A gorgeous gift edition of festive stories from France, from the publishers of A SCANDINAVIAN CHRISTMAS, A GERMAN CHRISTMAS and AN ITALIAN CHRISTMAS Joyeux noel! These festive stories welcome Christmas a la fran aise - delicious, chic and unexpected. Sparkling Paris streets, opulent feasts, wandering orphans, kindly monks, oysters, bonbons, flickering desire, and more than a little wine- this collection of stories proves that the French have mastered Christmas. This collection brings together the best French Christmas stories of all time, featuring classics by Guy de Maupassant and Alphonse Daudet, plus stories by the esteemed twentieth century author Irene Nemirovsky and contemporary writers Dominique Fabre and Jean-Philippe Blondel.