Winter Blues (by AC1830)
Summary: There are times, when Christmastime isn’t so joyous.
Rating: G (220 words)
Written for the 2025 Bonanza Brand Advent Calendar
Stuck Inside (by Fanofoldtvshows)
Summary: Being stuck inside can lead to fond memories.
Rating: G (50 words)
Written for the 2025 Bonanza Brand Advent Calendar
The Meaning of Christmas (by PatD in PA)
Summary: An explanation of Christmas, between brothers.
Rating: G (120 words)
Written for the 2025 Bonanza Brand Advent Calendar
The Cradle (by Cheaux)
Summary: Thrice upon a time there was a father with a young son in want of a mother at Christmas. Written for the 2025 Advent Calendar.
Rated: K+ (1,500 words)
Merry Christmas, Clementine! (by DJK)
Summary: A blizzard leaves the Cartwrights with an unexpected guest for Christmas- the formidable Widow Hawkins.
rating: k+ (2,225 words)
Written for the 2025 Bonanza Brand Advent Calendar
You Can’t Keep an Old Lawman Down (by Patina)
Summary: Is it too much to ask for the law to experience a Silent Night at Christmastime?
Rating: G (2,795 words)
Written for the 2025 Bonanza Brand Advent Calendar
Leaning on the Taffrail (by BettyHT)
Summary: After some years of reflection, Captain Abel Stoddard decides to change his ways and make some amends. Two things that he knows he must do are to mend the relationship with his son-in-law, and he must create a communication link to his young grandchild. Two Christmas letters are how he begins the process.
Rating PG Word count 1497
Written for the 2025 Bonanza Brand Advent Calendar
A Grand Christmas (by McFair_58)
Summary: Preparations abound for Christmas on the Ponderosa
Rating: G (2,630 words)
Written for the 2025 Bonanza Brand Advent Calendar
Standing on the Bow Rail (by AC1830)
Summary: As a conclusion to BettyHT’s Advent story, Leaning on the Taffrail, young Adam, along with Ben and little Hoss, finally settle into their first real home in the Sierra mountains just as Christmas arrives.
Word Count: 5603
Written for the 2025 Bonanza Brand Advent Calendar
The First Thaw (by Puchi Ann)
Summary: The weather isn’t the only thing frosty that first Christmas after Marie joins the Cartwright family, but through the magic of story and song, they all find new warmth, acceptance and heartfelt love.
Rating: G (6,520 words)
Written for the 2025 Bonanza Brand Advent Calendar
Once Upon a Christmas Eve (by Heather-Chrysalis)
Summary: Anything is possible on Christmas Eve. A story told in the style of a ballad.
Rating: G (1,350 words)
Written for the 2025 Bonanza Brand Advent Calendar
Realization and Memory (by PSW)
Summary: An unexpected obstacle on Christmas night invokes a fond and bittersweet memory.
Word count: 1137
Written for the 2025 Bonanza Brand Advent Calendar
The Last Trophy? #2 (by sklamb)
Summary: The second of a two-day what-happened-before, what-happened-in-between, and what-happened-later for the first season episode “The Last Trophy.”
Rating: G (2,010 words)
Written for the 2025 Bonanza Brand Advent Calendar
Decisions and Changes (by Sibylle)
Summary: A female teacher in Virginia City; what Abigail Myers thinks about her life, education, and the general situation during the boom of 1876. With a response from Adam Cartwright.
Rating: G (2,465 words)
Written for the 2025 Bonanza Brand Advent Calendar
Making New Memories while Remembering Christmases Past (by Fanofoldtvshows)
Summary The Cartwright s and Hop Sing make new memories while talking their favorite past Christmases.
Rating: G (1,030 words)
Written for the 2025 Bonanza Brand Advent Calendar
