Reading this collection of Yuletide stories of past and present Texas are likely to become a tradition in many households that love the Lone Star state. Discovered is a little-known Texas Christmas short story by perhaps the country's most famous writer of the genre, O. Henry. Included is the famous story by Texas humorist John Henry Faulk that had been broadcast for years and years on National Public Radio. Then there are award winning stories by Texas writers Mike Blackman and Jerry Flemmons, and an evocative poem by Jerry Chittenden about the Cowboy Christmas Ball in Anson, Texas, which continues to this day, more than a century later. "These writers have come bearing wonderful gifts," Texas novelist Carlton Stowers says in his introduction. "They will return to your thoughts as each new Christmas season arrives. You'll read them again and again, to yourself and to others. That's what this time of giving is all about."