Here are some of the terrific stories we received as submissions this year. Enjoy!

"Black Peter," by Gwenyth Love. "We all know that good children get a visit from Santa Claus on Christmas Eve, but few know the tale of Black Peter!"

"Wassail Hassle," by Don Walker. "Far from festive--closer to shell shocked"

"Holidaze," by Tim Lewis. "If you consider the holidays, do you think of food comas, shopping frenzies, Christmas music, and aliens? This is what you have in store for you when you read 'Holidaze,' a short story written especially for the Holiday Short Story Celebration. "

"Jack in the Box," by Dorothy Piper. "High expectations of a small boy - and a clumsy one at that."

"Sanity Claus," by Anthony G. Craine. "Down on his luck, an unemployed man concocts a plan to strike back at all of the department-store Santas who have ruined his holidays since childhood. "

"Marry Christmas from Moldova," by Terri Elders. "As much as I treasure 'Hello, Dolly' and 'Fiddler on the Roof,' I truly believe that marriages are made in heaven, and that mere earthlings lack the acumen to match one stranger with another. "