Introduction to "'Tis the Season"

	I would like to thank all those brave souls out there who 
ventured to read something else by Andrea Readwolf  ::smiles and blinks 
prettily::  even if you are only reading because you saw Kate's name 
thrown around here or there, somewhere.
	Starting back near Thanksgiving, I decided to write a couple of 
Christmas stories that would go along with "I'll Be There For You".  I 
wound up with eight stories, only four of which really went along with 
my series.  My wonderful and very talented fellow author, Kate, 
teasingly suggested twelve stories...a sort of parody to the twelve 
days of Christmas.
	For some strange, crazy, and completely demented reason... I 
liked the idea.
	And so I set out to create four more stories... however, 
realizing that I still had a "short" ::grins:: story to finish, four 
term papers to complete, and three finals to prepare for, I came to the 
conclusion there was no way in he--heaven (what cha think I was going 
to say?) I was going to get half of them done...
	So I dragged the culprit into the mess-- and haven't regretted 
it once.
	So I would like to thank you, Kate, for 1.) supporting me 
through my first year at the University, when, for the first time I 
left my parents and was stuck living on my own with soriety girls for 
roommates ::shudders:: (not that I have anything against sorieties!).  
You are one of the main reasons I was not lonely.  2.) supporting me 
through my first ever fanfiction (gosh darnnit! I STILL don't know how 
it got to be over 200 pages!) and 3.) supporting me through this mellee 
of Christmas Cheer-- when things at home could be called anything BUT 
cheerful.
	So here's the run-up:  the first four stories ( "Let it Snow, 
Let it Snow, Let it Snow" "Winter Wonderland" "The Fire is so 
Delightful" and "deck the Mehorah With Rows of Cranberries") all take 
place during the Silver Millenium and can be considered a part of the 
"I'll Be There For You" series and were written by your's truly, me, 
Andrea Readwolf.
	"Silver Bells" and "Christmas Time Blues" can both be considered 
"present" stories, meaning they take place, well, really anytime 
between S and Stars.
	The last of my stories is "Every Rose has Thorns".  This takes 
place sometime closely following Stars.
	Now I shall turn this Intro over to my co-author, SuperKate.  
Darling, the Notepad's all yours!

	SUPERKATE: Heh heh heh....The power...the absolute power... 
::grin:: Do you all realize that I can say WHATEVER I want to say and 
no one can do anything about it? Heh heh heh...
	The first one I wrote--"The Nightmare Before Christmas"--takes 
place when the girls are about...oh...17. That puts it all right after 
Stars. Good, good.
	Let's pretend that the "guys" (Greg, Chad, Ken, and Andrew) know 
about the Scout's powers. For the sake of arguement? Oh, and...what 
else? Dub names apply.
	Then, there's "Santa's Little Helpers", which is during the 
Darien/Serena break up portion of SMR. That's right--Reeny (and it is 
NOT spelled Rini) is in this one.
	"I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" and "An Extra Dose" take place 
when Hotaru is realitively young, still--probably right before Stars 
(pretending, of course, that the little Neherinia carry-over really 
doesn't exsist and that the time between seasons is all hunky-dory 
fine). 
	And, lastly... "Home Before Midnight". It takes place after 
Stars, and—for the sake of the story--Ami went to Germany to study 
right after the Starlights left. All the Inners (namely Ami and Usagi) 
are twenty.
	Oh, Andrea, if you're actually reading this far--::sniffle:: I 
should be the one thanking you, and ::sniff:: Geeze, you always have 
the nicest of nice things to say to me! ::sniffle, sniff:: Look! You've 
got me all ::sniff:: chocked up!
	Well, that about wraps it up. I just want to say how sorry I am—
Galactic Sailors 8 isn't up this week (though 7 is), and... I'm the one 
who got Andrea started on all this! ::ducks the rotten fruit:: I meant 
it as a joke! A silly joke! ::smile:: But, hey, it's fun, isn't it?

Alrighty, then...umm...Enjoy? Oh, and happy holidays...New Year, too!