Please Explain

Conservative Christians claim that "Merry Christmas" should not be offensive to anybody at all ever. It is a harmless, well-intentioned seasonal greeting. And, anyone who has a problem with it is obviously insecure in their own faith, otherwise they'd just take it in the goodwill it was intended and move on.

On the other hand. "Happy Holidays" is extremely offensive. It denotes Christian persecution and hatred of Jesus and an effort to exclude Christians and Christianity from the American public. It's indicative of a "War on Christmas" and cannot be tolerated.

How does THAT make sense?

Holiday Wishes!

Step One
Make a post to your journal. The post should contain your list of 10 holiday wishes. The wishes can be anything at all, from simple and fandom-related (fics, picspams, fanmixes) to medium (dvds, books, bracelets, etc) to really big (a new computer, a car, etc). The important thing is, make sure these wishes are things you really, truly want.
If you wish for real life things (not fics or icons), make sure you include some sort of contact info in your post, whether it's your address or just your e-mail address where Santa (or one of his elves) could get in touch with you.

Step Two
Surf around your reading list to see who has posted their list.
If you see a wish you can grant, and it's in your heart to do so, make someone's wish come true. Sometimes someone's trash is another's treasure, and if you have a leather jacket you don't want or a gift certificate you won't use - or even know where you could get someone's dream purebred Basset Hound for free - do it.

You needn't spend money on these wishes unless you want to. The point isn't to put people out, it's to provide everyone a chance to be someone else's holiday elf--to spread the joy. Gifts can be made anonymously or not--it's your call. There are no rules with this project, no guarantees, and no strings attached. Just... wish, and it might come true. Give, and you might receive. And you'll have the joy of knowing you made someone's holiday special.



1. Broadway/Theater bootlegs. I know I make this one every year but I always want more. And, thanks to wonderful kind generous people (That I am very thankful for) I have some to trade too.

Actually? In particular I really want a video bootleg of "Lestat." I need to know if it was really that bad and see it for myself. Also, Les Miserables is my favorite.

Audio/video are both welcome, audio is preferred. I can download.

2. Fanfic/Fan Art. Let me request a fanfic or fan art from you. As above, I also do trades.

3. Sewing remnants. Cast off fabric, yarns, patterns, notions etc. I love them.

4. Books you've read/are done with/don't want anymore. I love books.

I'm supposed to do ten, but really? I'd be happy with just these four.

I'll do my best to fill some others too, if I can.

Holiday Drabbles

One last Holiday Related post.

As a gift, I offer every person on my friend's a free drabble (Short 100 word fic) by me! Please request the fandom/pairing here and I'll get it to you as soon as I can.

Fandoms I will write for:
Harry Potter, Les Miserables, Marvel Universe, Chronicles of Narnia, Red Dwarf, Doctor Who, Twilight, Watchmen, Phantom of the Opera, Interview with the Vampire, True Blood, Dark Shadows, Disney, Yami no Matsuei, ElfQuest, Wolf's Rain... um... and if there's one you want that's not here just ask.