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Enjoy this collection of holiday super short stories: these easy, quick reads are meant to entertain, introduce you to some new authors and get you in the holiday spirit. The challenge has been set for authors...four holiday-related prompts have been provided and authors respond by filling this collection with super short stories (max 5,000 words). Mixed genres, mixed point-of-views, there's something in this collection for everyone!Which stories will you explore first?1. It's Christmas Eve and you're stranded in the airport. Televisions displaying all the outgoing flights suddenly display "cancelled, cancelled, cancelled." There's no getting out of this town tonight, not with a blizzard on the way, and certainly not in time for Christmas with your family...2. Wrapping presents has always been a favorite pastime, but this Christmas while wrapping, you look out the window and notice the good-looking postman's gloves are holey and the soles on his boots are worn out. Suddenly, you're filled with an urge to do something nice for him, but what? Giving him gloves would be too obvious since you noticed he needed them. Perhaps you should ask him out on a date or make him dinner?3. On December 1st, you pull into your garage for the evening and notice an oddly-shaped, wrapped present has been left for you. Upon further examination, the tag has your name on it, with a note not to open until Christmas...4. Grandfather always told me this snow globe was magic. So, I finally decided to give it a shake and see for myself...