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THE ELVES AND THE SHOEMAKER

The Brothers Grimm • Germany

AFTER CHRISTMAS

Hermann Hesse • Germany

BERLIN AT CHRISTMASTIDE

Heinrich Heine • Germany

CHRISTMAS

Kurt Tucholsky • Germany

INTERVIEW WITH SANTA CLAUS

Erich Kästner • Germany

THE SEPARATION

Ilse Frapan • Germany

EVERY YEAR ONCE AGAIN—THE CLIENT GIFT

Martin Suter • Switzerland

THE CHRISTMAS BOX

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe • Germany

IN THE OUTER SUBURBS

Peter Stamm • Switzerland

ADVENT

Rainer Maria Rilke • Austria

CHRISTMAS SHOPPING

Arthur Schnitzler • Austria

CHRISTMAS WITH THE BUDDENBROOKS

Thomas Mann • Germany

CHRISTMAS NOT JUST ONCE A YEAR

Heinrich Böll • Germany

ON CHRISTMAS EVE

Helene Stökl • Germany

NUTCRACKER AND THE KING OF MICE

E. T. A. Hoffmann • Germany

CHRISTMAS IN COCHINCHINA

Joseph Roth • Austria

CHRISTMAS EVE

Peter Rosegger • Austria

MARTIN’S CHRISTMAS WISH

Erich Kästner • Germany

THE LOAN

Wolfdietrich Schnurre • Germany

O TANNENBAUM

Ernst Anschütz • Germany