CHILDHOOD MEMORIES OF CHRISTMASTIME IN AUSTRIA – SHORT STORIES MEANT TO BE READ EACH DAY OF THE ADVENT, FROM DECEMBER 1 UNTIL THE 25TH, HIGHLIGHTING THE AUTHOR’S LIFE AS A CHILD IN THE 1960s IN AUSTRIA, WITH ITS CHRISTMAS TRADITIONS, FAMILY LIFE AND LOCAL FOLK TALES AND CUSTOMS IN THE IDYLLIC SETTING OF THE ALPS OF VORARLBERG, ON THE WESTERN EDGE OF AUSTRIA. A GERMAN VERSION “DEZEMBER’ WAS PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED IN AUSTRIA IN 2000.