It is Hearth's Warming Eve in Equestria, and the four princesses are having a private gift exchange for themselves. In what seems to be a spur of the moment decision, Princess Celestia gifts Twilight a nutcracker doll and tells her the Legend of the Nutcracker Prince, a story about a pegasus captain who was trapped in the form of a nutcracker doll.

Twilight initially dismisses such fanciful talk, but deep down, something about the story resonates with her. The doll intrigues her far more than a simple toy should, but when she falls asleep that Hearth's Warming Eve night, she awakens to find herself face to face with the very being she believed wasn't real, and now she must help him escape the curse. But there is far more to breaking the curse than she originally thought. But with this knowledge in mind, can she save the cursed stallion and return him to Equestria?

Queen Chrysalis, ruler of the Changeling Hives, feels a disturbance. Something unusual, something evil... something festive. It doesn't take her long to discover that the source of this dread is a pony holiday by the name of "Hearth's Warming Eve," and it takes even less time for her to decide what she has to do now: She must steal it.

Yes. The whole thing.

A young Twilight Sparkle can't sleep. And why should she? It's Hearthswarming Day tomorrow! And so, she stays up in the night, eyeing her gifts, just waiting to open them. But Santa won't come if she stays awake. Perhaps an early Hearthswarming present will help her rest easy?

Yes. It will. And it will do much more than that...

Filly Twilight Sprite by mini-deus

‘Twas the Night before Hearth’s Warming, and all through the castle…

On Hearth’s Warming eve, Princess Celestia has always spent the night alone in her private study, allowing the castle staff and most of the guards time to spend with their loved ones on this night of friendship and family. But tonight she has a present of her own to give to her faithful student, a gift that has been needing to be given for years.

The beautiful cover art was done by Earthsong9405 on Deviantart
Editing assistance by Peter, Shaleclaw, Sarcasmo, Tek, and Themaskedferret
Featured on Equestria Daily in 2014

You know that feeling? You know, the feeling that you get when you realize you've forgotten something that is very, very important? It is 10:32 p.m. on Hearth's Warming Eve, and Twilight Sparkle has just gotten that feeling...

Sunset convinces Twilight to spend a Christmas with her and the girls in their world so she could get a taste of what it's like while accidentally showing her one of the best parts of the holiday.
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Featured on 12/17/14! *Dash voice* Aw yeah!

Happy Holidays all around, and all around Equestria, warmth is abound. From Canterlot, to Trottingham, hearths are ablaze, done by the smallest of fillies and -yes- even the young lamb. As hearts and homes are warmed by the fire, we've brought in two reindeers with a story, for hire. Calm your mind and dream as a kid, as we hear a few stories from Tinsel and his partner Cupid.

NOT RHYMED: Short little one-shots lining as many pairings as I can think of. Each chapter starting with a rhyme by our two Reindeer hosts, Tinsel and Cupid.

Musical numbers in each chapter... Hopefully.

Happy Holidays to all, Merry Christmas, so on and so on.

Songs: Feliz Del Coraz�³n.
Deck the Clouds.
Little Drummer Colt
12 Days of Hearth Warming
Walking in a Winter Ponyville
Spikey-Wikey
All I want for Hearth's Warm...
Oh Warming Tree.
Tinsel the one Branch Reindeer.
Hark! The Alicorns do sing.

Pairings: Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash
Pipsqueak and Silver Spoon
Pipsqueak and Discord
Twilight Sparkle and Spike
Applejack and Rarity
Rarity and Spike
Cutie Mark Crusaders
Luna and Celestia
Octavia and Vinyl Scratch

In the midst of a Hearth's Warming crisis, Rarity steals Spike away from Twilight to help resolve her dilemma. One lesson and two happenstances later, the situation leaves them somewhere neither of them could have predicted.

The first story in The Twelve Days of Ficmas. You can read the second one here. Happy holidays!

Thanks to Pinkie Pie for the stellar reading of this story!

Hearths Warming Eve has always been a dear holiday for the ponies, that's filled with love, laughter, and joy. From behind stone walls for thousands of years, Discord always hated the day when it rolled by, and that hasn't changed even after he's once again free.

But in the season of happiness and friendship, something is going to change the holidays for both Discord and Fluttershy forever.

(A pre-written fic I'm only just getting put up now, and it's set in the universe of "Broken Spirit" You MUST understand at least the gist of "Broken Spirit" to get the idea of this fic. Image © Karzahnii)

Hearth's Warming day is very nearly here, and everypony in town knows what that means! Pinkie Pie's friends in particular are expecting something great from the perky party pony, something even better than last year's party.

Pinkie, however, is deciding to do something very different indeed.