Disclaimer: I do not own The Phantom of the Opera.

Hi! Sorry about missing the announcement date by a day, hopefully I didn't keep you waiting too long! Before the winners are announced, I've written a short 'part 2' to my sample one-shot if anyone cares to read before they jump down to the winners! If you like what you read- please review! They always make me smile! :)

"Careful!"

Smack!

"Don't hit the door…" Christine sighed.

Erik groaned and readjusted the tree. "Well, if there was someone in front of me telling me where to go I wouldn't have hit it."

"Daddy, don't hurt my tree!"

Ah yes, her tree.

They had finally made it home with the perfect tree, according to Opal, and were in the process of setting it up in the house. A task Erik never looked forward to. Soon pine needles would be everywhere, sappy residue would coat everything the tree touched, and if they were lucky, incredibly lucky, a squirrel would not bless them with its unwelcome presence.

Erik had lived through that nightmare once already.

With one final shove, the tree popped through the backdoor and into the house. Christine and Opal soon followed, helping to steady the back. The little family carried the tree all the way into the living room where Erik then set it up. Opal stood staring up at the tree, her arms crossed. She intently watched her daddy adjust the stand until it stood nice and tall in the corner.

"Stop!"

Erik glanced over his shoulder. "Stop what, little swan?"

Opal ran over to where he stood and wrapped her arms around his leg. "It's just right where it is."

Erik chuckled under his breath. "If you say so…"

"Come on, I think you're due for a snack, sweetie," Christine said, taking her daughter's hand and leading her out of the room, leaving Erik by himself to tend to the tree.

Later on, after the two women in the house had both taken a nap, they were back in the living room once more, this time with boxes of ornaments sprawled out on the floor. Opal was proudly hanging her homemade ones on the lowest branches, spinning wild stories about each of her ornaments. Christine was taking each one out, one by one, and placing it tenderly on the tree. Erik sat in his chair, pretending to be disinterested in the whole decorating process and reading a book, but secretly he was keeping an eye on his daughter to ensure little hands were kept away from his wife's more fragile ornaments.

"Mommy, why doesn't daddy have any ornaments?"

Erik peeked over the cover of his book.

Christine shot a quick glance over to Erik before sitting down next to Opal on the floor.

"What do you mean, honey?" Christine asked quietly.

Opal looked around. "There's no box with his name on it," she explained simply.

"Well, me and daddy share Christmas ornaments."

Opal scrunched her eyebrows together. "But you have your ornaments from when you were little, where is daddy's?"

Christine grimaced. "Well…"

Erik set his book down and beckoned for his daughter to come to him. She crawled up in his lap and looked at him with the same stare as her mother: able to see through souls.

"Little swan…" What was he saying? How was he supposed to tell his daughter that he had no ornaments because he had no Christmas before he met Christine? How was he supposed to let her down easy- break her heart?

"Daddy doesn't have any of his own because he didn't have you to make them for him," Erik said very softly.

"Oh." Opal's face fell.

She then climbed down from his lap and marched over to her box of ornaments she had assembled. She reached down and dug around for a second before emerging with a pinecone that had been glittered green with little white feathers glued to the top. She clutched to her chest before turing around and holding it out to Erik.

"This is for you, it's my favorite one," she said proudly. "Now you can have your own box."

Christine teared up, but then again she cried at everything these days. Darn hormones.

However, Erik froze, staring at his daughter and her pinecone offering.

Opal stepped forward, silently urging him to take it. Erik reached out and took it, holding it as if it were the most precious thing in the world.

"Thank you," he choked out.

Before he could say anything else, Opal had jumped on him, arms tightly wrapped around his midsection. "I wanted you to have one to put on the tree too."

Erik nodded. "I know, thank you."

"I love you." Opal squeezed tighter.

"And I love you, little swan."

The End.

Hello! First of all, so sorry about posting this late- my computer crashed, Christmas, plus the fact that ALL the entries were so super amazing! I got a TON more than I thought I ever would! Because of that I'm considering hosting a Valentine one-shot contest- would anyone be interested in that? Any-who, now then, what you've all been waiting for…..the results! But first, THANK YOU to all the entries, as I said, all the stories were so good and both ElodieJane and myself wish that we could just give everyone first place! In addition to the overall winners, there are also category winners, these are NOT listed in order of placement. (So if your story is last on the list, it is NOT in last place, I just arranged the categories alphabetically). Also, I know I said only the first place winner would get a favorite, but honestly I think I'm going to favorite most of these since they're all so good! So, without further ado, here are the results:

First Place

A True Gift by monarch27

First Runner Up (2nd place)

Forgiven by edka88

Second Runner Up (3rd place)

A Joyeux Noël by Riene

Best Modern

Moon Dance by SpookyMormonHellDream

Best R/C

Snow Reflections by LittleLongHairedOutlaw

Cutest

A Christmas to Remember BY SaturdayChick

Most Christmas Spirit

Christmas Obstacles by E.M.K.81

Most Lyrical

Sempre in the Key of E by Billy4Me

Most Original

Echoes of Love by Angel of Iowa

Most Romantic

A Swan Song Christmas by AliceHeart247

Most True to Leroux

Christmas As It Ought Not Be by Igenlode Wordsmith

Congratulations to all the winners! Feel free to update your summary with your awards, or brag about them anywhere you please if that's what you choose to do! ha ha There are no losers as everyone did BEAUTIFULLY! I wish that I could have given you all first place. Hope to see you all again in the future for more fun holiday themed contests! :D