I think that Richard Dalby's
Crime for Christmas (Michael O'Mara Books, 1991) is worth a look. Most of the stories are crime stories. However "The Unknown Murderer" by H. C. Bailey is worth reading. It features Bailey's Mr Fortune character, very popular in the 1930s, but nearly forgotten now. I found the style of the writing hard to get into (which is why I think Bailey is largely unread and unreadable today), but the story is interesting for a unique reason. "The Show Must Not Go On" by David Rowlands is an excellent vampire story. It also features Mr Fortune. One scene at a seance makes it a creepy sequel to "The Unknown Murder".
I have copied all of the contents from the ISFDB website:
Foreword (Crime for Christmas) • essay by Peter Cushing
1 • The Trinity Cat • (1976) • short story by Ellis Peters
14 • A Happy Solution • (1916) • short story by Raymund Allen
27 • The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle • non-genre • [Sherlock Holmes] • (1892) • novelette by Arthur Conan Doyle
45 • An Upright Woman • (1970) • novelette by H. R. F. Keating
67 • A Book for Christmas • short story by Christopher Hallam
73 • A Pair of Muddy Shoes • (1919) • short story by Lennox Robinson
80 • The Unknown Murderer • (1923) • novelette by H. C. Bailey
101 • The Buoy That Did Not Light • (1923) • short story by Edgar Wallace
112 • A Christmas Tragedy • (1930) • short story by Agatha Christie
127 • The Ghost's Touch • (1906) • short story by Fergus Hume
140 • The Grotto • short story by Pamela Sewell
144 • The Show Must Not Go On • short story by David G. Rowlands
154 • Red Lily • (1899) • novelette by Dick Donovan
177 • The Black Bag Left on a Door-Step • (1893) • short story by Catherine L. Pirkis
198 • The Grave by the Handpost • (1897) • short story by Thomas Hardy
209 • Mr Wray's Cash Box • (1852) • novella by Wilkie Collins
