You know what December means? It means I’ve had this website for a year. Well, in two weeks that will be true, at least. And what that means is that I want to do some really special stuff for you guys to celebrate both the holiday and the anniversary.

The first of those things is that in addition to updating the monthly spotlights, as I do every month, I’ve created a little award for everyone who has been spotlighted in the past. Right now those awards are just stuck in a directory that you can access here, but I may create a little page to hold them all at some point in the future.

December’s spotlights, in case you don’t feel like going directly to the page to check them out, are as follows:

Author: Veronica, whose fic you can read here on LiveJournal

Website: Christmas Time, the advent calendar run by Becca

Story: Breaktown Records by Renee P.

My second little holiday surprise for you guys is a huge overhaul to the directory. Or, to be more accurate, the completion of the overhaul that has been in progress for several weeks now. I’ve separated the alphabetical listings into four pages rather than three, so less scrolling. And I’ve recounted all the sites so that the totals are now accurate. And, as always, I’ve added several new sites. With that comes an updated count of foreign sites, because that little statistic just fascinates me.

Out of a total of 1462 sites, the foreign language sites are as follows:

Brazil — 42

Chile — 9

Costa Rica — 1

Czech Republic — 1

France — 1

Germany — 4

Indonesia — 1

Italy — 1

Mexico – 6

Peru — 1

Poland — 1

Puerto Rico — 1

Spain — 2

Isn’t that cool? I’m always amazed to find more Hanson sites from around the world.

More Christmas surprises, some of which I haven’t even though of yet, to come!