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 Crèche / Richard Ford 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 José Hernández 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 Ramírez 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 / Jeannette Winterson
