A Christmas Carol (a ghost story of Christmas), is a short novel of fantastic kind of Charles Dickens (1812-1870), one of the most famous and popular. A Christmas Greeting is a Series of Stories by Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875). A collection of 13 short stories by one of the most beloved storytellers in literary history: "The Old House, "The Drop of Water," "The Happy Family," "The Story of a Mother," "The False Collar," "The Shadow," "The Old Street-Lamp," "The Dream of Little Tuk," "The Naughty Boy," "The Two Neighboring Families," "The Darning Needle," "The Little Match Girl," and "The Red Shoes.