From the Book - First U.S. edition.
Auggie Wren's Christmas story / Paul Auster --
Horatio's trick / Ann Beattie --
A Christmas memory / Truman Capote --
Christmas is a sad season for the poor / John Cheever --
The Sunday after Christmas / Mavis Gallant --
The zoo at Christmas / Jane Gardam --
Run silent, run deep / Peter Goldsworthy --
A visit to Morin / Graham Greene --
The coming of the Christ-child / Bessie Head --
For Christmas / Juan Jose Hernandez --
A risk for Father Christmas / Siegfried Lenz --
Winter dog / Alistair MacLeod --
The turkey season / Alice Munro --
Christmas / Vladimir Nabokov --
The night before Christmas / Theodore Odrach --
The loudest voice / Grace Paley --
Saint Nikolaus / Sergio Ramirez --
God is nowhere, God is now here / Itoh Seikoh --
The leaf-sweeper / Muriel Spark --
Mother Christmas / Michel Tournier --
Another Christmas / William Trevor --
O'Brien's first Christmas / Jeanette Winterson
