Christmas is a mysterious and long-awaited holiday, when, according to legend, the boundary between the world of the living and the dead becomes thinner. On this night you can meet both your angel and an unclean force. Many Russian writers, including Dostoevsky, Chekhov, Kuprin, and Leskov, as well as writers Nadezhda Lukhmanova and Lidiya Charskaya, created traditions of Christmas stories and caroling. Their works, touching on both cheerful and instructive themes and sad and touching ones, will leave you unmoved.