Introduction / Neil Philip
The book of fairy tales / Hans Christian Andersen
The Christmas cuckoo / Frances Browne
The nutcracker / E.T.A. Hoffmann
Father Christmas and the carpenter / Alf Prøysen
Why the sea is salt : Norwegian folktale
The poor Count's Christmas / Frank Stockton
Babushka and the three wise men : Russian legend
The fir tree / Hans Christian Andersen
Schnitzle, Schnotzle, and Schnootzle / Ruth Sawyer
The best that life has to give / Howard Pyle
The story of a cat / Mary de Morgan
The last dream of the old oak tree / Hans Christian Andersen.
