Christmas is the time of wonders. The greatest of all wonders is celebrated year after year. During the Christmas season, however, other wonders also occur, both small and not so small: wonders of friendship and kindness, wonders of love, wonders that cannot be explained, and wonders that require no explanation. The most beautiful of these wonders are gathered here: tales about a magically beautiful day when everything can turn for the better. Featuring stories by Thomas Bernhard, Bertolt Brecht, Truman Capote, Axel Hacke, Marie Luise Kaschnitz, Erich Kästner, Alexander Kluge, Siegfried Lenz, Paul Maar, Carson McCullers, Eugen Roth, Patrick Roth, William Saroyan, Urs Widmer, Barbara Wood, and many others.