• A Visit from St. Nicholas –
The holiday’s most famous poem by Clement C. Moore,
as interpreted by France’s Florence Cestac

• The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle –
Sherlock Holmes solves a holiday mystery by Arthur Conan Doyle,
adapted by Rich Rainey and illustrated by Hunt Emerson

• A Chaparral Christmas Gift –
A Western Christmas tale by O. Henry, author of “Gift of the Magi”,
illustrated by Cynthia Martin, in her first GC assignment

• The Strategy of the Werewolf Dog –
A fable of the frozen North by Willa Cather,
illustrated by Evert Geradts

• A Luckless Santa Claus –
an early story by F. Scott Fitzgerald,
illustrated by Simon Gane

• The Wondersmith –
a strange holiday story by Fitz-James O'Brien,
wonderfully illustrated by Rick Geary

• Plus a “Letter from Santa” as penned by
Mark Twain, illustrated by Anton Emdin