Net ni odnogo bolee radostnogo prazdnika, chem Rozhdestvo, kogda lyuboj chelovek ozhidaet, chto v ego zhizni tozhe proizojdet chudo, sbudutsya samye neveroyatnye mechty! Prazdnika, podarivshego lyudyam nadezhdu i spasenie! Tema Rozhdestva ne ostalas′ bez vnimaniya v russkoj literature, i slozhilas′ celaya tradiciya rozhdestvenskich i svyatochnych rasskazov. Svyatochnye i rozhdestvenskie rasskazy mogli byt′ veselymi i pechal′nymi, smeshnymi i strashnymi, no pochti v lyubom rozhdestvenskom rasskaze est′ mesto chudesam i pererozhdeniyu geroya. V russkoj literature zhanr obrel bolee realistichnye cherty, a evangel′skie motivy i charakternye cherty rozhdestvenskogo rasskaza sochetayutsya s usilennoj social′noj sostavlyayushhej, otchego final istorij podchas okazyvaetsya dramaticheskim i dazhe tragicheskim.