A literary celebration of Christmas south of the equator where Brazilians observe the holiday in their summertime with religious traditions punctuated by the rhythms of surf and samba. This bountiful, surprising anthology includes works by classic and contemporary authors Machado de Assis, Mario de Andrade, Clarice Lispector, Paulo Coelho, Lygia Fagundes Telles, Moacyr Scliar, Rubem Braga, João Simões Lopes Neto, Victor Heringer, Bruna Dantas Lobato, and more.