'Christmas Eve,' which I had previously read online at Jim Butcher's website, takes place six months after book 17 in the Dresden Files, Battle Ground, in which it appears after a novel so intense that it took me over two years to finish. This is a very nice story about Harry Dresden trying to put together a red bicycle for his daughter, Maggie. His foo dog, Mouse, helps. Harry is at the Carpenter house, where the youngest children and Maggie fell asleep watching movies. Michael wanders in to give him the Voice of Experience from a practiced father. Harry receives three visitors bearing gifts: Mab, Molly, and Kris Kringle, in that order. There's magic in the story that should please Harry's fans. ( )

Þessi smásaga var jólagjöf Butchers til aðdáenda sinna síðustu jól. Hún gerist eftir væntanlega bók sem Butcher er að klára og fjallar um Harry Dresden, einkaspæjara og galdramanna. Lesendur átta sig aðeins á efni næstu sögu Butchers en ekki miklu kjaftað frá. ( )