3.5 Stars

For the most part I enjoyed all of these stories. My favourites were The Snowmama, Christmas in New York, Christmas Cracker and The Lion, the Unicorn and Me. They were just cute with a great hint of Christmas magic. I didn't like Dark Christmas, it was way too haunted for me and actually made me feel a bit spooked and uneasy which is NOT how I wanna feel at Christmas time.

I also didn't care about the recipes. This book could have been just the short stories and not had the recipes for all I cared. Granted, I don't really cook so I wouldn't have a huge interest but the recipes had no connection to the stories, which I found strange so there was a bit of a disconnect for me between finishing a story and going onto a recipe. I did like some of the facts about Christmas Jeanette Winterson added in to the start of the recipe bits but I never actually studied any of the recipes as I knew it would be a waste of time on my part.