A BBC Christmas Collection: 30 Festive Dramas and Stories<br /><br />"Christmas is the perfect time to curl up with a good story, and this cracking collection brings you 30 wonderfully diverse tales inspired by this most special of seasons. From Santa Claus, gift-giving and family gatherings, to an unexpected encounter in a snowstorm and an alternative take on the Nativity, they're sure to get you in the festive mood."<br /><br />Contents<br /><br />Christmas by the Lake by Rachel Joyce<br /><br />Christmas Short Stories by Alexander McCall Smith:<br />· 'Motordrome'<br />· 'The Revenge, or Otherwise, of Herbie Bontemps'<br />· 'How to Escape in Gaelic'<br />· 'The Colourful Life of Cousin Grace'<br />· 'Good President Wenceslas'<br /><br />The Christmas Present by Ben Crompton<br /><br />Christmas Compass: Series 1:<br />· 'North' by Malachy Tallack<br />· 'South' by Stella Duffy<br />· 'East' by Ruth Thomas<br />· 'West' by Mike McCormack<br /><br />A Time to Dance by Lucy Gannon<br /><br />Christmas Compass: Series 2 by Alexander McCall Smith<br />· 'Winter Journey'<br />· 'In the DRC'<br />· 'Primatologist'<br />· 'On The Island'<br /><br />Midnight at Christmas by Elliott Kerrigan<br />'The Fir Tree' by Hans Christian Andersen<br />'At Christmas Time' by Anton Chekhov<br />'Papa Panov's Special Christmas' by Leo Tolstoy<br />Some Hay in a Manger by Robert Hudson and Marie Phillips<br />'Daddy Christmas' by Paul McVeigh<br />'Christmas Storms and Sunshine' by Elizabeth Gaskell<br />The Morpeth Carol by Timothy X Atack<br />'Survivors' by Laura Barnett<br />Lena Marsh, Live and Shticking! by Jeremy Front<br />'A Christmas Tree' by Charles Dickens<br />'The Gift of the Magi' by O Henry<br />Get Santa by Peter Gibbs<br />'Home' by Christine Dwyer Hickey