Review: holiday stories for the eclectic reader
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 11 2, 2012
In "St. Claws," Matt writes messages for fortune cookies.  But he loses his job right before Christmas and the pressure turns his attitude sour until the town of St Claws helps him remember what is important.  In "Snow Whisperers," we meet Sandy.  It really cracked me up that she could understand what snowmen were saying.  She wasn't overly friendly to most of them until a snowman made a special request.  Grace us an empath who works in a department store and feels all the pressure of Christmas from the frenzied shoppers, until a very special boys teachers her the true spirit of Christmas.  "Oh Christmas Cactus" reminds a limo driver to appreciate his family.  I admit to having a hard time following "Fred's Best Christmas."  It centered around the patients at a mental hospital who formed a type of family unit.  Interesting, but too many unexplained circumstances for me to truly enjoy it, as if it had been edited and some important bits left out.  In "Fresh Snow," a teen on her own gets hits by a car and it turns out to be a blessing.  "Let's Ride" was a sci-fi paranormal story about justice and was one of my favorites in this collection.  "A Very Shero Christmas" was a strange little superhero thing that made me laugh.  "The Darkest Night" finds a woman on the run who finds some unexpected help and was a great story about hope.  It was an interesting collection of stories and I enjoyed reading them.