Auggie Wren's Christmas story / Paul Auster -- Horatio's trick / Ann Beattie -- Christmas memory / Truman Capote -- Christmas is a sad season for the poor / John Cheever -- Crèche / Richard Ford -- Sunday after Christmas / Mavis Gallant -- Zoo at Christmas / Jane Gardam -- Run silent, run deep / Peter Goldsworthy -- Visit to Morin / Graham Greene -- Coming of the Christ-child / Bessie Head -- For Christmas / Juan José Hernández -- Risk for Father Christmas / Siegfried Lenz -- Winter dog / Alistair MacLeod -- Turkey season / Alice Munro -- Christmas / Vladimir Nabokov -- Night before Christmas / Theodore Odrach -- Loudest voice / Grace Paley -- Saint Nikolaus / Sergio Ramírez -- God is nowhere; God is now here / Itoh Seikoh -- Leaf-sweeper / Muriel Spark -- Mother Christmas / Michel Tournier -- Another Christmas / William Trevor -- O'Brien's first Christmas / Jeannette Winterson.
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