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How many gifts did you get? How do you like them? How is the response to them, aside from yours?

How many fics did you write? Have your recipients commented and how did they like it? How did the fandom or the rest of Yuletide like it?

How are the other fics in your fandoms?

Answer in as much or as little detail as you like!

None (didn’t sign up).

Four, and the hits:kudos ratio is pretty good on all of them. Three happy recip comments, one radio silence, several non-recip comments on most of them.

Two of the fandoms I wrote in have absolutely stellar, longer, later-dated fics getting really great reactions.

One gift. One of my least favourite exchange gifts. There's no comment but mine but a handful of kudos and a decent hits:kudos ratio.

I wrote two fics. One of them has a positive recip comment, but no other comments. The other has about half a dozen non-recip comments and got recced on FFA, but I'm still waiting to hear from the recip. But they have a number of gifts and I can see them slowly working their way through them, so I'm not worried. I just hope it's what they were looking for.

I found a handful of stories in other fandoms (not necessarily "my" fandoms) that I really enjoyed. Overall, there were few fics that were RTMI. I read fewer stories than I usually do, but out of the fics I read, the average quality was pretty good.

Overall, a disappointing Yuletide, but mostly due to my gift.

One gift! I liked it! Definitely one of those wonderful cases where the author worked to give me just what I wanted! It is not getting much attention, but that is my "fault" for asking for a tiny ship.

Six! Recip comments on all! I'm happy with the overall reception. Even got a second kudos on the story I figured no one but the recip would read.

Other fic--the two fandoms I was most excited to read other fic in were disappointing, sigh.

I got two! Both were cute and made me happy, but I wish there was more traffic in that fandom because I feel like they should be appreciated more.

I wrote one. My recipient left an amazing comment that I've reread two dozen times but otherwise I wasn't expecting much reception, so any extra love has been a pleasant surprise.

The fic in my main fandoms appears fine but not amazing. I haven't read outside of my go-tos yet.

My sock and my main each got one gift story. My sock's was fucking AMAZING and everything I could have wanted out of that story. The other stories in that fandom were ridiculously good, too. My main's was pretty good! They worked hard to include things I'd really like and gave me a sweet little nugget of a story.

I wrote 10 full-length stories, but a couple had to go in Madness. The recips have commented on all, and about half were long, ecstatic squees that really blew me away, and the other half were short to average length really lovely comments. A couple of them have only the recip comment, but I expected that. Most have multiple comments, which surprised me since half of what I wrote was first in fandom. I don't look at hits/kudos, because I just don't care. I've seen people here and at FFA say things like "all the stories in X fandom are really good" and people agree, about a couple of the fandoms I wrote in, so whether they comment specifically or not, those aways give me a boost.

The other stories in the fandoms I wrote for range from good to fucking amazing (with a glaring exception), and the stories I wrote in those fandoms with more than one are decidedly not the fucking amazing ones. I've read and commented on most of the other stories with just a couple left to go, because wow, great stuff.

Correction. I wrote eleven stories, not ten. That's the most stories I've ever written for Yuletide. I wrote every treat I thought about writing including one extra last minute treat I hadn't planned. Super wonderful Yuletide for me.

I got three gifts. Two were long, pornographic, catered directly to my id, and were generally beyond my wildest imaginings for anything I hoped to receive. One was short and very clearly meant to appeal to my tastes, and I'm touched by the author's efforts even if the prose isn't quite my thing. Feedback is low on all three, and this is criminal and sad, but understandable as most people are probably not up for 20K of fic about a just-wrangled-for-Yuletide fandom or for 10K of my insanely niche rarepair engaging in one hate-fueled hand job.

I wrote four stories. I got effusive praise (with a later update!) on my assignment, nice comments on two of my shorter treats, and a very excited but sort of abrupt response to my long treat. My feedback is good for the fandoms they're in (still single digit kudos all around), and I'm beyond psyched that my fandom crush recced my assignment.

I wrote about half the fic in the two fandoms I'm really into, and while I'm reading/kudosing/commenting on the other works, I'm not blown away by anything aside from my gift in one of them. (There's one rather nice drabble in Madness, but the two treats in the main collection aren't my thing.)

Three gifts, all good to great. The weakest was still good enough that if it had been my only gift I would have been satisfied. It was long, included a bunch of my likes, and competently written. It just suffers in comparison to the other two, which both exceeded expectations, with really great writing and storytelling. Two of them I think should be getting more love than they are. One has gotten a fair number of comments other than mine which it totally deserves, so yay for that.

Two fics. Both recips have commented and were quite happy. One left a notably longer comment than they normally do, so I think they were really happy! Both have a handful of other comments, which is in line with how other fics from the fandoms are doing this year, and one got recced, some I'm satisfied.

So far, most of my fandoms that I've had time to check out have all had at least one really good fic, so this has been a good Yuletide!

I got one gift, which I like a lot. It's not among my top favorites ever, but it's a thoughtful and in-character take on the canon, clearly written to one of my prompts.

I wrote four fics, 4/4 recip responses \o/ and all seemed to like their gifts!

One thing I wrote is very niche, has only the recip comment but amazingly a few other kudos (and a kudos/hits ratio of 0.5!) Two have two non-recip comments and a handful of kudos. One has double-digit kudos and a relative bounty of comments (for me, for Yuletide) - I'm amazed and delighted!

I've been enjoying quite a lot of the archive! I don't really have a lot of fandoms per se, but at Yuletide I read in old fandoms of mine and things I kind of know (like, books I've read but don't feel fannish about) and I've read a lot of good stories and a few stellar stories.

I got one gift! Really lovely, nailed everything I was looking for from fic about the central relationship - and, happily, it's got several comments besides mine, which is great considering it's kind of niche for the fandom.

I wrote five gifts. My recips have all commented! But a couple of those comments are currently placeholders. (I'm not fussed, though, because they're the kind of placeholders that could have stood alone as perfectly enthusiastic short comments.) All the fandoms were pretty obscure, so the fact that I have any non-recip comments at all is awesome. \:D/!

Two of the fandoms I wrote in have fics besides mine, which I'd categorize as "fine but not expectional" - enough good stuff to leave a comment, but I don't think I'd rec them. I've got a bunch of other fandoms bookmarked to check out, though, and my real deep dive through the collection will be happening tonight and tomorrow!

I got three gifts, which has never happened before. One is okay, but two are GREAT. All three are being criminally neglected and I'm mad about it (though I know the two aren't to everybody's taste).

I wrote 4, which I've also never done before! All 4 recips gave super lovely comments. Two are doing really well, and two have gotten good comments but not many kudos. I wonder if it'll pick up when reveals happen. Not sure.

The other fics in my fandoms are fantastic too. What a good yuletide for me.

I'm fucking obsessed with my gift. It's amazing and perfect and packed with things I didn't even mention liking in my letter. I want to buy the author flowers.

My assignment's going over pretty well, too. Honestly, I made out like a bandit this year and I'm wondering if I should just quit exchanges while I'm ahead.

My Yuletide is going great!

I have multiple excellent gifts! They all have a low hit count, but a good ratio. One only has my comment on it.

I wrote ... five fics. All of my recips commented positively.

One of the fics, the rare pair weird porn, only has that one comment and couple of kudos, and is getting hits but not more comments or kudos. I suspect I might be putting people off by the high-concept intro and resolution to a kinky, porny center? Oh well.

One of them's doing really well, with a rec, a lots of hits (well, by my standards), a solid ratio, and some great comments.

The other 3 are all in obscure fandoms, with a few hits and multiple comments, which is exciting. The Madness one is doing just as well as the main collection ones.

The others in the weird porn fandom are doing much better - I haven't read them yet, but I'm looking forward to it.

The others in the bigger fandom have nowhere near the hits of mine, which is a shame - they're focused on other aspects of canon, but are good!

From a receiving standpoint, my Yuletide is amazing. My three gifts were all astoundingly great and I'm really looking forward to figuring out who my authors were!

For giving, one of my recips hasn't commented yet. While I really appreciate that a few kind folks have left comments, they're all very short "I enjoyed this!" comments. The other fic in the fandom continues to do way better than mine and I'm disappointed. I was so excited to read it and then the characters were wildly OOC and the formatting was weird.

My other recip left a wonderful comment but the fic is getting way less traffic than others in that fandom have in Yuletides past. I hid my assignment from my friends who are in the same fandom to see if anyone would guess it was me, but none of them have kudosed or commented. Just may not be my year...

It's been great! I got three amazing madness fics that make me want to weep with happiness and I really liked my yuletide gift and treat.

In terms of comments, I've gotten some really nice ones (although my recipient has left a placeholder comment and on one of the treats I wrote, the recipient hasn't commented either).

Really good fic in the collection too! Still working my way through it!

Only one gift, but it's beautiful, meaty and super cute and everything I wanted and didn't dare dream of! So I'm super happy about that.

My own fic is doing pretty well in terms of kudos and ratio with a fair number of hits, but I'm not certain that the recip liked it, plus it's not doing a good job of being evocative or of conveying emotion and character, and the people commenting keep only complimenting the technical aspects which is... well enough, but I feel like it failed in that regard. Characterisation is a nightmare and I'm godawful at it.

I've found some absolute gems in miscellaneous fandoms since most of the ones I'm in didn't get written for, and the other fic in the fandom I wrote for are quite good too! So it's been a fun time reading.

I got 2 gifts, both with elements of horror and for two different virtually non-existent OTPs of mine. I love them both to bits, and while I’m pretty sure I know who wrote my main gift, I’m really curious to see who wrote my treat. Mainly because they’re going straight on my try-to-treat list. My main gift writer, if my guess is right, is already on there. :D

I wrote 4 gifts, 1 in Madness and the others all in the main collection, and I’ve had great feedback from the recips of all 4. Not many hits, but I’m mainly writing in small fandoms, so I’m happy with the feedback I’ve had on the whole, mainly because the fic I’m most proud on, in a fandom I really wanted to write for was very well received and I’m thrilled to bits with the response it got.

Interestingly enough, the fic I thought would get the most response has actually had the least response overall, but the recip liked it, so *shrug*. I was expecting that fandom to be much bigger than it’s been this Yuletide, so I’m a little surprised it’s so quiet.

I’ve read some excellent fics too.

I ended up only writing four things; three have 'thank you for writing for me' and the one in an 'A' fandom has a few slightly enthused comments. I got a 'thank you for my gift' from not-recip on one. My other one has a kudos and no comments, which I suppose is fair enough since it's AU.

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