What we're reading in TLS this week:

We're excited to kick off the Christmas/Holiday Season by bringing you a reading recommendation list chock-full of holiday goodness! This is the first of three December posts that will give you lots of reading material to get you in the spirit and out of the mad dash of it all. Remember to leave writer some holiday love in the form of a review. Now cuddle up with a Christmas cookie and some hot cocoa and enjoy!

All I Want For Christmas by Kyla713
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6557703/1/All-I-Want-For-Christmas
Bella's five year old son makes a Christmas wish she'd never expected, and sets her entire world spinning. Rated M

Do You Hear What I Hear by LyricalKris
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13139009/1/Do-You-Hear-What-I-Hear
Edward had a lot on his plate as a broke dad trying to do right by his daughter. He wasn't looking for love. But with a child's Christmas wish and a little help from Santa and his elves, the magic of the season might reach him yet. Rated M

Drunk on Christmas by k8ln713
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11695313/1/Drunk-on-Christmas
What would Christmas be like without a little family dysfunctionality and booze? It's Christmas time and Edward heads home for the holiday. On top of now having to pretend he and his girlfriend, Bella, are not a couple, drama ensues amongst the family. Guess he's just gonna need to keep a bottle of Jack with him at all times to make it through the day. Rated M

Christmas Carols, Cocktails and Confessions by MrsK81
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8805013/1/Christmas-Carols-Cocktails-and-Confessions
For as long as she can remember, Bella has been hopelessly entangled with the one man who she could never call her own. After a night of cocktails & confessions in a bar, can she finally learn what she needs to do to get the man of her dreams? Rated M

Here We Are, As In Olden Days by Rinabina
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8772928/1/
Bella and Edward have been friends forever but ruth be told, it's always been a little more than that. A holiday collection of the history of Bella and Edward - Past, present and future. Rated M

In Every Life (A Little Snow Must Fall) by cosmogirl7481
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9914068/1/In-Every-Life-A-Little-Snow-Must-Fall
Life happens. It passes us by in fleeting moments filled with unexpected encounters. It gives us choices to say and do the right thing. And chances to make it better, even when our choices were wrong. A short holiday story. Rated M

It Came Upon a Midnight Clear by staceleo
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10880240/1/It-Came-Upon-a-Midnight-Clear
Love comes to Miss Swan unexpectedly during the holidays. Rated M

One Christmas Eve by pattyrose
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13139405/1/One-Christmas-Eve
"She and I are way too opposite. We would've never worked." Better watch what you say while the magic of Christmas Eve swirls all around you. Rated M

Perfect Gifts by SueBee0619
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10904468/1/Perfect-Gifts
A breakup, a cancelled trip, and disappointing gifts should add up to a disastrous Christmas… until they don't. Sometimes it's the person you don't know who ends up knowing you best of all. Rated M

Secret Santa by MeteorOnAMoonlessNight
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13145544/1/Secret-Santa
Depressed over thinking she'll be fired before the holidays, Bella decides to get drunk at the company party. Woken the next morning by Rose texting her to look at Facebook posts from the night before, she realizes exactly how drunk she got—and it's bad. She and Santa were very naughty, but the worst comes when Bella realizes exactly who was playing Santa.
Rated M

Scrooge by kitchmill
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9953080/1/Scrooge
Ever the Scrooge, Edward Cullen has no interest in celebrating Christmas. Will his attitude change when he finds a young woman down on her luck? Rated M

Swan Lake by SydneyAlice
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8740351/1/Swan-Lake
He's a lost traveler needing a place to spend the night. She's the owner of a bed and breakfast. What could they possibly have in common? A story about taking wrong turns and reaching destinations you never imagined. Rated M

The Storm by Edward’s Eternal
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12299474/1/The-Storm
Trapped by a sudden storm, will Edward and Bella discover an unexpected gift this Christmas season? Rated M

This Christmas Wish by MidnightLove87
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9953048/1/This-Christmas-Wish
Snow is falling and days are slipping by like sand through your hand. Edward finally takes time to stop and savor life, what happens to his perfectly laid out life when his son's Christmas wish sends him through a loop. Rated M

Wanted You Forever A Carlsme Christmas Tale by LadyLibre
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9901621/1/Wanted-You-Forever-A-Carlsme-Christmas-Tale
Lonely doctor. Lovely waitress. Both longing for more and afraid to take it. Will they summon the courage to reach out for their Christmas miracle? Rated M

Weather With You by MagTwi78
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9951830/1/
Long days are spent swimming in the river with your mates, and trying to catch the eye of the cute boy from out of town. It might be a hundred degrees in the shade, but we'll still wear silly paper hats and eat a big, hot, roast dinner. This is Christmas in Australia, and we wouldn't have it any other way. Rated M