"A Christmas Wreath" by Max Bierbaum, an outstanding English writer and journalist, is a collection full of offensive humor and philosophical reflections. Each short story of this book is a kind of reflection, in which the author reproduces the atmosphere of Christmas and various facets of human relationships. Despite the external antiquity of the events described in the book, the themes raised by Beerbaum remain relevant even today, giving the reader the opportunity to rethink the meaning of Christmas holidays and human relationships in general.