- view comments - comment on this collection - discuss this collection - view ratings - rate this collection: | | | - mark collection for later - mark collection read - mark collection as favorite

The Classic Christmas Collection A plot to kidnap Santa Claus; a method of dealing with difficult relatives; a detective thriller and a fairy tale - just a few of the festive treats from this diverse collection of Christmas-set stories. A journey through both the lighter and darker sides of the holiday season. The Gift of the Magi . . . O. Henry . . . 5 pages A trigic, ironic Christmas for one hard up couple. A Kidnapped Santa Claus . . . L. Frank Baum . . . 9 pages One might think that Santa Claus would have no enemies on all the earth - and for a long time, he didn't ... then the Daemons came along. The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle . . . Arthur Conan Doyle . . . 18 pages A Christmas mystery for detective Sherlock Holmes beginning with a lost hat and an abandoned goose. How Santa Claus Came To Simpson's Bar . . . Bret Harte . . . 13 pages On Christmas Eve in remote settlement cut off by heavy flooding, a group of men pay a visit on a deprived boy. The Fir Tree . . . Hans Christian Andersen . . . 8 pages Fairy tale about a little fir tree that wants to grow up. Markheim . . . Robert Louis Stevenson . . . 15 pages Markeim arrives at an antique dealer's on Christmas day, ostensibly to buy a present for a lady. A tale of evil and its nature. Bertie's Christmas Eve . . . Saki . . . 5 pages Bertie Steffink takes action against his disapproving relatives. Captain Eli's Best Ear . . . Frank Stockton . . . 21 pages Two reclusive, retired ship's Captains decide to celebrate Christmas for the first time in years.