Enrich your holiday reading with these story collections from Europe. A Very German Christmas boasts twenty stories and poems by German, Austrian, and Swiss writers, from a classic fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm to a contemporary piece by Peter Stamm. The fourteen tales in A Very French Christmas include Guy de Maupassant's comical "Christmas Eve" and Anatole France's touching "The Juggler of Notre Dame." A Very Italian Christmas features ten stories, including selections from Giovanni Boccaccio and Anna Maria Ortese. Have yourself a very worldly Christmas! (KG)