Holiday Challenge

[JDMeans@xxxxxxx]

Well, put on your yamakah, here comes Chanukah!

I thought I'd drop a Holiday themed challenge your way, in the hopes of 
seeing some fics coming out of it before the end of the year. Okay, here are 
the rules.

The main theme is the holidays, and Buffy and Willow really spending them 
together for the first time since Buffy's return(I'm assuming that last 
year's holidays were a right-off, between Willow's magic addiction and 
Buffy's general depression). The story is set in Season Seven, which so far 
is shaping up to be much more B/W friendly than last season.

The fic must have the following;
1) Willow celebrates the Winter Solstice with a local coven, where she is 
encouraged by her fellow wiccans to embrace her future.
2) Buffy and Dawn plan on surprising Willow with latkes(potato pancakes) on 
the first night of Chanukah, but can't find a decent recipe.
3) Willow presents Buffy with a Christmas gift that has a special 
significance for Buffy. Use your imagination.
4) The final line of dialogue; Willow grins and asks, "Who needs mistletoe?" 
before kissing Buffy. You may continue the scene without dialogue if you 
wish, or fade to black and roll closing credits at that point.
5) The following song, by Sarah McLachlan(Joss's personal favorite singer, I 
suspect), must figure prominently;

SONG FOR A WINTER'S NIGHT

The lamp is burning low upon my table top 
the snow is softly falling 
The air is still within the silence of my room 
I hear your voice softly calling 
If I could only have you near 
to breathe a sigh or two 
I would be happy just to hold the hands I love 
on this winter night with you 

The smoke is rising in the shadows overhead 
my glass is almost empty 
I read again between the lines upon the page 
the words of love you sent me 
If I could know within my heart 
that you were lonely too 
I would be happy just to hold the hands I love 
upon this winter night with you 

The fire is dying now, my lamp is growing dim 
the shades of night are lifting 
The morning light steals across my windowpane 
where webs of snow are drifting 
If I could only have you near 
to breathe a sigh or two 
I would be happy just to hold the hands I love 
and to be once again with you.

Okay, let the games begin!

Kirayoshi
(who still can't believe that he started this letter with a quote by Adam 
Sadler!)