The fifth volume in our popular Very Christmas series, this collection brings together traditional and contemporary holiday stories from Austria, Switzerland and Germany. You'll find classic works by the Brothers Grimm, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Heinrich Heine, Thomas Mann, Rainer Maria Rilke, Hermann Hesse, Joseph Roth, Arthur Schnitzler, as well as more recent stories by writers like the highly popular Martin Suter. Eine frohliche Weihnachten - A Merry Christmas - made all the more festive with these literary treats redolent of candle-lit trees, St. Nikolaus, gingerbread, the Christkindl, roast goose and red cabbage, Gugelhopf and stollen cakes, accompanied by plenty of schnapps. | A Very German Christmas by Johann Wolfgang Goethe, Paper over Board | Indigo Chapters