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Title: I'm Gone Without You, Could It Be Forever? (No, Not Anymore)
Pairing(s): Merlin/Arthur Pendragon, Merlin & Arthur Pendragon
Prompt: Arthur returns on Christmas eve, when Merlin is stuck in a car during a snowstorm near the Lake of Avalon. (Original Prompt)
Word Count/Art Medium: 2116
Rating: PG-13
Contains (Highlight to view): *None applicable, unless fluff counts.*
Disclaimer: Merlin characters are the property of Shine and BBC. No profit is being made, and no copyright infringement is intended.
Notes: Beta’d by my sister, so many thanks to her.

Link to AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/35664307

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Title: Just Another New Year's Eve
Pairing(s): Merlin/Arthur
Prompt: N/A
Word Count: 2845 words
Rating: Teen and Up
Contains (Highlight to view): *Brief mentions of hypothetical dub con kissing and teasing threats of bodily harm.*
Disclaimer: Merlin characters are the property of Shine and BBC. No profit is being made, and no copyright infringement is intended.
Notes: With thanks to the mods and to my beta. Happy holidays, everyone!
Summary It’s New Year's Eve, and Arthur is once again trying to get up the nerve to tell his best friend that he's in love with him. Of course, it would help if Merlin didn't already appear to be having the time of his life with someone else.

Link to work on AO3: Just Another New Year's Eve

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Title: Walking in a Winter Wonderland
Pairing(s): morgwen
Prompt: #5 Garden
Word Count/Art Medium: 2264
Rating: T
Contains (Highlight to view): * mention of past bad relationship with family members.*
Disclaimer: Merlin characters are the property of Shine and BBC. No profit is being made, and no copyright infringement is intended.
Notes: thank to ratsbys on discord for the quick beta!
Summary: In which Morgana meets a cute girl and somehow ends up setting up a vary of Christmas displays.

Link to AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/collections/winterknights2021/works/35469055

( WALKING IN A WINTER WONDERLAND )

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Title: Orion
Pairing(s): Merlin/Arthur, Gwen/Morgana, Gwen/Lancelot (Mentioned)
Prompt: Character A gets invited for the Christmas holidays by friends. There they meet Character B and fall in love. Get out all the tropes you like: snowball fights, warm cocoa, cooking together, getting snowed in, whatever you enjoy.
Word Count/Art Medium: 22,152
Rating: T
Contains (Highlight to view): *Alcohol Use, Brief Mention of Homophobia*
Disclaimer: Merlin characters are the property of Shine and BBC. No profit is being made, and no copyright infringement is intended.
Notes: Enormous thank you to my beta, who can be found under the username paradox_machine_40 on ao3
Summary Merlin’s spending Christmas this year at Gwen and Morgana’s home in the Welsh mountains, and when he meets Morgana’s brother, Arthur, he’s pretty sure he’s dull, pompous and more than a bit spoiled. However, over the course of shared hot chocolates, late night talks, and snowball fights, Merlin finds that he may have ended up liking Arthur rather a lot more than he originally intended.

Link to AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/35454811/chapters/88376044

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Title: What Does A Snow Monster Sound Like?
Pairing(s): merthur. Merlin/Arthur
Prompt: Prompt #20: Family fic: building a snowman or playing in the snow with nieces/nephews and talking about adoption.
Word Count/Art Medium: 1961
Rating: T
Contains (Highlight to view): * Slight anxiety expressed by character. *
Disclaimer: Merlin characters are the property of Shine and BBC. No profit is being made, and no copyright infringement is intended.
Notes: Thank you to ratsbys on discord for the beta.
Summary Arthur & Merlin watch their friends' kids for the day.

Link to AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/35470144

( WHAT DOES A SNOW MONSTER SOUND LIKE? )

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Title: Secret Santa
Pairing(s): Merlin/Arthur
Prompt: Character A gifts Character B with what they think is a very pretty ornament for Christmas, only for it to turn out to be a live dragon egg.
Word Count/Art Medium: Three pieces of traditional art, dividers and 2993 words
Rating: Teen
Contains (Highlight to view): *Art, Humour, Modern era, snow, eggs, dragons, fluff, secret santa, getting together, silly Christmas jumpers, jealousy, happy endings*
Disclaimer: Merlin characters are the property of Shine and BBC. No profit is being made, and no copyright infringement is intended.
Notes: Thank you for the mods for running this wonderful fest and to my fantastic Christmas beta elves who did all the quality control checks for Santa.
Summary: Merlin miraculously pulls out Arthur’s name in the secret santa, but what to get the man who has everything? Merlin thinks he has found the perfect gift.

Link to work on AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/27962042

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Title: Camelot Knits
Pairing(s): Merlin/Arthur
Prompt: Merlin starts knitting. He's not really good at it but he's determined to gift all his friend hand-made gifts for Christmas!
Word Count: 11036
Rating: PG-13
Contains (Highlight to view): nothing to warn about.
Disclaimer: Merlin characters are the property of Shine and BBC. No profit is being made, and no copyright infringement is intended.
Notes: G was a star. She went through this all with a fine-toothed comb and it needed it! Luckily for me, she’s also an avid knitter. I last knit a lifetime ago so pretty much forgot everything I’d ever known about it. Good thing she saved my butt. Also, any and all errors are mine!
Some of it inspired by Magic Blankets by Lady_Lombax where Anakin Skywalker crocheting saves the galaxy. Bad brass jokes - https://parade.com/998354/jessicasager/bad-jokes/
Other characters in the story: Gaius, Gwen, Morgana, Lancelot, Gwaine, Elyan, Leon, Percival, George
Summary Knitting can’t be that hard, can it? Relationships are harder. And Merlin’s assumptions about gift giving and Winter Solstice and Arthur are hardest of all.

Link to work on AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/27822925/chapters/68115574

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Title: When the Time Is Right (The Darkness Will Leave Us)
Author: ???
Pairing(s): Elyan/Percival
Prompt: N/A (my own)
Word Count: 1569
Rating: PG-13
Contains (Highlight to view): *No warnings.*
Disclaimer: Merlin characters are the property of Shine and BBC. No profit is being made, and no copyright infringement is intended.
Notes: Thanks to the Winterknights crew for keeping this time of year chock full of Merlin-y goodness! For years, off and on, I've lamented the lack of Elyan/Percival while continuing to write anything but - so this year I decided to put my fandom money where my fandom mouth is, so to speak, and indulge in a little rarepair feels. Set at Midwinter, after the events of S04.
Summary Give him time, they'd said. Given all that Elyan's been through, Percival thinks he understands. But as the months go by and the distance grows, he starts to wonder. Then, during the Midwinter festivities, he notes Elyan slipping out early and has an epiphany: Maybe it's less about waiting for enough time to pass and more about choosing the right time.

Read it on AO3: When the Time Is Right (The Darkness Will Leave Us)

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Title: All I Want For Christmas
Author/Artist: ???
Pairing(s): Merlin/Arthur
Prompt: N/A
Art Medium: Digital Painting (Photoshop)
Rating: T+
Contains (Highlight to view): *Kissing!*
Disclaimer: Merlin characters are the property of Shine and BBC. No profit is being made, and no copyright infringement is intended.
Summary: After months of pining, Merlin seizes the moment (and his destiny) when he finds Arthur under the mistletoe at the office Christmas party.

View it on AO3: All I Want For Christmas

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Title: First Snow
Author/Artist: ???
Pairing: Merlin/Arthur
Prompt: #2 – Aithusa has never seen snow.
Word Count: 1,400
Rating: (PG-13)
Disclaimer: Merlin characters are the property of Shine and BBC. No profit is being made, and no copyright infringement is intended.
Notes: Thanks to the mods for organising this lovely fest, and to P for the beta work!
Summary Snow on Christmas Eve is perfect timing. Aithusa has never seen snow so Arthur and Merlin take her outside to play – and the snow works its Christmas magic on them, too.

Read it on AO3: First Snow

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Title: Affectionately, Adoringly
Author/Artist: ???
Pairing(s): Leon/Gwaine
Prompt:
22 – Character A and Character B both sign up for a Christmas Pen Pal project to exchange postcards.
AND
53 - Gwaine having eggnog (alone o with who you want)
Word Count/Art Medium: 1,385 words
Rating: PG-13
Contains (Highlight to view): *Alcohol consumption.*
Disclaimer: Merlin characters are the property of Shine and BBC. No profit is being made, and no copyright infringement is intended.
Notes: Thank you so much for this fantastic event, very glad to have participated! I hope I hit the right notes on the prompts.
Summary: Leon and Gwaine sign up for a postcard exchange around the holidays and get a little more than they bargained for.

Read it on AO3: Affectionately, Adoringly

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Title: All I want for Christmas (Is not to go to work)
Author/Artist: ???
Pairing(s): Merlin/Arthur
Prompt: Self.
Word Count/Art Medium: ~12,600
Rating: PG-13
Contains: Modern!AU. Pining. Happy ending.
Disclaimer: Merlin characters are the property of Shine and BBC. No profit is being made, and no copyright infringement is intended.
Summary: Arthur and Merlin are co-workers and are assigned with putting the holiday party together because Uther said so. Morgana is missing her boyfriend who is travelling across the globe and Uther wants everyone to not only work during Christmas day but also throw a party for Morgana.

Read it on AO3: All I want for Christmas (Is not to go to work)

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Title: A Very Merry Christmas
Author: ???
Pairing(s): Merlin/Arthur, Lance/Gwen, Leon/Percy
Prompt: Alternative combining the above two prompts: A gifts B
with what they think is a very pretty ornament for Christmas, only for
it to turn out to be a live dragon egg. Mayhem ensues!
Word Count: 3846 words
Rating: PG-13
Contains: Nothing but fluff
Disclaimer: Merlin characters are the property of Shine and BBC.
No profit is being made, and no copyright infringement is intended.
Notes: Thanks to my lovely betas for all their help.

blumpusblue was great (thanks so much!) with her SPAG and word
changes and

camelittle helped me tremendously with Brit
pick and her very astute change suggestions for the last scene (the last
few lines were her idea!). But all mistakes are mine and mine alone!
Summary: Arthur didn't know that the ornament he'd
bought Merlin was a dragon egg. And that Merlin had magic and was a
dragonlord. And was about to ruin Christmas.

Read it on AO3: A Very Merry Christmas

( A Very Merry Christmas )

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Title: Sock it, I love you
Author/Artist:

dhampir
Pairing(s): Merlin/Arthur
Prompt: #5 from the 2017 list
Word Count/Art Medium: 13258
Rating: Teen
Disclaimer: Merlin characters are the property of Shine and BBC. No profit is being made, and no copyright infringement is intended.
Notes: This story is based on Sock it to me, Santa by Madison Parker, one of the cutest short stories ever written. So if you like this fic, go check out the original story and give it some well deserved love (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16124430-sock-it-to-me-santa). A big thank you to my beta Penn who had to add like a million commas to this story and to the Merlin Chat, without your cheering I would never have the motivation to actually finish anything.
Summary: Merlin was the last person whose name Arthur wanted to draw for their school’s Secret Santa exchange. But now that he is stuck with the other boy’s name, it’s maybe time to finally get to know him better and realise how amazing he actually is.
Read it on AO3 here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/17197052

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Title: Three Knocks
Author/Artist:

camelittle
Pairing(s): Arthur/Merlin
Prompt: https://winterknights.livejournal.com/47131.html?thread=334875#t334875
Word Count/Art Medium: 7141
Rating: Teen and up
Contains: Fluff, flirting, Scottishnesses, drunkenness, whisky, modern AU
Disclaimer: Merlin characters are the property of Shine and BBC. No profit is being made, and no copyright infringement is intended.
Notes: For Tari_Sue who left this amazing prompt: Arthur and Leon are in the Highlands for Hogmanay and have to take Merlin and Gwaine first-footing with them because no one will allow a man with fair hair to be first across the threshold. The writer has attempted to use mild Scots dialect in places. With enormous thanks to L, C and P for taking time to read and encourage, and to the fabulous mods as always <3.
Summary: After being outed on national TV, Arthur goes to a remote Hebridean with his band mates for New Year's Eve, to avoid the paparazzi. At the same time, he hopes to discover more about his mother's origins. But he soon finds that blond hair and nice knees alone don't open any doors on Hogmanay. In which Arthur calls Merlin names. They argue and he learns that yes, there is a dance called the Gay Gordons, and no, perhaps disappointingly, it doesn't mean what he thought it meant.
Read it on AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/17105243

( Three Knocks )

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Title: Bed Companions
Author/Artist:

aeris444
Pairing(s): Merlin/Percival
Prompt: Loosely based on this prompt: Merlin/Percival - Canon!Au
Stranded by the snow, Merlin taking advantage of Percival's bulk to stay warm.
Word Count/Art Medium: 2068
Rating: PG13
Contains: None
Disclaimer: Merlin characters are the property of Shine and BBC. No profit is being made, and no copyright infringement is intended.
Notes: Thanks to digthewriter for the wonderful and fast beta
Summary: Winter is coming on Camelot and it’s time for everyone to find his bed warmer to spend the coldest months with.

Read it on AO3 here:

( Bed Companions )

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Title: With Love, Snow and Mistletoe
Author/Artist:

ext_4137531
Pairing(s): Merlin/Arthur
Prompt: Own
Word Count/Art Medium: 600w
Rating: Teen
Disclaimer: Merlin characters are the property of Shine and BBC. No profit is being made, and no copyright infringement is intended.
Notes: Huge thank you to M for the speedy beta read, I am so grateful.
Summary: Five times Merlin and Arthur didn't kiss (and the first time that they did)
Read it on AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/16938396

( With Love, Snow and Mistletoe )

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Title: The winter of my heart
Author/Artist:

merlocked18
Pairing(s): Merlin/Arthur Pendragon
Prompt: My own prompt.
Word Count/Art Medium: Some words around some traditional art pieces
Rating: Teen and up
Contains:Suicidal thoughts
Disclaimer: Merlin characters are the property of Shine and BBC. No profit is being made, and no copyright infringement is intended.
Notes: I love this fest. Thank you to the mods for organizing it again. Winter inspires me.
Summary: Merlin is fed up with grief and loneliness and is determined not to return from his wintery hike up into the mountains. A man he encounters might change his mind, however.
See it on AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/16551950

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Title: Monmouth and Company
Author: ???
Pairing(s): Merlin/Arthur; background Lance/Gwen and Elena/Gwaine
Word Count: 7.3k
Rating: PG-13
Contains (Highlight to view): *Mention of minor character death (pre-story)*
Disclaimer: Merlin characters are the property of Shine and BBC. No profit is being made, and no copyright infringement is intended.
Notes: Thanks to my amazing beta M and to the mods for organising this lovely fest.
Summary When property tycoon Uther Pendragon buys the building that houses Merlin's bookshop, it ruins Merlin's Christmas and threatens the whole future of the shop. Luckily he isn't the only one who loves this quirky place where writers can come and stay for free. His friends decide to try and convert Arthur Pendragon to their cause...
Read it on AO3:: http://archiveofourown.org/works/13083198

( Monmouth and Company )

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Title:Questers: A Timeless Tale
Author/Artist: ???
Pairing(s): Merlin/Arthur
Prompt: None
Word Count: 6,035
Rating: Teen and up
Contains: none
Disclaimer: Merlin characters are the property of Shine and BBC. No profit is being made, and no copyright infringement is intended.
Notes: Thank you to winter_mod for organizing Winter Knights. All your hard work is much appreciated. Also, thank you to mywhisperingmind for being my beta reader and rocknvaughn for her great suggestions.
Summary: Bookshop owner Merlin Emrys had hoped that a Christmas eve snowstorm would mean he could go home early. But not everything goes to plan. Enter, Arthur Pendragon, the last minute shopper from hell.
Read it on AO3: http://archiveofourown.org/works/13061412

( A Timeless Tale )