It’s impressive what Chuck does to give Vince an Australian Christmas in the city. An Australian Christmas in New York by Sean Kennedy: Aussie Vince has lived with his boyfriend in NYC for four years, but this year he is extremely homesick.A fantastic love story that made me really happy. This story was awesome and took the unexpected turn that Nicholai was a vampire (okay, it’s actually in the description on the Dreamspinner site, but I didn’t read that before I read the story). David’s denied that he’s gay for years, but when he meets Nicholai Markoff he has to admit he’s gay… and that he’s fallen in love. All I Want For Christmasby Linda Reilly: Here we meet David who is spending Christmas with friends in New York.

This was an enjoyable story that left you with a good feeling as Mitch started to warm up to the holiday season. Willingham: Mitch doesn’t much like the holidays, but that starts to change when he meets Sam. The bold titles are the ones that were my absolute favorites! Here’s a quick look at all the stories in the collection (in alphabetical order by title) and what I thought of them. So many of these stories were outstanding in one way or another. It took well past the 32 days to read everything, but it was worth the time. This collection, however, was one of the deciding points to purchase a Kindle for us this past Christmas. It would’ve been 1,700 pages had it been a printed, bound book. So many stories, so many pages! Mistletoe Madness: Dreamspinner Press 2009 Advent Calendar brought me 32 short stories in as many days.

Charity Starts at Home by Zahra Owens