The toppled tree / Fabio Morábita --
Birth of Christ, with comment on the bee / Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz --
Excerpt from Christmas in the mountains / Ignacio Manuel Altamirano --
The double cat syndrome / Carmen Boullosa --
The discomfiting brother / Carlos Fuentes --
The old man / Amado Nervo --
The two Christmases / Carlos Monsiváis --
Moses and Gaspar / Amparo Dávila --
Christmas night / Amado Nervo --
Like water for chocolate / Laura Esquivel --
The tragedy of the toy / Luis Gonzaga Urbina --
Three wise guys / Sandra Cisneros --
Carmen and Pablo, from Christmas in the mountains / Ignacio Manuel Altamirano.
