Tender and bittersweet these stories by Truman Capote the author of Breakfast at Tiffanysare a captivating tribute to the Christmas seasonWe set about choosing a tree quotIt should bequot muses my friend quottwice as tall as a boy So a boy cant steal the starquotSelected from across Truman Capotes writing life these Christmas stories range from nostalgic semiautobiographical portraits of childhood to more unsettling tales of darkness beneath the festive glitter In the Deep South of Capotes youth a young boy Buddy and his beloved maiden aunt Sook forage for pecans and whiskey to bake into fruitcakes make kites too broke to buy gifts and rise before dawn to prepare feasts for a ragged assembly of guests while in other stories a lonely woman has a troubling encounter in wintry New York and an unlikely festive miracle of sorts occurs at a local drugstoreBrimming with feeling these sparkling tales convey both the wonder and the chill of Christmas time
