[PDF] The Christmas That Almost Never Was eBook

Author : Stanley E. Wiklinski
Publisher : Sourcebooks Jabberwocky
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 20,42 MB
Release : 2018-07-03
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780999862407

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A horrendous, howling, and devastating blizzard strikes Santaville in the blackness of early morning, so severe that it blows away the doors to the stable, where Santa shelters his reindeer. Exposed to the raging storm, the reindeer come down with the flu and cannot fly. Santa, years before, came upon a group of young Polar bears who could leap high in the air. He finds them. With the help and encouragement of the villagers of Santaville, and the reindeer, the Polar bears fly, saving Christmas, and Santa keeps his promise to all good children everywhere on Christmas Eve, bringing them the gifts of their dreams.

Author : Bruce David Forbes
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 16,95 MB
Release : 2007-10-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0520933729

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Written for everyone who loves and is simultaneously driven crazy by the holiday season, Christmas: A Candid History provides an enlightening, entertaining perspective on how the annual Yuletide celebration got to be what it is today. In a fascinating, concise tour through history, the book tells the story of Christmas—from its pre-Christian roots, through the birth of Jesus, to the holiday's spread across Europe into the Americas and beyond, and to its mind-boggling transformation through modern consumerism. Packed with intriguing stories, based on research into myriad sources, full of insights, the book explores the historical origins of traditions including Santa, the reindeer, gift giving, the Christmas tree, Christmas songs and movies, and more. The book also offers some provocative ideas for reclaiming the joy and meaning of this beloved, yet often frustrating, season amid the pressures of our fast-paced consumer culture. DID YOU KNOW For three centuries Christians did not celebrate Christmas? Puritans in England and New England made Christmas observances illegal? St. Nicholas is an elf in the famous poem "The Night Before Christmas"? President Franklin Roosevelt changed the dateof Thanksgiving in order to lengthen the Christmas shopping season? Coca-Cola helped fashion Santa Claus's look in an advertising campaign?

Author : Mary Ellen La Porte
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 42 pages
File Size : 48,61 MB
Release : 2011
Category :
ISBN : 1452099464

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It is three days before Christmas and there is trouble at the North Pole! Santa is sick with a bad cold and his reindeer have come down with the flu. For the first time the North Pole is forced to close its' doors! How will all good little girls and boys receive any presents? Author Mary Ellen La Porte brings the story alive with endearing watercolors that capture this Christmas tale that is sure to capivate a child's imagination and belief in this magical time of year.

Author : Lance Norris
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 19,4 MB
Release : 2005-03-01
Category : Humor
ISBN : 141162646X

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Ask a Bitter Man, Vol. 1 is a small collection of Lance Norris' writings for Radio, TV, Film, Stage and Print from 1984 - 1999.

Author : L Frank Baum
Publisher :
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 32,91 MB
Release : 2020-02-27
Category :
ISBN :

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The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus is a 1902 children's book, written by L. Frank Baum and illustrated by Mary Cowles Clark