Enrich your holiday reading with these hardcover story collections from Mexico, France, Italy, Germany, and Ireland. A Very Mexican Christmas highlights thirteen of "the greatest Mexican holiday stories of all time," such as Sandra Cisneros's tender "Three Wise Guys" and Carmen Boullosa's lyrical tale "The Double Cat Syndrome." 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; 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; and A Very Irish Christmas transports you to the Emerald Isle through stories and poems by authors including James Joyce, Elizabeth Bowen, William Trevor, and many more. Have yourself a very worldly Christmas!