Tuesday, December 24, 2013

“One Thousand Christmas Beards” and other Vintage Christmas Books

 

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Published in 1955, written by Roger Duvoisin a Swiss-born American writer and illustrator, best known for children's picture books.

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The Father Christmas Letters, also known as Letters from Father Christmas, are a collection of letters written and illustrated by J. R. R. Tolkien between 1920 and 1942 for his children, from Father Christmas. They were subsequently released posthumously by the Tolkien estate and edited by Baillie Tolkien.

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Tom Smith was a Londoner, who started in business on his own in the mid 1840's. His origins in the confectionery business are confirmed. The earliest Tom Smith archive material in the Victoria & Albert museum in London offers his catalogues covering confectionery, superb cake decorations and fancy goods from the 1870's in which Crackers or "Cosaques" as they were known in their infancy are also listed.

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"A Visit from St. Nicholas", also known as "The Night Before Christmas" and "'Twas the Night Before Christmas" from its first line, is a  poem first published anonymously in 1823 and later attributed to Clement Clark Moore , who acknowledged authorship.

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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

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