Like the surprises you might find in your Christmas stocking, here is a wonderful potpouri of holiday cheer for readers of ALL ages.

Included in this treasury of stories, poems, and songs are such enduring favorites as "The Fir Tree" by Hans Christian Andersen . . . Edgar Allan Poe's musical poem, "The Bells" . . . and a chapter from a beloved classic, The Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder.

Among the other appealing "collector's items" for Christmas, you'll enjoy Sophie Swett's moving story of "How Santa Claus Found the Poorhouse"—and brought great happiness to two small orphans.

You'll chuckle over William Dean Howell's tale to a little girl, "Christmas Every Day." Then Lincoln Steffens shows what Christmas was like to a young boy in California in the Seventies, and "Yuletide Customs in Many Lands" transports you through sparkling poems and songs to many colorful parts of the world.

Putting them all together, the 29 magical selections in the Treasury of Christmas Stories promise you . . .

"Tales old and new
     from far and near
To bring you
     special Christmas cheer."

From the dust jacket