Hi, all!

While it may not SEEM like it (and, wow, I apologize profusely), I've been doing all that I can to ensure that everyone's final gift is in...well, sometime. The bad news is that there are still a few outstanding gifts, but the good news is that all but one of them are back-ups (meaning they're not in because people have had less time to work on them than the original santas who dropped out).

I know people signed up at that back-up volunteer list a while ago, and that things change. As of today, I have two final gifts that I'm looking to fill. If ANY of you have some spare time and can help me close this community out ASAP, it would be much appreciated! Please comment here or shoot me an E-mail at btvs.santa [@] gmail.com.

(And as a note, anyone who dropped out whose santa also dropped out did NOT receive a back-up gifter. I think it's weird to find a new gifter for someone who never actually made a gift, you know? This did happen this year, though, so I wanted to make things clear.)

Thanks again for all of your help, and everyone SHOULD have a gift by Valentine's Day at the latest!

:)

Sorry this is late, but my photoshop was acting up and you sure weren't kidding, vamp buffy is HARD to find! I hope you like these icons and the banner!

Title: When Hell Freezes Over
Author: palmaceae (50thousandtearz)
Pairing/Character: Lilah, Lilah/Wesley, Lilah/Lindsey
Word Count: 1,300 words
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Five things Lilah never expected to happen in Hell.
Spoilers/Warnings: Home
Author's Note: This is even more disgustingly late than I promised. I sincerely apologize for the delay and hope you enjoy it anyways.

( The pearly gates weren’t pearly at all, but then again, Lilah had never expected there to be an actual gate in the first place. )

Title: Simple Fractures 1/3
Author: pukajen
Pairing: Spuffy
Rating: Teen, though there will be more Adult parts
Spoilers: Restless
Summary: The cry of pain let her know she’d stabbed flesh, but the non-poofing let her know she’d missed the heart.
Author's Note: This is my gift to montana_rosalie on the btvs_santa Secret Santa. Because I suck lots and lots, and my Christmas travel plans became epic due to the storms on the West Coast and flight cancellations, I'm late. This is the first part, the next two should come within the week or so. We go to camera tomorrow and I am currently working ridiculously long days, but things should go back to regular 12 hours day after tomorrow.
Author's Note II: ascian3 did a fantastically quick turn around for me with the beta. Thank you so much.
Word Count: 5,217
Disclaimer: Not Mine.


Simple Fractures 1/3

Sorry for the delay, doing one of these took a little longer than I remembered :)

Scoobies mood theme:



Rest of the images in a zip-file (1,3 Mb)

I hope everyone's enjoying the new year so far. Happy 2009, guys! :)

This is an update as to where things stand with people who have not yet received gifts. ANYONE who hasn't gotten a gift should be on this list (and if I made a mistake, holler). Since I should (hopefully) be hearing back from the last santa today (which--almost every single santa contacted me first, before I started sending reminder E-mails, which is fantastic), this post will be edited as soon as I do. Without further ado:

People whose santas are working on their gifts, which will be slightly late:

(the artist formerly known as 50thousandtearz) palmaceae
bisclaveret
buffy_the_vamp6
chosenfire28
diurnal_lee
maharet83
montana_rosalie
saeva

People who have a fantabulous back-up gifter working on their request:

(the artist formerly known as 50thousandtearz) palmaceae
chosenfire28

People whose Santas I'm waiting to hear from:

chosenfire28

That's it! Let me know if you have any questions. :)

Title: missing u
Author: Diurnal Lee
Recipient: whyskeyeyes
Rating: teen readers
Word Count: 1950
Summary: After Harm's Way, Spike returns to L.A. with a mission--one that unfortunately involves Xander. Pre-slash.

And part 2! Again, I'm sorry about the lateness. I hope you enjoy these!


( Fic Graphics )

Sorry that this is so late, but work and sick and holidays caught up with me. I hope you enjoy it!


Title: The Power of Words
Author: chokolattejedi
Recipient: highlander_ii
Rating: PG-13 for blood and stuff
Word Count: 1,540
Characters: Spike, Cecily, OCs
Disclaimer: I own nothing
Author's Notes: Spoilers for S5Ep7 - Fool for Love, and hints from S7E17 - Lies My Parents Told Me. The night he is turned, William searches out some of his former acquaintances.

( The Power of Words )

A belated merry Christmas and a happy new year.

To begin some stocking fillers

( stocking fillers )

Main gift


Title
Men are from Sunnydale, Women are from A Hell Dimension
A Practical Guide to Dating A Vengeance Demon

Rating: PG
Pairing: Xander/Anya
Spoilers: Set during Season 5
( There were times when Xander really, really wished that someone had written a self-help guide for dating a demon. )

Happy Holidays flybywrite !

I'm so sorry this is so late but the holidays made me really busy and I had a ton of stuff to do, I didn't feel up to doing fic so you're getting a icons since that's all I can really do, but I hope you like them, I'm not that great at quote icons yet, but I tried. 

( Icons... )

Hello, all! :)

The gifting has been fast and furious around here, and I've really enjoyed seeing what everyone's come up with. It's FANTABULOUS. This message is geared towards anyone who will NOT have their gift posted by the deadline of January 1st, so if you're not in that boat, there's no need to keep reading :).

If you will be unable to post a gift by January 1st, and you have NOT ALREADY CONTACTED ME ABOUT IT:

PLEASE, E-mail me by tomorrow at btvs [.] santa [@] gmail.com. I need to know whether A.) you're going to be able to complete your gift, but it'll just be a little late, or B.) you are unable to complete your gift, and I need to assign a back-up gifter. This is really, really important, and if I don't hear from you first--well, expect an E-mail from me ;).

On January 2nd, I'll post a list of people whose santas have contacted me about being late, just to reassure people that they haven't been forgotten. The goal will obviously be to have all of the gifts in as soon as possible, whether it be from the original santas, or from back-up gifters.

So, keep those gifts coming! And please, remember to actually go and CLAIM your gift. Santas work really hard to make the holidays happy, so take a second to check the community tags or memories and see if you've missed anything posted for you.

That's about it. As always, please let me know if you have any questions.

:)

I'm so sorry you're getting this after Christmas is over. Time passed by faster than I would have liked. Anyway, I actually requested your list because it piqued my interest.

( Fanmix )

( Icons )

Merry Christmas, wiccanslyr!

Since the fic muses were not stepping up to the task, I bring you graphics! Enjoy! =)

Icons:

If you'd like additional customization on them, let me know and I can add it.



( tear off the wrapping )

Hi, xbitexmyxlipx! :) Your Santa, maharet83, asked me to post your final gift on her behalf.

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( More icons ahoy! )

:)

Merry Christmas willowkat. I hope you like your present ! :)

Title: The First Snow
Author: Louise
Rating: PG-13
Category: Romance. Fluffy.
Couples: Willow/Oz
Spoilers: Amends
Disclaimer: Obviously, I don't own Buffy, the Vampire Slayer or its characters. No infringement intended.
Summary: Deleted Scene from "Amends". Willow and Oz enjoy the snow in Sunnydale.
A/N: Thanks to Derek for beta for me. This is my first Willow/Oz fic. Written for BTVS Santa for willowkat.

( Willow and Oz were lying in Willow's bed )

Here is the final gift for pukajen. Enjoy and Merry Christmas :D

( Gifts here )

Merry Christmas!

I wasn't up for writing a fic this year, and I'm clueless when it comes to fanvideos, so I made you graphics! I hope you like them!

( Click to unwrap! )

angst_driven! Your santa, buffy_the_vamp6, asked that I post your final gift on her behalf. Enjoy!

Some icons:

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( More graphics under here! )

:)

Happy Christmas Eve to all those who celebrate it!

ruuger, your santa, montana_rosalie, asked that I post your gift on her behalf.

Title: All Quiet on Sunnydale Front
Pairing: Buffy/Spike
Genre: (hopefully) melancholy hurt/comfort
Disclaimer: I don't own anything except a bottle of Herbal Essences shampoo. All hail Joss.

Merry Christmas, ruuger, hope you like your gift!

( All Quiet on Sunnydale Front )

:)

HOLY COW, you guys, it's the 23rd already! WHERE DID THE MONTH GO??

This is all important info, so please, take a minute to read it all!

The main Santa reveal starts on December 24th, and (officially) runs through January 1st. DO NOT POST YOUR FINAL GIFT BEFORE THIS. For real, yo ;). Obviously, there's a little leeway on the end date. If you know you're going to be a little late with your gift, it's no big deal. Just, please, let me know before I start scouring the list for back-up gifters. A few days after the 1st, I *will* start recruiting back-up gifters for those requests that were not filled. At that point, I'll post a master list, and everyone can ooh and aah over who had who. Or my mad organization skills. Or both. Whichever ;).

As for the actual reveal:

As of the 24th, there are no more teaser gifts (Awwww!). You should make a new post for your gift (but try to include all parts of it in one post, for the sake of convenience). To appease my mad organization skills, it would help if you clearly marked a "final gift for whoever" in the subject line. Also, it makes finding your own gift super easy! For you extra suck-ups, if you tag the post with the recipient's username and the "2008 gifts" tag, I might just make out with you. Maybe ;).

Okay, I would totally do that anyway. WHATEVER ;).

Fics should be placed under cut-texts, with clear headers indicating rating, pairing, and, most important, some type of spoiler warning (even though the series is over, JUST IN CASE).

Large graphics should be placed under cut-texts. Icons are fine, but if you post more than four, please cut-tag the rest of them.

Any videos, fanmixes, or other media should be uploaded to a server (your own, yousendit, whatever). Put the link to the gift in your post, and you're set.

Other gifts, like an LJ-layout, website layout, or anything else, is up to your discretion. You can post what the final product will look like, or make arrangements to exchange the code, or whatever will work for the gifter and the giftee.

If you will not have internet access during the final gift posting window:

Send me your gift at btvs.santa [@] gmail.com. Please include your username, as well as your recipient's. Give me any posting instructions you may have (post this on the 26th, use red font, etc.), as well as any note you may want to include. I'll post the gift, and reveal your identity on your behalf.

That's it, I think. If there are any other questions feel free, as always, to contact me at btvs.santa [@] gmail.com, or reply to this post. If you KNOW now that you will be unable to fulfill your gifting assignment, please let me know AS SOON AS POSSIBLE so I can make the proper arrangements. But, really, try to get your gifts done. It's more fun that way.

You guys have made this so fun so far, and we haven't even made it to the end! Just think of all the love that's going to be flowing around here once Sunday hits. I CANNOT WAIT TO SEE THE PRETTY! :)

Happy holidays, whatever you may celebrate, to all of you. Thanks for being a part of btvs_santa this year.


Much love,
SARAH (sarah_p)

:)

Your Santa sends graphics!

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( And a banner beneath the cut! )

:)

And with our first teaser gift of the season, the gift-giving is officially underway!

( Santa made you a friends only banner! )

:)

Here's the deal: Your Santas are trying to make your holidays SUPER FANTASTIC, and to do that....sometimes they need a little help. If there's a question for you here, just comment with a response, and Santa'll make sure to make the necessary adjustments ;). Questions, like everything else, will be tagged with your username, so if you ever want to make sure you didn't miss anything, it'll be quite easy. Fun! :) Alternately, if you HAVE any questions you need to ask your giftee, just send them to me at the comm. E-mail. Make sure to include their username, and I'll get them posted ASAP.

For diurnal_lee:

( Santa asks... )

:)