Grumpy Beastie's Other Lair

2026 Snowflake Challenge #5

Wed, 14 Jan 2026 23:34:51 GMT

I'm doing the challenges a little out of order because one of my wishes has a deadline.

Challenge #5

In your own space, create a list of at least three things you'd love to receive, a wishlist of sorts.

It always feels a little weird doing a wishlist so soon after the holidays, especially as some exchanges like Fandom Trees usually haven't done their reveals yet, but that relates to my main wish on my wishlist right now.

1) If you have time and inclination, please check out the needy trees at fandomtrees. The goal is for every person who signed up to have at least two gifts under their tree before the reveals on the 17th and it looks we have nine people who still have zero or only one gift. You do not need to have signed up with a tree to leave fills under a tree.

2) Tell me your favorite place to play in fandom or consume fandomy things that isn't DW or AO3.

3) Rec me your favorite thing you read last year; fic, book, article, blog, whatever. Audio, physical, e-format, etc. It all counts, as long as you loved it.

Thank you for reading.

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Dear Yule Goat/December Meme Day 2

Tue, 03 Dec 2024 06:54:33 GMT

Snagged from dizzojay ages ago.

Day 2: Your Holiday Wishlist

This seems like a good time do my "Dear Yule Goat" letter.

Dear Yule Goat,
This year has been... Unpleasant. Please help me end it on a cheerier note.

1. Everyone to find comfort and joy somewhere in the coming year.

2. For people to share the love/thank your favorite mods and creators. Whether it's a kudos on AO3 or thanking a mod of your favorite comm for all the hard work they do or leaving a like on a video or whatever, it will leave their day a bit brighter.

3. The strength to weather what's coming.

4. The will to clean and some storage solutions.

5. Happy holiday time with my mom.

6. The right words to tell my loved ones how I feel about them.

7. Whimsy. I plan on sprinkling that stuff everywhere. I'm going to need extra.

8. I'm not sure what I need for this, but this has not been the best year for me creativity wise and I'd like to fix that going forward.

9. Again, I'm not sure what I need for this either, but whatever it is I need to help me keep on top of life admin.

10. A new mattress, as well as sheets, blanket, comforter, pillows, and sleep accessories. (My bedframe is fine.)

holiday_wishes Wishlist

fandomtrees Wishlist

I also have a wishlist linked in my links post.

Full blank meme in box

December Meme Snagged from <user name="dizzojay">

Day 1: A Photo of You Taken This Year

Day 2: Your Holiday Wishlist

Day 3: Talk About Movies This Year

Day 4: Talk About Television This Year

Day 5: Talk About Books This Year

Day 6: Talk About Food This Year

Day 7: Talk About Music This Year

Day 8: Talk About Games This Year

Day 9: Talk About Art This Year

Day 10: A Photo of You Taken Over Ten Years Ago

Day 11: Talk About Volunteering/Charity This Year

Day 12: Talk About This Year in Medical News

Day 13: Talk About Hobbies This Year

Day 14: Something That Made You Proud This Year

Day 15: Something That Made You Laugh This Year

Day 16: Something That Made You Sad This Year

Day 17: Something That Made You Happy This Year

Day 18: Your Favorite Photo This Year

Day 19: What You Learned This Year

Day 20: A Picture of You Taken Over 20 Years Ago

Day 21: Your Favorite Websites This Year

Day 22: New Items You've Added to Collections This Year

Day 23: Travel You Did This Year

Day 24: Something Which Caught Your Interest This Year

Day 25: A Photo of You and Your Family

Day 26: Talk About Politics or Current Events This Year

Day 27: 3 Goals For Next Year

Day 28: Your Plans For New Year's Eve

Day 29: Talk About Things You Are Excited For Next Year

Day 30: A List of What You Got For Your Winter Holiday

Day 31: Best Moment of the Month

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Dear Yule Goat

Thu, 21 Dec 2023 07:07:16 GMT

Dear Yule Goat,

I know I am really getting this in under the wire here, as it's going to be Yule in a few hours, (or it was when I started typing this), but here are my wishes for the season and beyond:

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Holiday Happenings

Mon, 05 Dec 2022 18:39:31 GMT

These are things going on this season that still have open sign ups (as far as I know), but hurry on some because a couple have fast approaching deadlines.

fandomtrees
A wishlist sharing challenge similar to fandom stocking or fandom gift box
Sign ups end Dec 7
Gifting from Nov 19 - Jan 4

fffc
Annual Advent challenge (December challenge s159 Winter Calendar), daily writing prompts. If you miss a day, amnesty is from Dec 28 - 31.

holiday_wishes
Another wishlist sharing comm. Please read their rules carefully.
Open for wishlists until Dec 31

Sapphic Stocking Stuffers at elasticella
"A multimedia, multifandom merrymaking"
Open until Jan 2

seasonofkink holiday challenge has opened.
Choose 3 (or more) kinks and create a fanwork that contains all chosen kinks. Multimedia, fics have 1000 word minimum.
Runs until Feb 14

dizzojay has resurrected the December meme at her journal.

eventcentral is having a Cocktail Hour Challenge.
You sign up and get a cocktail as a prompt. Posting is on AO3. I could not find a deadline for sign ups, but posting ends Dec 30.

Non-Holiday Happenings

allbingo had two events:
kiramaru7 's Wonders of Nature Bingo
siberian_skys annual Amnesty Fest

sga_saturday
Amnesty of any prompts, but with a twist this year - you can use the additional prompt of "bitter" with any other prompt.
Runs Dec 3 - the first Saturday in Jan.

Link below in the comments anything else you would like people to know about

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Holiday Signal Boost

Sun, 14 Nov 2021 07:29:40 GMT

This was originally going to be five posts and posted last week, but I didn't want to spam my reading circle and they are all on semi related topics. I hope I was able to organize this in a coherent way.

What seems to be happening with stockings and exchanges I subscribe to:
2020stockings: I have no idea if they are running again this year, despite the name, or if the mods are opening up a 2021 Stockings for this year. Though last year, sign ups were from November 2 to December 1, so it seems unlikely they will run again this year.

fandom_stocking: Had a good run on DW from 2011 – 2018 (and before that on LJ). In 2019, the mod announced that due to serious IRL issues, they had to cancel, but hoped to come back later. No one seems to have heard from them since, so it doesn't look like this year is the year. I hope they are doing well.

fandomtrees: Haven't seen a peep from them on my reading circle, but the sticky post at the comm does say “updated schedule for 2021” with sign ups from November 18 – December 6 and gifting from November 20 – January 5.

holiday_horror: Technically, not a stocking, but a “Dear Krampus” letter comm. Nominations are closed and sign ups start the November 14th.

holiday_wishes: Are officially opening for wishlists and gifting Monday, November 15, 2021 at 4:00 p.m. PST (GMT-8)

in_a_peartree: They chose not to run last year and I see no signs of them running this year.

stocking_wishlist: Has not been updated since December 24, 2019. (Weirdly enough, my stocking is the last stocking ever posted there.) The admin's personal journal is active, but *shrug*

Things I just found:
mistletoe_exchange: They are running this year, but nominations and sign ups have already happens and are closed.

newyearcntdown: It's a post a day, prompts based challenge focusing on December and the end of the year. Sign ups end November 30th.

If you are looking for something more fandom specific, fandomcalendar has quite a few things listed there, though many have already closed their sign ups.

Other Stuff
seasonofkink: I believe their holiday challenge runs from December to February 14th, but they're in amnesty right now and all the info I can find is from their bingo they do earlier in the year.

For my madrona_project peeps:
The holidays are upon us and for the last 12 years we have always struggled to make a holiday event happen. Right now, we have the school fall festival and autumn table to play with. We were thinking we should continue to keep things simple, that would take place over December and January, yes both months. And yes, it will overlap with Sinterklaas, New Year's, and Dragon Fest. Those are not canceled.

These are the current options:

(1) I make a public 5x5 bingo card with prompts that are very specific to Madrona for everyone to play with

(2) I make a list of prompts very specific to Madrona for everyone to make their own 2x2 bingo cards

(3) I make a 10 prompt table of prompts very specific to Madrona

Which would you prefer?

With only 3 or 4 of us currently active, it does not make sense to try to run an exchange or a larger event like the Queen's Ball again at this time. (Though if you missed out on the Queen's Ball when we did it, you can revisit it or anything else ever hosted at Madrona in the past, like always.)

I will be crossposting this to the info comm.

SGA Secret Santa: Sorry, I don't have the link for this one. I have heard through someone doing the Miserable Fucks November Social that the SGA Secret Santa mods are trying to figure out why participation is down and it's apparently a pre-pandemic problem. Their sign ups are from the end of September to the beginning of October-ish and I know in the past I have heard people say that they don't do that exchange because sign ups are early and they miss it. If you are one of those people, this might be the time to say something. (Again, I have heard this indirectly, so take with a grain of salt.)

Non-DW Things:
If you are doing an exchange like Holiday_wishes or something else where you are allowed to ask and link to IRL things you want/need, but are not wanting to link to an Amazon wishlist for whatever reason, Etsy wishlists are public. It's their default. You can also separate things out into public and private wishlists, like on Amazon. I'm just putting it out there.

There are websites where you can compile wishlists linking to things you want from all over the internet, but I don't know which ones are the best. Having never used one or known anyone who has used one effectively, I can't make any recommendations. Though, if there is one you use and like, please let me know.

Supernatural Fans:
STANDS' holiday shop opened November 2nd. There are a lot of things they are saying they will no longer be reordering after the holiday shop ends, so if there was something you were waiting on, now might be the time.

Also, once again GISH and STANDS are doing Matching for the Holidays, stating, “We want every Gisher to be able to experience the joys/wtf of getting something fun & weird from our exclusive #GISH holiday shop.” Basically, you can apply to receive one item or you can apply to donate an item to someone who has requested to receive an item. You can donate as many items as you want. Matching is available world wide, meaning donors and recipients can be from outside the US. They will be accepting final submissions on December 3rd

Please go to gish or shopstands on Instagram for details.

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