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THE AUSTRALIAN CHRISTMAS
collected by Frank Cusack. B&W era drawings & engravings illustrate. Condition: Gently pre-read 1982 Australian Collector's Treasury hardcover & DJ (in mylar jacket), reprint. B&W era drawings with decorated endpages. Content: A seclection of writing into which the reader can dip at random and find something interesting, surprising, or entertaining - a literary Christmas stocking. Short stories, poems, carols and extracts which are illustrated with drawings, cartoons and old engravings of great charm. The first entry is from a 1788 journal and the last is a Walkabout from 1963. Charming and informative Australian holiday history. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF SANTA CLAUS (Revised Edition)
as told to Jeff Guinn. B&W illustrations by Dorit Rabinovitch. Condition: NEW 2003 Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin hardcover & DJ (in mylar jacket), revised edition, first printing. Remainder mark bottom edges. Content: Where exactly did Santa Claus come from? How did he meet Mrs. Claus? Who named the reindeer? We've all asked these questions and a million more, and Jeff Guinn uses a wonderful mix of scholarship, fantasy, folklore, and faith to answer them all. According to this "authoritative" autobiography, St. Nicholas began giving gifts in the third century A.D. and never looked back. Did you know the Roman calendar had only 10 months and 355 days and that Christmas caroling was introduced to the world in the thirteenth century? This enchanting Christmas classic returns for a new holiday season, combining historical fact with glorious legend as St. Nicholas himself reveals the definitive story of Santa Claus. With seven centuries of holiday magic all rolled into twenty-four chapters-one for each cold December night leading up to Christmas- this book is a great gift for the whole family! [2 copies available]
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THE BOOK OF CHRISTMAS: Customs, Ceremonies, Traditions, Superstitions and Festivities of the Christmas Season
by Thomas K. Hervey. R. Seymour B&W illustrations from the original 1888 edition. Introduction by Steve Roud. Condition: NEW 2000 Wordsworth (in association with The Folklore Society) Trade Paperback, first printing. Tiny edgewear. Content: The folklore surounding Christmas is imbued with the sense of cheer that we associate with the season. But looking deeper into the customs and traditions we find ancient pagan practices at their very heart. In authoritative detail, it documents the practices and customs of each of the special days of the season and the folklore related to them. Excellent resource book. [1 copy available]
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THE BOOK OF CHRISTMAS CAROLS
by Quantum-Aurora Publishing. Beautiful color paintings illustrate. Condition: NEW 1996 Quantum-Aurora (UK) large hardcover & DJ (in mylar jacket), reissue. Content: Christmas Carols from England, Europe, and some traditional carols from America are each accompanied by a beautiful Christmas painting and sheet music. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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THE CHRISTMAS CONVERSATION PIECE
[Creative Questions to Illuminate the Holidays]
by Bret Nicholaus and Paul Lowrie. Decorations throughout. Condition: NEW 1997 Ballantine Books small hardcover & DJ (in mylar jacket), 7th printing. Content: 300 Christmas-themed questions designed to bring any gathering back to the core purposes of the holiday: love, reflection, and merriment. The Christmas Conversation Piece is based on the belief that the right questions can spark understanding, humor, and connection between friends and loved ones. Try them out when entertaining, mingling at the office Christmas party, or simply having dinner with your family. Here's a sample: "What is your favorite Christmas scent?"; "What's your all-time biggest Christmas shopping disaster?"; "What is the most unusual Christmas tradition you ever heard of?"; "What has been the greatest blessing in your life since last Christmas?" Perfect for teachers. [1 copy available]
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CHRISTMAS IS ALWAYS
by Dale Evans Rogers, the Queen of the West. Color frontispiece. Condition: Gently pre-read 1958 Revell small hardcover & DJ (in mylar jacket), first edition, first printing. The boards show shelfwear top & bottom spine and at corners, but the interior is clean & tight with light tanning to page edges. There is an inscription on the loose endpage. The DJ has serious edgewear. Content: Dale EVans searches the Scriptures and looks at life and finds Christmas everywhere and always. when did Christmas begin? It began, she says, when God created His wonderful world: "God made man in the pattern of Himself and then told man he could have this whole wide beautiful world. What a Christmas present that was!" And, always, it was in God's heart to give the greatest gift of all - the giving of Himself to us in the Person of His Son. For all ages. [1 copy available]
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CHRISTMAS IN PLAINS Memories
by President Jimmy Carter. Amy Carter cover art & B&W line drawings illustrate. Condition: NEW 2001 Simon & Schuster small hardcover [7.3 x 5.4 x 0.7 (160 pages)] & DJ (in mylar jacket), first edition. Content: Great memories of President Carter's many Christmas holidays in his hometown of Plains, Georgia. This slim yet deeply textured memoir detailing former president Carter's Christmases as a boy in rural Georgia, as a naval officer, a politician and president serves as an excellent companion to his earlier, bestselling memoir, An Hour Before Daylight, but can also be read on its own as a tribute to family and a reminder that economy of gifts doesn't have to mean economy of generosity. Told in clear, honest language, these engaging vignettes range from endearing stories from his boyhood using the tinfoil from his father's cigarette packs to make tinsel for the tree as well as revealing ones Carter's thoughts and feelings during the hostage crisis in the Middle East toward the end of his presidency. These are the humble and heartfelt experiences that shaped and reflect his character: stories of his close black friends in the pre-civil rights era, of one memorable holiday involving a truckload of grapefruit, of another at Camp David, of trying to spend some quiet moments alone with his family in Plains even with the Secret Service in tow. The message illustrated throughout could not be more timely that gifts from the heart are the most important kind and should not be restricted to one's own family. Comforting and inspiring. Wonderful writing by the best ex-President ever (although a couple of them may be gaining on him). Gift wrapping available. [1 copy available]
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CHRISTMAS IN SPAIN
by William Nault, editor. Color and B&W photos and artwork. Condition: UNREAD 1983 World Book hardcover (pictorial boards) - no DJ issued. No edition given. Tiny edgewear at corners. Content: Describes in text and illustrations how Christmas is celebrated in Spain. Also includes stories, songs, recipes, and craft projects. [1 copy available]
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CHRISTMAS SPIRIT: The Joyous Stories, Carols, Feasts, And Traditions of the Season
by George Grant & Gregory Wilbur. Condition: NEW 2001 Cumberland House soft cover, second printing. Content: Christmas Spirit captures the essence of the Yuletide season by gathering in one place all of those elements that contribute to the joyous spirit of Christmas. From the origins of our most cherished holiday traditions and rituals to the insights of the wisest men and women of the ages on their essential meaning and significance, Christmas Spirit emphasizes and underscores the best moments of the season. Here are the whys and wherefores of mistletoe, plum pudding, holly and ivy, Advent wreaths, nativity scenes, caroling, sleigh rides, Christmas trees, jingle bells, wassailing, Twelfth Night, twinkling lights, gift giving, and Saint Nicholas. In short, here is the joy of the season - Christmas Spirit. Recipes also. Questions welcome. [1 copy available.]
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CHRISTMAS TALES: Celebrated Authors on the Magic of the Season
photographs by Steve Lovi. Beautiful color photos & artwork. Condition: Gently pre-read, if at all, 1992 Viking Studio Books hardcover & DJ (in mylar jacket), first edition, first printing. The photos in this book are so beautiful, you'll want to rip them out, frame them, and put them on your wall. DJ is price-clipped. Content: Great adult Christmas stories by Frank Sullivan (Crisp New Bills for Mr. Teagle); Willa Cather (The Burglar's Christmas); My Christmas Carol (Budd Schulberg); Damon Runyon (Dancing Dan's Christmas); O. Henry (Gift of the Magi); James Thurber (Merry Christmas); and Christopher Morley (The Tree That Didn't Get Trimmed). Questions welcome. [1 copy available.]
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A CHRISTMAS TESTAMENT
by Philip Kopper. Illustrated with color repros of Christmas art by the masters. Condition: UNREAD 1982 Stewart, Tabori, & Chang hardcover in slipcase, first edition. The box shows some edgewear with light rubbings along box spine. The book has beautiful cream boards with gilt lettring & designs. Content: Reviewer: "This book is a compilation of Biblical prophecies fullfilled along with the corresponding New Testament scriptures which fullfilled them. All Scripture is done in wonderful calligraphy and classic artwork is throughout the book. The beginning of the book goes into the origin of many Christmas customs." Questions encouraged. [1 copy available]
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A CHRISTMAS TRESURY OF YULETIDE STORIES & POEMS
edited by James Charlton & Barbara Gilson. B&W decorations. Condition: UNREAD 1992 Galahad Books large hardcover (415 pages) and DJ (in mylar jacket), first printing. Content: Reviewer: ". . .a wonderful collection of Christmas stories as well as Christmas songs. The stories include the favorites of A Christmas Carol and The Gift of the Magi, but it also includes stories of Christmases in other countries such as Germany, France and Italy. Because all of the stories are relatively short, it is such a wonderful way to bring the family together during the holiday season in front of the fireplace, sip on hot apple cider and read out loud the tales of Christmas. It is sure to get everyone into the Christmas spirit. Questions encouraged. [1 copy available]
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The COMPLETE KWANZA: Celebrating Our Cultural Harvest
by Dorothy Winbush Riley. Willie Tobert (Cover Art). Condition: New but does have tiny edgewear and tiny rubbing spots lower front cover. Remainder mark. Overall a very nice new book. Content: All ethnic groups seek acceptance in society and their place in the universal order," writes educator Dorothy Winbush Riley. "And each group, through holidays, demonstrates its interpretation of human experience." For millions of African Americans, the week after Christmas is a time to celebrate Kwanzaa by reflecting upon seven principles, among them creativity, cooperation, and faith, which are considered the foundation of successful societies. Riley elaborates upon each of these principles through a combination of first-person narratives, poetry, folktales, quotations, and proverbs. [1 copy available]
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A FAMILY CHRISTMAS
by Dr. James Dobson. Beautiful, warm color paintings by G. Harvey. Condition: NEW 2002 Multnomah hardcover (pictorial boards) & DJ (in mylar jacket), first printing. [Number line runs from 0 - 10 and I've never seen that before.] Content: This book transports you to the delightful places you’ve been. - or perhaps to where you want to be. Featuring glowing scenes by internationally acclaimed artist G. Harvey, this richly meaningful gift book illustrates the importance of showing and celebrating love for our family, our friends, and our God. True stories of Christmas past, complete with Dr. Dobson’s insightful and thought-provoking commentary, will bring warmth and rekindled joy to you and yours. Questions welcome. [1 copy available.]
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THE GLORY OF CHRISTMAS
inspirational writings by Charles Swindoll, Max Lucado, & Charles Colson. Beautiful color photos illustrate. Condition: NEW 1996 Word Books (Dallas) hardcover (pictorial boards - no DJ issued). No edition given. Content: This beautiful new Christmas book highlights the most wonderful gift of all - Christ. Heartwarming passages remind the reader of all that His gift entails--salvation, power for living, righteousness, relationship, and encouragement. A great Christmas gift item. Questions welcome. [1 copy available.]
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HOMER FOR THE HOLIDAYS: The Further Adventures of Wilson the Pug
by Wilson the Pug with Nancy Levine. Adorable sepia-tone photos illustrate. Condition: NEW 2004 Viking Studio hardcover ("pugtorial" boards) & DJ (in mylar jacket), first edition, first printing. Content: To know a pug is to love a pug. And no pug has won more hearts than Wilson the Pug. Wilson, Taoist master of The Tao of Pug, has taught his many admirers some very important life lessons. And he practices what he preaches. While out searching for a good deed to do for the holidays, he encounters and befriends a lost baby pug whom he immediately dubs Homer. Swearing to find Homer a home for the holidays, Wilson and his new pal embark on an adventure that takes them along unexpected and comical paths. The future starts to look bleak for Homer until a chance meeting with Santa Claus himself turns everything around. Homer’s holiday wish may come true after all. Written and photographed with the help of Wilson’s human companion, Nancy Levine, Homer for the Holidays is sure to be another holiday hit with pug owners, dog lovers, or anyone who enjoys a funny and touching seasonal story for young and old alike. So cute, I might have to trade in my Kerry Blue for a Pug. Questions welcome. [2 copies available.]
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AN IRISH CHRISTMAS: Stories
by John B. Keane. Cover & illustrations by Saska & Andreyev. Condition: NEW 2001 Carroll & Graf hardcover & DJ (in mylar jacket), second printing. Content: Sure and if a body likes Irish humor and tales, this whimsical, solidly Hibernian set of 17 stories featuring the roguish, charming and not-so-charming denizens of County Kerry will be a fine bet to place under the tree. Novelist, poet and fabulist Keane offers these authentically cadenced tales for the holidays, even though many of them only nominally concern Christmas. In "A Christmas Comeuppance," the local canon learns the truth of the old adage "people in glass houses..." through the lens of a judicious video camera. "The Seven Year Trance" finds Hiccup O'Reilly playing Scheherazade for his brothers-in-law, who promise to beat him up if he doesn't come up with a good story to explain his seven-year absence. A fantastical ghost story accompanied by many rounds at the local pub (financed by Hiccup) saves his life. "The Resurrection" features a fey, lovely barmaid who succeeds in "raising" a comatose young football player she has always had a hankering for. A calf gains a home instead of becoming "baby beef" by submitting himself, as it were, to God in "The Sacred Calf." Irish customs from the public house to the wake are lovingly explored by a writer who casts an amused eye on the foibles of his countrymen. [1 copy available]
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I'LL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS
compiled by Anne Christian Buchanan. Beautiful, warm color paintings by Thomas Kinkade. Condition: NEW 1997 Harvest House hardcover & DJ (in mylar jacket), fourth printing. Content: The luminous windows of Thomas Kinkades cozy cottages and gracious Victorian mansions glow even brighter with the brilliant lights of Christmas. Eighteen of Kinkades radiant paintings highlight the stories, quotes, poems, and carols of Christmas. [1 copy available]
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THE PHYSICS OF CHRISTMAS:
From the Aerodynamics of Reindeer to the Thermodynamics of Turkey
by Roger Highfield. Condition: NEW 1999 Little, Brown Trade Paperback with the only flaw being a shelfwear diagonal crease bottom front cover corner. Interior perfect. Content: This book is a hoot! And this book is also informative. Roger Highfield loves science, and he loves Christmas, too. Combining the two in The Physics of Christmas is his attempt to refute the notion that "the materialist insights of science destroy our capacity to wonder, leaving the world a more boring and predictable place." To that end, Highfield presents an amusing, eclectic, and trivia-filled collection of scientific observations about one of the Western world's most beloved holidays. Contrary to the title, Highfield doesn't limit himself to physics. His anthropological observations include tracing the origins of Santa Claus--an especially amusing and enlightening chapter entitled "Santa: The Hallucinogenic Connection" examines the possibilities of the psychoactive mushroom Amanita muscaria's red-and-white cap being the inspiration for Santa's robes. In a tip of the stocking cap to biology, Highfield hints at a parasitic infestation that may be responsible for poor Rudolph's red nose and examines the advantages of cloned Christmas trees. Psychologically speaking, we find an analysis of the emotional weight of gift giving and card exchanging (sever all relationships with those who send musical cards, research suggests), and how a holiday can be both religious and commercial. Even post-holiday depression is deconstructed, along with Santa's unhealthy obesity and apparent immortality, the effects of alcohol on sleep patterns, the astronomical origins of the Bethlehem star, and the ins and outs of snow.
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THE QUIET LITTLE WOMAN (A Christmas Story); TILLY'S CHRISTMAS; ROSA'S TALE: Three Enchanting Christmas Stories
by Louisa May Alcott. Illustrations by C. Michael Dudash. Condition: NEW 1999 Honor Books small hardcover & DJ (in mylar jacket), fourth printing. Content: Three Christmas stories, at least one of which was "rediscovered" in a children's magazine of its day. The first and longest selection is about Patty, an orphan whose greatest dream is to be adopted; instead, she is given a place as a servant in the Murray family. Through Patty's loving nature, plus the Christmastime intervention of Aunt Jane, the family members realize that they have a gem in their midst. The other two stories are shorter-one involves a poor girl whose kindness to a tiny bird prods a mean neighbor into an act of charity; the other features a horse, able to speak through the Christmas miracle, that tells her story of kindness and cruelty suffered at the hands of humans. All three pieces have an undeniably 19th-century tone that may strike today's readers as too sentimental and quaint to be interesting. However, Alcott's fans will zip right through these stories and take pleasure in the satisfyingly happy endings, in which goodness and endurance triumph over adversity. Questions welcome [3 copies available]
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THE REAL CHRISTMAS
by Pat Boone. Boone and family both DJ covers. Condition: UNREAD 1972 reissue hardcover & DJ (in mylar jacket). Book has small shelfwear bottom edges, interior (blue pages) is perfect - clean & tight. DJ has problems: repaired tear bottom edge at hinge with light rubbings here and there. Content: Traditions and meaning of Christmas as celebrated in the Boone household. Actually a nice book. Questions welcome [1 copy available]
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A RENAISSANCE CHRISTMAS
by The National Gallery of Art. Color illustrations. Condition: NEW 1991 Little, Brown large hardcover & DJ (in mylar jacket) with tiny edgewear to DJ top edge. Content: The Christmas story in Biblical text, poetry, prose accompanied by beautiful full-color illustrations of the Renaissance era. A Renaissance Christmas brings together superlative works of art from the astounding permanent collection of the National Gallery of Art. Here are world-renowned masterpieces as well as lesser-known but equally e vocative Renaissance paintings. 30 color illustrations. Simply stunning. [1 copy available]
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SANTA & PETE: The Real Story of Santa Claus (VHS Movie)
by GoodTimes Entertainment. Movie advertisement cover. Condition: Very good +. Although this tape carries the Blockbuster label, it was never shelved or rented. It has been watched once - by me. Light edgewear bottom of box. 90 minutes playing time. Content: Academy Award nominees Hume Cronyn and James Earl Jones (the great) star in this warmhearted and whimsical Yuletide tale about the beloved tradiitons of the holiday. Facing his first Christmas as a widower, Grandpa Nicholas (Jones) tells his grandson all about St. Nick (Cronyn), the Christian bishop who traveled the world performing small miracles. Flex Alexander is Pete, a cook who takes a terrible risk when St. Nick is arrested as a spy by the Spanish government, freeing him so that he can continue to deliver his message of brotherhood. Pete's dream is to see the world, so he becomes St. Nick's assistant, and when they learn that children are going to the New World, Santa decides they must follow, bringing along the Old World tradition of gift-giving - and making some new traditions along the way. Directed by DuWayne Dunham. Also stars Tempest Bledsoe. Beth Polson produced. Teleplay by Greg Taylor. A neat change from the usual holiday fare. GUARANTEED! Questions welcome [1 copy available]
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SANTA CLAUS CONQUERS THE MARTIANS (VHS Movie)
by Video Treasures, Inc. Condition: Very good +, 1986 Video Treasures VHS release of the 1964 movie. In color with 80 minutes playing time. The box has some small shelfwear to the edges. Content: If you love bad 1950s - 60s bad Science Fiction movies and if you love "the Killer Tomatoes" (as I do), this is the movie for you. It's so bad it's endearing and lots of fun! Martians, upset that their children have become obsessed with TV shows from Earth which extoll the virtues of Santa Claus, start an expedition to Earth to kidnap the one and only Santa. While on Earth, they kidnap two lively children that lead the group of Martians to the North Pole and Santa. The Martians then take Santa and the two children back to Mars with them. Voldar, a particularly grumpy Martian, attempts to do away with the children and Santa before they get to Mars, but their leader Lomas stops him. When they arrive on Mars, Santa, with the help of the two Earth children and a rather simple-minded Martian lackey, overcomes the Martians by bringing fun, happiness and Christmas cheer to the children of Mars. GUARANTEED! Questions welcome [1 copy available]
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THE SEVEN DAYS OF KWANZAA: How to celebrate them
by Angela Shelf Medearis. Cover art by Synthia St. James. B&W illustrations. Condition: NEW 1994 Scholastic Trade Paperback, fourth printing. Content: This s truly a great resource of Kwanzaa information. It includes easy recipes, ideas and instruction for home made Kwanzaa gifts, background information on the holiday and stories of some inspirational African Americans. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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SNOW
by Lisbeth Mark and Babs Lefrak. B&W illustrations. Condition: NEW 1996 Lefrak Books (Perigee) small softcover, first edition, first printing. Tiny edgewear. Content: Everything you ever wanted to know about Snow! This is a book of facts, fallacies, and folklore for everyone who loves and hates snow. Birth & Journey of a Snowflake is my favorite. Questions welcome.
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