Introduction: A Gift of Stories by Kevin J. Anderson
A Christmas Caroler by Kim Antieau
Jukebox Gifts by Dean Wesley Smith
Santa Claus Is Coming To Get You! by Kevin J. Anderson
Foreign Exchange by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
The Wereyam by Kent Patterson
Nutball Season by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
These Halls by Kathy Oltion
My Favorite Christmas by David Farland
One Last Gift by Jerry Oltion
Popcorn for Christmas by Debra Gray De Noux & O’Neil De Noux
Christopher’s Crummy Christmas by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Dead Snow by Kent Patterson
Inquiring Minds Want to Snow by Rebecca Moesta
The Jolly Old Boyfriend by Jerry Oltion
Cold Comfort by Ray Vukcevich
LaZelle Family Christmas by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
The Christmas Noun by Larry Correia
The Ghost of Christmas Always by Kevin J. Anderson

“Nonsense, Benjamin,” I said. “I do not believe in ghosts. I do not care how many ignorant people claim to have seen one.”
“I would hardly call Adam Carroll ignorant, Charles,” Benjamin said. He leaned against the mantel as he warmed a glass of brandy in his right hand. If I were a polite guest, I would have asked who Adam Carroll was. Instead, I stretched my legs until my feet nearly touched the fire.
Outside, another Pacific storm was beating against Seattle’s shores. I could almost hear the ships moaning in Puget Sound as the wind lashed their sides and pulled at the moorings. As far as I was concerned, this was not a proper way for a civilized person to spend Christmas Eve. Although I had spent thirty Christmases on this earth in a variety of places, this particular place seemed the most loathsome. I had tolerated too much rain, too much greenery, and too much secret laughter between my sister and her childhood friend, Benjamin Jerome’s wife. I longed for a true New England Christmas, away from this western wasteland. We had taken the buggy out the day before for a Christmas ride and had to turn back minutes later in order to keep from drowning in this foul weather.