I guess you might be wanting something a little more grown up this holiday season, so fine, here is some David Sedaris. This collection of holiday stories by some of the best-known YA authors out there, including Jenny Han, Rainbow Rowell, and David Levithan. Okay, this list is a little heavy on the YA, but that’s my own bias and I won’t apologize. My True Love Gave to Me by Stephanie Perkins Read the book before the movie comes out! Three of the best-loved modern YA writers worked together to write this collection of three interwoven Christmas romances.
(Full disclosure: I work for the publisher of The Sunlit Lands series, but this short story was self-published by the author.) Let It Snow by John Green, Maureen Johnson, and Lauren Myracle So, whether you’re reading alone on your phone while in line at a customer service counter, or with your family and friends under the tree, here’s a collection of short stories for your holiday. With all the parties and rushing to finish my work before the end of the year, and running out for last minute gifts, I do not have the brain power to stick with a whole novel. Short stories are perfect for Christmas, if you celebrate. I’ve put together a list of some of my favorite short stories, both collections and stand-alone, in case you’re looking to start a tradition of your own. Sometimes you have to play dirty at Christmas. I usually win by insisting that we read Wind in the Willows last year. Henry, my sister always wants the Christmas excerpt from Wind in the Willows. We are not a particularly musical family, so we usually ignore the songs, but it’s important to spend at least half an hour arguing over which story to read. It’s a collection of Christmas stories and songs, illustrated by Donna Green. We always read from the same book: a big white picture book, long out of print, called Merry Christmas.
One thing we have done, though, every year that I can remember, is listen to my dad read us all a short story. We always do a tree and presents, but beyond that, we tend to mix things up every year. My family is big on traditions-elaborate birthdays, repeated vacation destinations, and more-so people are always surprised that we don’t have a ton of major Christmas traditions.
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