Oh my. I forgot to do the customary Yuletide squee post. I've still got the faded and wrinkled draft here, containing a not-near-to-finished rec list... Late as it is, I must recommend my lovely gift fics:
DistractionFandom: The Borgias
A bittersweet, beautifully written Cesare/Lucrezia fic, the lack of which I have been lamenting in this fandom. Also very relevant to my interests now that season 3 has begun...
A Moment of HumanityFandom: Not Before Sundown
An excellent little Madness fic. I've always wanted to know what happens to Mikael after the end of the book, and this is a nice take on that.
Also a couple of Les Mis recs. There's a lot of excellent Yuletide fic for the fandom, go and see!
On the Trouble of Cynics, Mistresses, and the RainEnjolras/Grantaire the way it should be, with Grantaire philosophising and Enjolras eternally unhappy with him.
Believers Another beautiful take on the complexities between Enjolras and Grantaire.