney felt the stress of the past eleven months catching up on him. He'd barely had time to grieve for his sister before they thrust her children onto him to raise as his own; him being the only living relative except for some very distant cousins a million times removed. It was that or the State foster program, and Rodney couldn't bear the thought of losing all that was left of his family. It might have helped if Kaleb had living relatives but the only two, his parents, had been in the same car as him and Jeannie.

The Son, the Moon and the Stars (at ksarchive) (at memory-prime) by Tmara (R)
Fandom: Star Trek: ToS
Pairing: Kirk/Spock, Sarek/Amanda
Categories: AU, romance
Words: 13,346 words
Summary: In a universe where Vulcan and Earth never came together, the two worlds are attempting to reconcile. Kirk and Spock meet at the celebration ball and electricity ensues.

Spirit(on LJ) (at ff.net) or here by Sarah's Girl / saras_girl (G)
Fandom: CSI: Las Vegas
Pairing: Greg/Nick
Categories: romance
Words: ~12,000 words
Summary: Nick hates Christmas. Greg is determined to change that.

A Supplement to the Second Edition, etc. by sheafrotherdon (R)
Fandom: SGA, Temeraire
Pairing: fusion, crossover, regency, dragons
Categories: McKay/Sheppard
Words: ~2,300 words
Summary: Sequel to "A New History of Captain John Sheppard. Christmas Eve, 1812, Liverpool township, Nova Scotia. A Supplement to the Second Edition, or, A Treatise on Those Matters Left Undiscussed by Locke et al, That In a State of Better Nature We Might Own: A Further History and More Civil Contract, Drawn from the Papers of M. Rodney McKay, Esq., FRS., and written In A Fashion, By His Own Hand. With Reference to Events Of Great Consequence.

That Thing You Like (on AO3) (on LJ) by misspamela (NC-17)
Fandom: Sherlock (BBC)
Pairing: Holmes/Watson
Categories: drama, romance, family
Words: 7,155 words
Summary: John spends Christmas with the Holmeses, Mycroft has a wife and Sherlock hates ambiguity.

There Has To Be Some Magic by Kath Tate (PG-13)
Fandom: Terminator
Pairing: Kyle/Sarah
Categories: x
Words: 9,915 words
Summary: Sequel to "Where Roots Will Grow." Sarah has to indoctrinate Kyle into the joys of Christmas.

To Grandmother's House by Barb C / rahirah (R)
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Pairing: Buffy/Spike
Categories: x
Words: 24,805 words
Summary: Buffy's attempts to have the perfect Christmas are stymied by the appearance of a mysterious axe and her mother's ghost...or is it?
(Part of Barb C's epic Buffy Barbverse)

♥ Tokens of Affection by Adrienne (R)
Fandom: Hot Fuzz
Pairing: Nicholas/Danny
Categories: humor, romance
Words: 12,608 words
Summary: Nicholas and Danny sneak around to buy each other Christmas presents.
Quote: "It seemed to Nicholas that there had always been an element of answering-back in the gifts that he and Danny gave each other."

Vigil (R) & sequel, Two Christmases (PG) by lamardeuse /lamardeuse
Fandom: A-Team (TV)
Pairing: Face/Murdock
Categories: x
Words: 1,902 + 1,762 words
Summary: Christmas Day, 1970 & Christmas 1984 and 1987.
Part of a longer, untitled series, found here.)

Where the Lovelight Gleams by seawench (G)
Fandom: Mercy Thompson
Pairing: Warren/Kyle
Categories: fluff
Words: 838 words
Summary: It figured, of course that his first Christmas with Warren would fall on the full moon.

While You Were Sleeping SGA Redux by lavvyan (NC-17)
Fandom: SGA, While You Were Sleeping
Pairing: McKay/Sheppard
Categories: fusion, crossover, humor
Words: x words
Summary: 'While You Were Sleeping' SGA style. Rodney McKay is an ordinary guy who just happens to rescue the woman he's been pining for from afar for months. Now she's in a coma and her family thinks they're engaged – except for her brother, John.

Wish List by velocitygrass (NC-17)
Fandom: SGA
Pairing: McKay/Sheppard
Categories: humor
Words: 9,819 words
Summary: Rodney will play the Angel in the Christmas play if John can fulfill his very difficult wish list ending with a kiss from "the one he loves."
Quote: "If you really want me to get into the Spirit of Christmas, here's a list."

Wishing for Swords by doomcanary (PG)
Fandom: Merlin
Pairing: gen, Arthur/Merlin
Categories: kids, timetravel
Words: 1,110 words
Summary: Merlin goes back in time to look for a shield, and encounters young Arthur.
Quote: Merlin tiptoes down the empty corridors of Camelot, pulling his dark green cloak tighter about him. It's vital that nobody sees him and recognizes him; he's out of time, and if he's recognised now, his future self will be up to his neck in trouble when he arrives at Camelot for the first time. Three corridors away behind him, a pulsing blue-white flicker outlines an irregular doorway, like a standing stone, cut into the wall. The shield he's looking for has been lost for over twenty years; Merlin thinks he might know why.
“What are you doing?” says a voice behind him. “Are you the Yule elf?”
Merlin freezes. It's a child's voice, high, but there's an imperious edge to it that makes his spine crawl.
“Where's your goat?”
Unwillingly, Merlin turns round, making sure his hood's well over his face.

You Can Imagine the Christmas Dinners by ardenteurophile (PG-13)
Fandom: Sherlock (BBC)
Pairing: Holmes/Watson
Categories: fluff, humor, family
Words: ~23,800 words
Summary: Sherlock takes John along for Christmas dinner with Mycroft and Mummy (And "Anthea", too). Over the course of the evening, John realizes that everyone in the room - apart from him - seems to think that he and Sherlock are a couple.
Prequel: Abhorring the Dull Routine of Existence, or, a Week Spent on Artificial Stimulants: Sherlock tries out more legal varieties of stimulant. i.e. Red Bull


Cindy Combs has three Christmas Themed stories in her MacGyver & Sons series, though the series needs to be read in order to make much sense. You can refer to the series guide, find them in Cindy Comb's entry at wolfpupsden, or indexed in my bookmarks here.
MacGyver & Sons #10: The Haunting Of Christmas Past by Cindy Combs (PG)
Fandom: Sentinel, MacGyver
Pairing: gen
Categories: crossover, family
Words: 7,775 words
Summary: A crisis sends Blair to MacGyver's side just before Christmas.

MacGyver & Sons #15: The Promise Of Christmas Future by Cindy Combs (PG-13)
Fandom: Sentinel, MacGyver
Pairing: gen
Categories: crossover, family
Words: 16,442 words
Summary: Late night phone calls, explosions, gun battles, bad girls and tiny tots: Must be a MacGyver family Christmas.

MacGyver & Sons #18: A Christmas To Belong by Cindy Combs (PG-13)
Fandom: Sentinel, MacGyver, SG1
Pairing: gen
Categories: crossover, family
Words: 16,714 words
Summary: The meaning of family takes a new twist for the MacGyver clan when a deceptively young-looking man visits for the holidays.



This list is a work in progress, so I'll be adding more as I read them. I'd love to hear about any other Christmas stories people have come across.