Like a mug of hot chocolate and a blazing fire, this anthology of favorite Christmas stories from around the world will bring pleasure and warmth to readers of all ages. Selected by Pearl S. Buck, America's beloved author of The Good Earth and winner of the Nobel Prize, these thirty-nine tales will lift your holiday spirits high and rouse fond memories form Christmases past.
Here are classics by Guy de Maupassant and Feodor Dostoyevsky; Charles Dickes' "A Christmas Carol"; Hans Christian Andersen's "The Little Match Girl"; Frank Baum's "A Kidnapped Santa Claus".
Great writers of the 19th century record humorous adventures, tender acts of profound faith, and gestures of generosity in love that captures