Ho hum - one or two were ok - but mostly was not engrossing

To get you in the Christmas spirit, a bunch of science fiction and fantasy Christmas stories. I'd say old and new, but no, it's more like old, older, and oldest."The Star" by Arthur C. Clarke inevitably makes an appearance. And "Miracle" by Connie Willis, which is the title story in a Christmas collection of hers, is also included.The Anne McCaffrey story "A Proper Santa Claus" isn't even too bad."La Befana" by Gene Wolfe was entirely incomprehensible the first time through. The second time, reading more carefully, I felt I finally understood what was going on. But I still didn't 'get' it.I felt the anthology didn't end strongly.Annoyingly, there's a story "The Greatest Gift" by Philip Van Doren Stern. I started reading it, thinking it was a take on It's a Wonderful Life. But then I realized it _was_ It's a Wonderful Life. There's no information given about the story or the author. There's not even a copyright notice like there are for the other stories, so I can't even tell when it was first published or where. Am I motivated enough to Google it? I dunno. Connie Willis's story does put me off the It's a Wonderful Life thing. :) ( )