10/10 read to get in the holiday spirit. Each of these stories were so unique, and I absolutely loved the book! While it has set my already unrealistic expectations for romance even higher, it's still nice to read some fluffy contemporary that's not in a summer-like setting (not that all contemporaries are set in the summer, but you know what I mean). 
 Fair warning that there will most likely be spoilers for all of the stories ahead! 
 Rainbow Rowell story: Midnights 
 OHMYFREAKINGGOSH this was so cute!! I loved the friendship between Noel and (Mags), and I loved how they were friends first, and it wasn't instalove like 99% of the other stories were (but what can you do with only 20-30 pages?). I also loved how she tied in the allergy thing with Noel near the end. I think out of all of the stories this was either my favorite or second favorite, and unlike Rainbow Rowell's other works, it didn't really leave unresolved. 
 Kelly Link Story: The Lady and the Fox 
 This was probably my least favorite story. It was rather vulgar and dark compared to the rest of the lighthearted stories. I also didn't enjoy the whole romance aspect, and it wasn't really fleshed out. In addition, I found it rather confusing and too creepy-guy on the top of the Polar Express for my liking. 
 Matt de la Pena Story: Angels in the Snow 
 This story was actually so cute and adorable. While I do not condone cheating on your boyfriend, and I feel like there could've been other ways to handle that, I did really like the two main characters friendships. There was certainly instalove, but I thought that it was handled better than some of the other stories. I'd never heard of Matt de la Pena, but I really want to read something by him now! 
 Jenny Han Story: Polaris is where you'll find me 
 This story was ENTIRELY too short for my liking. I found the whole premise lowkey unpromising and kind of inconceivable, but once you get past that, the story is pretty cute. I really liked the character of Flynn and Lars (even though he wasn't in it). While I really liked the story, I felt like it could use some fleshing out and some RESOLUTION. I didn't really understand the whole hierarchy of the elves, and I desperately want to know what happens with Lars! 
 Stephanie Perkins Story: It's a Yuletide Miracle, Charlie Brown 
 This story was entirely too sweet and fluffy for its own good, and I am here for it. I feel like this story had one of the best plots through, from the motivation to resolution. While it was 100% instalove, I thought that it was handled pretty well, and that the characters actually connected and knew each other. I also loved both of the characters equally, instead of the guy only being perfectly there for the girl. Overall, this was probably my favorite of all the stories. 
 David Levithan Story: Your Temporary Santa 
 YES YES YES TO THE LGBTQ REPRESENTATION. All of the other stories were about heterosexual couples, which is all fine and dandy, but I thought this was nice to mix it up. Unfortunately, it took me a little bit to realize that it wasn't a heterosexual couple, since the narrator wasn't clearly defined as male until later in the story, so I was kind of disappointed about that. However, I loved his boyfriend's younger sister who was about 13, because she was giving all the sass and I found that entirely too funny. While I thought that the actual story left a lot to desire, the characters were what really shined through. 
 Holly Black Story: Krampuslauf 
 This story was just okay to me. It was very strange, but that was most likely to be expected from Holly Black. I thought it was minorly hypocritical to be so focused on the cheating boyfriend in this story when it wasn't helpful to the protagonist's friend, but in an earlier story it is glossed over since it is to the protagonist's advantage. But overall, this story was just okay, and I thought the love interest wasn't fleshed out and was just really weird. 
 Gayle Forman Story: What the hell have you done, Sophie Roth? 
 I LOVED this story. In addition to being set in college, which I'm kind of a sucker for any book that has a school setting, it also represented a PoC with stereotypes being broken down, and a relationship with a PoC and a white girl (I'm blanking on the word for those relationships, guilty as charged). Anyways, I also just really loved their relationship and THAT WITTY BANTER THOUGH. I also just really loved how the guy was so respectful of the girl, and how genuinely he was interested in her interests. 
 Myra McEntire Story: Beer Buckets and Baby Jesus 
 I also loved this story as equally much as Gayle Forman's! The main character was giving me all the Percy Jackson vibes, and I loved it. I also loved the main girl character, and they were both just so witty and it wasn't instalove at all! Basically, it was Percy Jackson/Annabeth Chase's relationship if Percy was slightly more rebellious and Annabeth was a very religious person and I love that dynamic! 
 Kiersten White Story: Welcome to Christmas, CA 
 This was another story similar to BBaBJ, and WtHHYDSR in terms of loving the story. I found the main girl character slightly annoying at first, but she had great character development throughout the story. However, I really hated the storyline with her supposed best friend, and how she faded up the moment the love interest showed up, and while that could be because of her circumstances, I didn't really like that. I also really hated how the protagonist ended up spending her money at the end of the story. However, I LOVED Ben's character, even if he was a bit peculiar, and their relationship was honestly the sweetest thing, and I really enjoyed that. 
 Ally Carter Story: Star of Bethlehem 
 Oh my goodness, as unrealistic as this story was, it was so sweet and heartbreaking! Ally Carter did a fantastic job at tugging at your heartstrings while also being sweet. However, I found the storyline about the girl being famous very shooed in, and it didn't really fit with the rest of the story and I felt like the ending could have been resolved differently very easily. 
 Laini Taylor Story: The Girl who woke the Dreamer 
 I'm not really sure how to describe this story, but then again, I never know how to describe a Laini Taylor story. While it wasn't my favorite, this was a pretty cute story, while also taking itself more seriously and having a deeper plotline than girl meets boy and they fall in love due to circumstances.