Christmas stories by Russian writers

These days are awaited all year, but they always approach swiftly and imperceptibly... The anticipation of Christmas miracles, the sanctity of Christmas days. How to prepare the soul for the holiday? How to maintain a bright, joyful mood amidst the hustle and bustle? Perhaps it is for this purpose that the genre of Christmas stories emerged. In such stories, miracles are traditionally present, and the heroes joyfully perform the difficult and beautiful work of love, overcoming obstacles, and often the tricks of the "unclean force." This book contains Christmas stories by classic writers, both well-known and lesser-known: Gogol, Leskov, Shmelev, Kuprin, Bestuzhev-Marlinsky, Durylin, as well as stories by contemporary authors: Archpriests Nikolai Agafonov and Alexander Shantaev, Olesya Nikolaeva, Vitaly Kaplan, Maxim Yakovlev, and others.