Bookish Musings: What Makes a Christmas Book?

Bookish Musings: What Makes a Christmas Book?

Normally I do recommendation posts with SFF Christmas books once December rolls around, but I'm not really feeling up to putting one of those together. (You can check out my previous posts, if you want some recs!) So I thought, maybe a little discussion instead? I've read quite a few supposed Christmas books, but some of them have definitely felt more Christmas than others. Anyway, the categories...
 
Bookish Musings: When the Main Character Remembers, But No One Else Does

Bookish Musings: When the Main Character Remembers, But No One Else Does

I've read multiple books, even played a game or two, in which the ending involves everyone forgetting a whole bunch of events, except for the main character. They still remember. Because of some sort of sci-fi/fantasy thing going on. And I really want to know what other people's feelings are about this, because I don't understand if this is supposed to be a happy ending or...