A Woody Allen holiday story

[kestrell]

I'm currently reading a collection of short story mysteries set during the holiday time. Most of the stories are by golden age detective story writers such as Marjorie Allingham, Agatha Christie, and G. K. Chesterton. A few of the stories are more recently however. "Mr. Big" by Woody Allen is the second story in the collection, and I really enjoyed it, so I thought I would share. Here is alink to the story online:
http://www.wepsite.de/Mr._Big,Woody_Allen.htm

Now I'm off to search for the source of the final philosophical quotation.