From an investigation of the Rhineland's anti-Santa to a report of being hired as a breakdancing elf for a Best Buy commercial to a freshly minted New Yorker's view of the city all-festooned out, this anthology of holiday-themed nonfiction, humor, and essays published at The Morning News, like the holidays themselves, runs the gamut from absurd to heartbreaking.With contributions by Daniel Nester, Matthew Baldwin, Pasha Malla, Béibhinn Dunne, Clay Risen, Dvora Meyers, Erik Bryan, Leslie Harpold, Choire Sicha, Dennis Mahoney, Dora Malech, Todd Levin, Joshua Allen, Anthony Doerr, Timothy Ledwith, and Tobias Seamon. Introduction by Sarah Hepola.