A Little Fruitcake: A Childhood in Holidays
"Today, anyone writing humorous true-to-life holiday essays will inevitably be compared to David Sedaris and Jean Shepherd--which isn't unfair, as Sedaris's "Santaland Diaries" and Shepherd's "A Christmas Story" are the paragons of Christmas confessionals--but here the comparison is particularly apt. Like Sedaris, Greenwood is a gentle soul who isn't afraid to poke fun at himself, and, also like Sedaris, he lovingly mines his eccentric family for material. Like Shepherd, his prose and delivery are simple and self-effacing, and he comes off as an engaging character."--"Kirkus"