Interesting, Artemis!
One quibble, though: A-plot in Holiday/Special Occasion? I tend to see that as a category where stories are usually WAFFy, either a PWP puppies-and-kittens Christmas-tree-type story or a WAFFy (perhaps with a mild amount of angst) relationship story. Certainly mainly fluff.
I don't think it ever occurred to me that an A-plot would be present at all, let alone essential...
Wendy
