When deciding what to read next, I usually avoid short stories like the plague. Why read a bunch of short stories that I'll most likely forget, when I can read an entire novel? The exception to this is anything by David Sedaris, since all the stories are about him and they cohere in my mind easily as one story. But I just couldn't resist a special holiday book that included a number of loved authors - I've read (and loved) books by at least five of them! Now I need to read more! I can't even say who's story I loved the most. All were so very different, just as the writers are. Maybe it was the holidays and enjoying these stories by the tree and sipping eggnog, but I just adored this book.