This book is a collection of fairy tales which tell about the time around Christmas in true, clear images - Selma Lagerlöf, Jeanna Oterdahl and Dan Lindholm are among the twelve authors. There are some long dramatic stories to be read to the older children over several days and there are shorter legends, that may be told time and again to the younger children - by candle light.
This book includes the story The Legend of the Christmas Rose by Selma Lagerlöf.