I'm not sure if I'm signing up for Yuletide this year. I've done it and had fun, but it is a lot of stress and I've been in a writing slump all year...
Planning on signing up, but I have no idea at all what fandoms I'd be interested in writing. All my writing mojo recently has been going towards an original project, so I'm not entirely sure I should split my energy, but like you said above, sometimes it all goes to prime the pump.
Not doing yuletide, since I don't write fanfiction, but I just now ran across a rec for a very nice Spirited Away future-fic (possibly you are aware of this as it may be showing up on your friendsfriends as well, but I figure it's hardly a crisis if you get a duplicate rec.)
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http://archiveofourown.org/works/127076