I've just had an even better Christmas Eve than the team; Snowball fights and chocolate cake. Mmmm. No Ianto though.

Anyway, amazingly big thanks and a huge MERRY CHRISTMAS to: gernumblies, .way.42, Janto-rulz, Samiix3, milady dragon, luckypixi, gaia-x-goddess, Ravenja70, thunderincrimson, jimmy-barnes-13, tempestuous-rayne, lysmachine, and L.A.H.H.

This is Jack's advent calendar. It's probably not as fluffy as you like, but I'm sure that if you put your Jack eyes on you'll be able to find a lot of unintended smut and innuendo. Ok, some of it was intended, but on the whole it's clean.

Jack's Calendar

1st December: "Get all that troublesome paperwork your secretary's been nagging you about out of the way now, before the New Year. And remember to book a restaurant table."

2nd December: "If you have opened this door early STOP RIGHT NOW! If not, congratulations on your self-control; you can come and collect a prize off me."

3rd December: "I ate the chocolate for this one. Sorry. If you want I'll make you a coffee instead."

4th December: "I hope these comments are better than what was here before. I almost left one in so that you could see how bad the jokes were, but thought better of it. Knowing you, you'd find the joke hilarious and keep on telling it until we were all completely sick of it."

5th December: "How do you feel about holly leaves in your coffee? We should really play that game of yours again, though the others might not be too happy with it."

6th December: "It's probably a good idea to start writing your Christmas cards sometime soon, instead of forgetting like last year."

7th December: "You have one day of peace left. Enjoy it!"

8th December: "Watch out! From today onwards Christmas is no longer banned within the Hub. Remember to compliment Gwen on her decorating skills."

9th December: "Today's the day when we mend whatever damage was caused by the decoration of the Hub yesterday. Please try and give Owen something to do to take his mind off the fact that the Hub now looks like Santa's grotto."

10th December: "You really ought to have that restaurant booked by now."

11th December: "You really ought to have that restaurant booked by now."

12th December: "That's right; I put the same thing twice to make sure you remembered. Christmas presents, Christmas presents, Christmas presents… Paperwork, paperwork, paperwork…"

13th December: "Helpful tip: if you haven't managed to learn the correct lyrics for any carols since last year either go learn them now or don't sing. Alternatively, I could give you signing lessons."

14th December: "Have you thought up any New Year's resolutions yet? I've got a suggestion. How about 'I will get all my paperwork done on time so as to help Ianto out'? Unless you can think of a better one…"

15th December: "Do you think Owen's like Scrooge? I do. Maybe we could organise some Christmas ghosts…"

16th December: "I can't think of anything to write for today. Still, I'm sure you're getting enough Christmas babble off Gwen."

17th December: "I presume you've bought Christmas presents by now? If by any chance you are doing last minute shopping get Tosh and Gwen a pair of earrings and a box of chocolates each, and Owen will be happy with anything so long as it gives him something he'll be able to complain about. I'll make do with a new tie."

18th December: "Only a week left. This means that practically all preparations should have been made by now. That includes presents (buying and wrapping), organising holiday leave for everyone else, booking restaurants and checking all the weapons in the armoury. Aliens have never really got the hang of 'peace and good will to all men'...."

19th December: "You're probably totally sick of Christmas music by now, which is why I've booked us concert tickets for tonight. But I'm not telling you what we're seeing, apart from that it is completely non-Christmassy. And please don't nag me all day or I'll take someone else instead."

20th December: "Today is 'help Ianto decorate his flat day'. Enjoy."

21st December: "From now on the nights are getting shorter again. Maybe that might persuade you to stop spending so much time on rooftops – I've got quite a collection of newspaper clippings now."

22nd December: "Three days to go. By this point Tosh and Gwen will be beyond hyper, and Owen will probably be making death threats. Please stop him – it rather ruins the Christmassy atmosphere."

23rd December: "Any bets on Christmas invasions should be placed now."

24th December: "Attend whatever team get-together Gwen has organised and try to enjoy it. If it helps, remember that I have the rest of the evening off."

25th December: "I bet you're opening this late, so I hope you enjoyed my Christmas present – that is if we ever got time for it. Still, I'd rather spend Christmas fighting aliens with you that on my own at home. If we saved the world as well I suppose that's a bonus.

Merry Christmas everyone – readers and reviewers alike! And look out for more stuff from me in the New Year - in between all my exam revision I should hopefully find some time to concoct some more adventures for Team. If there's anything you really want to see that isn't too unpublishable pm me and I'll see if I can fit it in anywhere.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!