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Happy Belated Birthday, Charlie Weasley!
(born December 12, 1972)

Joanne K. Rowling:
• UK newspaper The Courier has J.K. Rowling among the top 100 people who have made an impact in 2014.
• Pottermore's 12 Days of Christmas Surprises – if you don't have a Pottermore account, you can follow the releases here.
• Pottermore new info by J. K. Rowling #1: Cokeworth - Lily and Snape's Hometown.
• Pottermore new info by J. K. Rowling #2: Florean Fortescue 'Ghost Plot' and History of the Leaky Cauldron.
• Pottermore new info by J. K. Rowling #3: History of Cauldrons and Thoughts on Potions.
• Pottermore accounts have been gifted a 300 Galleons Christmas treat.

Actors and Movies:
• Martin Freeman (of The Hobbit and Sherlock BBC) admitted that he would have wished to have been cast for the Harry Potter movies.

Challenges:
• hp_het_taboo has posted prompt #6 for the Advent Prompt-a-thon: Charlie Weasley.
• hptwinsmut has 3 spots left on the 12 Days of Twinmas.

Communities:
• hp_het_taboo posted a Staffing Announcement
• hoggywartyxmas posted about reccing changes for rare pairs and gossip about upcoming stories.
• rt_morelove announced start of the Remus/Tonks Twelve Nights Tales and has an icon post.

Masterlists and Weekly Round-ups:
• daily deviant posted the Kinky Kristmas Week 2 Round-up.
• snape_potter posted the Wrap-up for Week Two of the Secret Snarry Swap.
• rs_small_gifts posted the Week 2 Round-up.
• hd_owlpost posted the Week Two Round-up of the Owlpost Winter Fest.
• hd_erised posted the Weekly Round-up #2.

Hot Recs:
• One Thousand Bars by anonymous (Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter; NC-17)
Summary: And I will hold on hope / And I won't let you choke / On the noose around your neck / And I'll find strength in pain / And I will change my ways / I'll know my name as it's called again
• The Light More Beautiful by anonymous (Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter; NC-17)
Summary: Thirteen years after Draco accepts Potter's help escaping the horror of his sixth year, he returns to England where he makes the unfortunate discovery that Potter is still as obnoxious as ever. And worse, more than a decade overseas hasn't been enough to dim Draco's obsession with him.

Resources:
• Schedule of Upcoming Events from December 14 through 20 at potterfests.
• Severus Snape/Harry Potter Prophet for December 7 through 13.
• Media Refenrences to Fanfic for the week ending December 13, 2014.

Archive News:
• Sycophant Hex announced down time and possible service interruptions due to a server move.

Nifty:
• Daily Advent Recs by snegurochka_lee.

General:
• OTW Fannews: Celebrities and Fandom Risks
• OTW Fannews: Fannish Profiles in Marketing

RPGs:
• College of Wizardry, an international, volunteer-created, Harry Potter-inspired LARP, takes place April 16-19, 2015, at the Polish castle of Czocha. Check out the Documentary of the November 2014 College of Wizardry LARP.

Community Spotlight:
♥ smutty_claus – A Secret Santa exchange for male/female (het) pairings and all the variations authors and artists can dream up – rare pairs, canon pairs, and everything in between. This year is the 10th round of smutty_claus.


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