In Eight Short Stories . . .
- Two eleven-year-old detectives investigate a Christmas mystery in the award-winning "The Case of the Missing Hair."
- A young woman who waits tables in a diner resents the regular who resembles her grandpa.
- A boy's art leads to big trouble on Christmas.
- Two childhood friends learn each other's secrets over the holidays.
- A girl in a reindeer costume craves a Christmas kiss from Santa.
- An old man visits the last surviving chicken in his coop on Christmas.
- A girl's signature Christmas service project leads somewhere unexpected.
- Muffins and awkwardness ensue on the morning after Christmas.