For several years now (maybe the last 3 years? maybe even 4?) I have inadvertently started a tradition of beginning and finishing a last-minute treat while drinking wine on Christmas Eve after my parents go to bed, so not even starting writing it until 10 or later. In at least two of these cases, the fic in question has been the best one I wrote for that year's YT, and very well-received. It's kind of fun to see what comes of the last minute scramble! We'll see if it happens again this year.