Books like Festive Spirits: Three Christmas Stories

I have been reading a short story each day.It says it has 80 pages when in fact it’s 68. The rest are taken up advertising her other books.Lots love Kate Atkinson's books. I thought I’d try with her small festive collection. I can see why her books are loved by many. Her writing in well presented and flows really well for us readers.The first story.ᒪᑌᑕY’ᔕ ᗪᗩYThis was a great little story about Lucy and her “motherhood”. Food for thought.I loved a quote from Lucy in this story. Lucy had met her husband Stephen and fell for him right away.“He would have made a good politician-he had good teeth, and hair, and lied easily”I loved that about Lucy. Her observations, beliefs and honesty.2*Story 2ᖴEᔕTIᐯE ᔕᑭIᖇITI liked this one much better.It’s a bit of a longer tale with a funny quirk at the end.3.75*Story 3ᔕᗰᗩᒪᒪ ᗰEᖇᑕIEᔕI liked this one much better. It was short but held my attention much better.A man and his dog, and his Mother!All these are obviously based around some sort of festive theme. A good introduction to this authors work and (I imagine) her quirky sense of humour.