It is Hearths Warming Eve. A day meant spending time with friends or family, to gather around and cherish time together...

For Doc, it typically means spending time with those who can tolerate him long enough.

Except one of those few ponies is still working to the last minute on Hearths Warming Eve...

Sounds like an investigation is needed to look into why his dear old friend is still delivering, and to find the injustices within the system!

Written for Aromantic Brew for Jinglemas 2023.

Edited: Featured for a bit. A surprise for sure lol

It's Thorax's first crystal faire. It's amazing - it's absolutely spectacular, breath-taking, and the love that the crystal heart emanates on the day feels like it could keep him fed for a whole year. It should be the most fantastic thing he has seen all year! And yet...

“That’s a stupid question.” Pharynx rolled his eyes, while coming over to look at the markings Thorax had made in the dirt of their room in the hive. “I think, you dummy, that you can literally transform into any pony that you want.”

“Plus, why would you have wanted to been a pony in the first place? Being a changeling is the best.” He said, puffing up his own chest, before scowling down at the drawing of a pony that Thorax had made, before scraping his own hoof in it, swiping the dirt right back into place over the pale imitation of a pony, before roughly nudging Thorax.

“... Right.” Thorax said, smiling slightly at his brother despite the rough-housing, and the comments as he looked down at the dirt where his drawing had been. “I don’t really know why I would want to be one,” he lied, as he got up from the position he was laying down in, going to follow his brother.

Or becoming a part of something you dreamed of, but never thought you could really have.

Secret Santa gift for Dashie04

Two friends reuniting after a semester at college at a group reunion. Each have different experiences, and yet both Rainbow and Fluttershy find themselves at the same conclusion: college tends to suck.

“It’s cool… everything is cool,” Rainbow whispered to herself, staying in her car as she looked at the house lit in a warm, inviting yellow glow. Snow darted the ground from the curb to the stairs, foretelling the beginning of winter.

After all, this was Christmas Break: and after spending a few days with her parents, she had opted to attend her best friend’s reunions. And this would be the first time she saw the rest in a while. All with stories from their college days, and all would probably be good…

Meanwhile, what the hell did she even have to say?

Or what comes between semesters.

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A Breezie Jinglemas story for Mist.

Starlight isn't a child person. But Sunburst is.

She was not good enough for him.

That was the thought that stabbed through her mind as she watched Sunburst play with Flurry Heart, gently playing with the toddler in front of him, seeming enamored by him as they together danced around the Hearths Warming tree, the younger filly leading her husband around and pointing at the ornaments she put up.

Starlight was never like that with young kids.

Or what it means to be a parent.

(Jinglemas story for XP45)

EDIT: Featured?! Didn't expect this - and second in the box! So surprised. Thank you!

Silverstream, after being locked away with her friends for more than a thousand years, has been released, and sees an empty Mount Aris, looking for answers, led by one of the heirs of harmony.

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Last minute entry to the Reunions: A Swapped Role Contest. Won second place.

For Hearth's Warming this year, Twilight gets to do two things while spending time in Canterlot: being in a play, and being at home with her parents alongside her friends. One of which whom Twilight has an unexpected talk with.

A last minute Breezie gift for Jinglemas 2020, for Twilight Glimmer.

Hearthswarming Eve is a foreign concept to Sombra. From being locked away for a thousand years, to living in an entirely different country from Equestria at some point, he just seems to not quite be getting into the spirit of things. And he isn't sure he entirely likes it. That's what Starlight's there for though!

Too bad Starlight kind of forgot another part of the equation of tonight.

This story is part of Jinglemas 2020 and is a gift to MayhemMoth/EnigmaDoodles, whose art is also being used for the cover art. Hope you don't mind!

With less and less time being able to be spent with Rainbow Dash's marefriend due to circumstances outside of her control, Rainbow Dash wants to make it up to her. Even though she doesn't entirely know how.

An entry in the AppleDash Warm and Fuzzy Feelings Event

Original cover image by Mothpress found here.