TABLE OF CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Introduction: NOEL, NOEL!
by Isaac Asimov
CHRISTMAS PARTY
by Rex Stout
DO YOUR CHRISTMAS SHOPLIFTING EARLY
by Robert Somerlott
THE NECKLACE OF PEARLS
by Dorothy L. Sayers
FATHER CRUMLISH CELEBRATES CHRISTMAS
by Alice Scanlan Reach
THE CHRISTMAS MASQUE
by S. S. Rafferty
THE DAUPHIN’S DOLL
by Ellery Queen
BY THE CHIMNEY WITH CARE
by Nick O’Donohoe
THE PROBLEM OF THE CHRISTMAS STEEPLE
by Edward D. Hoch
DEATH ON CHRISTMAS EVE
by Stanley Ellin
THE ADVENTURE OF THE UNIQUE DICKENSIANS
by August Derleth
BLIND MAN’S HOOD
by John Dickson Carr
THE THIRTEENTH DAY OF CHRISTMAS