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From: Sencha, @sweetasambrosia/ immortal_conclusions

To: the fandom!

Title: A Moment Before Sunrise, Rue Royale

This isn't a gift for a specific person, but I wanted to submit it anyway for the event. Thank you! (possibly slightly nsfw although I think it's ok!)

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An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

From: @wicked-felina/Rebness

To: @sweetasambrosia/immortal_conclusions

Note: I hope you like this one! I was fascinated by the Dickens post about the true meaning of A Christmas Carol, and who better to point out the contradiction than Lestat and Louis

Summary: Christmas, 1844. The Rue Royale family have celebrated Christmas dozens of times. What's one more?

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply Category: M/M Fandoms: Vampire Chronicles - Anne Rice, Vampire Chronicles - All Media Types, Interview With the Vampire (1994) Relationship: Lestat de Lioncourt/Louis de Pointe du Lac Characters: Lestat de Lioncourt, Louis de Pointe du Lac, Claudia (Vampire Chronicles) Language: English Collections: Vampire Chronicles Secret Gift Exchange 2021 Words: 3804

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An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

From: @sweetasambrosia/immortal_conclusions

To: @terryfphanatics/terryreviews

Notes: Soundtrack/playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1XfOAJxxasGCw4DNmVZYxs?si=92991428d6c54560  (To be listened in groups of 3 with the chapters).

This fic is a gift for Terryfphanatics for the 2021 Vampire Chronicles Secret Gift Exchange. They wanted something autumn/winter themed with a domestic quality. I wanted to write about Christmas, and the complicated feelings that many of us have about it, especially when it comes to family. I found out that Dickens' A Christmas Carol came out in 1843, which would have been in the middle-late Rue Royale Era. What if Louis brought it home one Christmas and read it aloud to Claudia and Lestat? How would they each react to it, especially in the context of the works which influenced how each of them perceive their world? I hope you enjoy it, Terry!

Summary: The unholy family. Three Christmas scenes: Lestat takes the Sacrament, Louis reads Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol to his family, and an adult Claudia discovers Kierkegaard.

Rating: Explicit Archive Warning: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Categories: GenM/M Fandoms: Vampire Chronicles - Anne Rice, Interview With the Vampire (1994) Relationships: Lestat de Lioncourt/Louis de Pointe du Lac, Claudia & Lestat de Lioncourt, Claudia & Louis de Pointe du Lac Characters: Lestat de Lioncourt, Louis de Pointe du Lac, Claudia (Vampire Chronicles) Additional Tags: Rue Royale era, Christmas fic, Meta, the unholy family, one happy family, Growing Up, Fluff, Angst, Pining, Satire, Vampire Sex, Catholicism, References to A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens, Existentialism, Kierkegaard, Camus - Freeform, Implied/Referenced Domestic Violence, Hopeful Ending, Vampire Chronicles Secret Gift Exchange Language: English Collections: Vampire Chronicles Secret Gift Exchange 2021 Words: 9718