This one took a bit longer than I expected to finish.  Like any collection of stories, some were hits, some were misses and some were out of the park great.  With authors like G.K. Chesterton, Charles Dickens, and Edith Wharton, it was at least weighted towards being better than average.

The stories I didn't care for:

Mrs. Lunt by Hugh Walpole: this could have been good but somehow lacked the suspense it needed to really grip me.

The Story of a Disappearance and a Reappearance by M.R. James.  Puppets.  I don't like puppets in my stories.  Plus, the story was just weird.

My First Happy Christmas by Mary Elizabeth Braddon.  This one started out good: funny in its way as the first part of it is a first person recounting of a 13 year old getting drunk (when apparently 13 year olds drinking Madeira and Port was considered normal).  Then the story went off the rails, almost like the author stuck a scene from a totally different book in, and the ending was massively anti-climatic.

The stories that were good:

The Kit-Bag by Algernon Blackwood.  Creepy with a capital "C", right down to the serial killer.

The Story of the Goblins Who Stole a Sexton by Charles Dickens.  Dickens loves his stories of redemption doesn't he?  This one wasn't too bad; it wasn't too verbose and very readable.

Earthbound by Mrs. Oliphant.  This was good; a ghost story that isn't scary but tragic and very well written.

The Headstone by C.J.A. Boorman.  Another creepy one in the same vein as The Kit-Bag.

My absolute favourites:

When Satan Goes Home for Christmas by Roberston Davies.  So, SO good.  It was amusing and it was intelligent and it almost does the impossible.  Sympathy for the Devil indeed.

The Shop of Ghosts by G.K. Chesterton.  Bittersweet, timeless and hopeful.  This one made my heart ache just a little, even as I was smiling.

Saviourgate by Russell Kirk.  This one stuck with me for quite some time, and likely will continue to stick with me.  Another intelligent, philosophical but gripping short story.  While I purely loved the other two stories, this one was also just beautiful, from beginning to end.

There are quite a few of these I'll re-read over the years, although it won't be the book I pull of the shelf when I'm looking to get into the Christmas spirit.  This was an impulse buy, but it was a definite winner.