Sections of your short, like some of the speculations about nature, are similar to an essay I wrote for school. Although, my essay is against certain rules here...
I already read A Christmas Dream, so you know my opinion on that. As for Into the Forest... I like it. It's a little shorter than I wished -- it's the kinda thing I want to see develop more somehow. I like your words and your descriptions, but everything on it kinda feels a little typical for the topic and I think it should be expanded somehow, especially at the end.
Para - It's not over and it's not really *supposed* to be anything, I guess. It was just something I felt like writing.
So maybe it will be developed more or maybe not, I don't know.
Anyhow, thanks very much for your thoughts, 'cause I really don't know what I think about it except that it's not complete.