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Evolution of an Xmas Letter

Author : Jon Coile
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 0595378498
Total Pages : 157 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (953 download)

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Download or read book Evolution of an Xmas Letter written by Jon Coile and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2005-12 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the past five years, Jon & Wendy Coile have gained some measure of notoriety for the ever increasing absurdity of their annual Christmas Letter. From a simple two-page chronicle of the year's events, their Xmas Letter has evolved from the ubiquitous annual diary into a source of delight and surprise for those on their Christmas card list. Now available in hardcover and paperback from international publisher, iUniverse, Evolution of an Xmas Letter is the complete and unabridged compendium of their body of work-to-date. Filled with action, famous people, tragedy and comedy, we can guarantee you that it is like no other holiday letter you have ever seen. It makes a great Christmas Present, too! Here's what the critics are saying: 'Our Christmas Letter this year is a book? Are you kidding me? A book? What were you thinking?"-Wendy Coile 'Always, always, always keep holiday letters to two-pages or less. People don't want to be bored to tears reading every miniscule detail of your life."-Prof. Vicki Meade 'Drop the plum pudding! Leave your presents under the tree and read aloud your copy of Evolution of an Xmas Letter. You'll laugh! You'll cry (well, maybe not cry)! But you will love it!"-Yoda 'If nothing else, please, at least read the last page before noon on January 1st."-Drew Elioc

The History of the Christmas Card by George Buday

Author : György Buday
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (119 download)

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Download or read book The History of the Christmas Card by George Buday written by György Buday and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Letters From Father Christmas

Author : J.R.R. Tolkien
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 0547951906
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (479 download)

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Download or read book Letters From Father Christmas written by J.R.R. Tolkien and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2012-02-15 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every December an envelope bearing a stamp from the North Pole would arrive for J.R.R. Tolkien’s children. Inside would be a letter in a strange, spidery handwriting and a beautiful colored drawing or painting. The letters were from Father Christmas. They told wonderful tales of life at the North Pole: how the reindeer got loose and scattered presents all over the place; how the accident-prone North Polar Bear climbed the North Pole and fell through the roof of Father Christmas’s house into the dining room; how he broke the Moon into four pieces and made the Man in it fall into the back garden; how there were wars with the troublesome horde of goblins who lived in the caves beneath the house, and many more. No reader, young or old, can fail to be charmed by Tolkien’s inventiveness in this classic holiday treat.

Letters to Santa Claus

Author : The Elves
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 0253017947
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (53 download)

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Download or read book Letters to Santa Claus written by The Elves and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2015-10-05 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A “poignant” collection of real letters sent to Santa Claus—a town in Indiana—from the 1930s to the twenty-first century, from both children and adults (The New York Times). For countless Christmases, children—and sometimes adults—have stuffed their dreams, wishes, and promises into envelopes. Over many decades, millions of these letters have poured into Santa Claus, Indiana. Arriving from all corners of the globe, the letters ask for toys, family reunions, snow, and help for the needy—sometimes the needy being the writers themselves. They are candid, heartfelt, and often blunt. Many children wonder how Santa gets into their chimneyless homes. One child reminds Santa that she has not hit her brothers over 1,350 times that year, and another respectfully requests two million dollars in “cold cash.” One child hopes to make his life better with a time machine, an adult woman asks for a man, and one miscreant actually threatens Santa’s reindeer! Containing more than 250 actual letters and envelopes from the naughty and nice reaching back to the 1930s, this moving book will touch hearts and bring back memories of a time in our lives when the man with a white beard and a red suit held out the hope that our wishes might come true. “Often very affecting . . . also offers an unusual window into American history.” —Library Journal “The letters . . . are alternately silly and somber, hilarious and heartfelt.” —The Weekly Standard

Encyclopaedia Britannica

Author : Hugh Chisholm
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1090 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Encyclopaedia Britannica written by Hugh Chisholm and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 1090 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This eleventh edition was developed during the encyclopaedia's transition from a British to an American publication. Some of its articles were written by the best-known scholars of the time and it is considered to be a landmark encyclopaedia for scholarship and literary style.

I Saw Mommy Kicking Santa Claus

Author : Ann Hodgman
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101203196
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (12 download)

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Download or read book I Saw Mommy Kicking Santa Claus written by Ann Hodgman and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2004-11-02 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The hilarious holiday handbook for those who are starting to see Scrooge's point of view. Let's face it-sometimes the joys of Christmas are enough to make us want to run away from home-with all of the eggnog, of course. But with a little wry humor, Ann Hodgman is here to tackle Christmas stress and bring cheer back into the holiday. Delving into such diverse topics as making Christmas for kids and adults, how many traditions are just too many, and much more, I Saw Mommy Kicking Santa Claus is full of helpful advice, recipes, and true holiday horror stories to let you know you're not alone.

The Illustrated History of the Snowman

Author : Bob Eckstein
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 149303667X
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book The Illustrated History of the Snowman written by Bob Eckstein and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2018-09-01 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A thoroughly entertaining exploration, this book travels back in time to shed light on the snowman's enigmatic past -- from the present day, in which the snowman reigns as the King of Kitsch, to the Dark Ages, with the creation of the very first snowman. Eckstein's curiosity began playfully enough, but soon snowballed into a (mostly) earnest quest of chasing Frosty around the world, into museums and libraries, and seeking out the advice of leading historians and scholars. The result is a riveting history that reaches back through centuries and across cultures -- sweeping from fifteenth-century Italian snowballs to eighteenth-century Russian ice sculptures to the regrettable "white-trash years" (1975-2000). The snowman is not just part of our childhood memories, but is an integral part of our world culture, appearing -- much like a frozen Forrest Gump -- alongside dignitaries and celebrities during momentous events. Again and again, the snowman pops up in rare prints, paintings, early movies, advertising and, over the past century, in every art form imaginable. And the jolly snowman -- ostensibly as pure as the driven snow -- also harbors a dark past full of political intrigue, sex, and violence. With over two hundred illustrations, The Illustrated History of the Snowman is a truly original winter classic -- smart, surprisingly enlightening, and quite simply the coolest book ever.

The Elf on the Shelf

Author : Carol V. Aebersold
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780984365173
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (651 download)

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Download or read book The Elf on the Shelf written by Carol V. Aebersold and published by . This book was released on 2012-02-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Elf on the Shelf: A Christmas Tradition is an activity the entire family will enjoy. Based on the tradition Carol Aebersold began with her family in the 1970s, this cleverly rhymed children's book explains that Santa knows who is naughty and/or nice because he sends a scout elf to every home. During the holiday season, the elf watches children by day and reports to Santa each night. When children awake, the elf has returned from the North Pole and can be found hiding in a different location. This activity allows The Elf on the Shelf to become a delightful hide-and-seek game.

Adventures in the Ditch

Author : Jon Coile
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 1936236524
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (362 download)

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Download or read book Adventures in the Ditch written by Jon Coile and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2011-03-17 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a seven-year-old boy, Jon Coile dreamed of spending the summer sailing Author of Evolution of an Xmas Letter the Atlantic. He just couldnt get his friends to cooperate. Coile grew up and spent time on the water, and in Adventures in the Ditch, he shares one story of a family nautical adventure. Hoping to rekindle the wanderlust and excitement of earlier sailing experiences, Coile, his thirty-seven-year-old brother Andrew, and their eighty-one-year-old father Russell embark on a nine-day, 2,500-mile, round-trip voyage on the Intracoastal Waterwayfrom the Chesapeake Bay to Miami. Their refurbished vessel, the Griffin, throws them some curveballs, and the trio encounters other unexpected situations, calling for creative and whimsical solutions. More than a mere boat trip, Adventures in the Ditch presents a rich, warm, and personal story of family relationships. Praise for Adventures in the Ditch Jon Coiles action-packed account of a journey on the Inland Waterway with his elderly father beautifully captures the challenges of navigating and the tensile strength of family ties. Susan Moger, Former Senior Editor, Scholastic Inc.

Celebrating a Christ-centered Christmas

Author : Sharon Jaynes
Publisher : Moody Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9780802416995
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (169 download)

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Download or read book Celebrating a Christ-centered Christmas written by Sharon Jaynes and published by Moody Publishers. This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christ has been crowded out of Christmas by shopping malls, parties, and decorations. Sharon Jaynes offers help to return our focus to the baby in the manger. Organized A to Z, Celebrating a Christ-Centered Christmas is filled with twenty-six innovative and creative ways to do just that. Come let your focus be renewed and use these great ideas to have a joyous celebration of the Savior's birth.

A Visit from St. Nicholas

Author : Clement Clarke Moore
Publisher : Boston : Atlantic monthly Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 20 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Visit from St. Nicholas written by Clement Clarke Moore and published by Boston : Atlantic monthly Press. This book was released on 1921 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A poem about the visit that Santa Claus pays to the children of the world during the night before every Christmas.

Century Path

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Century Path written by and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Autobiography of Santa Claus

Author : Jeff Guinn
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101127775
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book The Autobiography of Santa Claus written by Jeff Guinn and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2006-10-19 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It all started when Jeff Guinn was assigned to write a piece full of little-known facts about Christmas for his paper, The Fort Worth Star-Telegram. A few months later, he received a call from a gentleman who told him that he showed the story to an important friend who didn’t think much of it. And who might that be? asked Jeff. The next thing he knew, he was whisked off to the North Pole to meet with this “very important friend,” and the rest is, well, as they say, history. An enchanting holiday treasure, The Autobiography of Santa Claus combines solid historical fact with legend to deliver the definitive story of Santa Claus. And who better to lead us through seventeen centuries of Christmas magic than good ol’ Saint Nick himself? Families will delight in each chapter of this new Christmas classic—one per each cold December night leading up to Christmas!

The Publishers Weekly

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 2298 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Publishers Weekly written by and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 2298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Christmas in America

Author : Penne L. Restad
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0195355091
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (953 download)

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Download or read book Christmas in America written by Penne L. Restad and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1996-12-05 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The manger or Macy's? Americans might well wonder which is the real shrine of Christmas, as they take part each year in a mix of churchgoing, shopping, and family togetherness. But the history of Christmas cannot be summed up so easily as the commercialization of a sacred day. As Penne Restad reveals in this marvelous new book, it has always been an ambiguous meld of sacred thoughts and worldly actions-- as well as a fascinating reflection of our changing society. In Christmas in America, Restad brilliantly captures the rise and transformation of our most universal national holiday. In colonial times, it was celebrated either as an utterly solemn or a wildly social event--if it was celebrated at all. Virginians hunted, danced, and feasted. City dwellers flooded the streets in raucous demonstrations. Puritan New Englanders denounced the whole affair. Restad shows that as times changed, Christmas changed--and grew in popularity. In the early 1800s, New York served as an epicenter of the newly emerging holiday, drawing on its roots as a Dutch colony (St. Nicholas was particularly popular in the Netherlands, even after the Reformation), and aided by such men as Washington Irving. In 1822, another New Yorker named Clement Clarke Moore penned a poem now known as "'Twas the Night Before Christmas," virtually inventing the modern Santa Claus. Well-to-do townspeople displayed a German novelty, the decorated fir tree, in their parlors; an enterprising printer discovered the money to be made from Christmas cards; and a hodgepodge of year-end celebrations began to coalesce around December 25 and the figure of Santa. The homecoming significance of the holiday increased with the Civil War, and by the end of the nineteenth century a full- fledged national holiday had materialized, forged out of borrowed and invented custom alike, and driven by a passion for gift-giving. In the twentieth century, Christmas seeped into every niche of our conscious and unconscious lives to become a festival of epic proportions. Indeed, Restad carries the story through to our own time, unwrapping the messages hidden inside countless movies, books, and television shows, revealing the inescapable presence--and ambiguous meaning--of Christmas in contemporary culture. Filled with colorful detail and shining insight, Christmas in America reveals not only much about the emergence of the holiday, but also what our celebrations tell us about ourselves. From drunken revelry along colonial curbstones to family rituals around the tree, from Thomas Nast drawing the semiofficial portrait of St. Nick to the making of the film Home Alone, Restad's sparkling account offers much to amuse and ponder.

Michigan History Magazine

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 798 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)

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Download or read book Michigan History Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 798 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

D.N. Dunlop, A Man of Our Time

Author : T. H. Meyer
Publisher : Temple Lodge Publishing
ISBN 13 : 190699966X
Total Pages : 430 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (69 download)

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Download or read book D.N. Dunlop, A Man of Our Time written by T. H. Meyer and published by Temple Lodge Publishing. This book was released on 2014-11-10 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: D.N. Dunlop (1868-1935) combined remarkable practical and organizational abilities in industry and commerce with gifted spiritual and esoteric capacities. A personal friend of W.B. Yeats and Rudolf Steiner, Dunlop was responsible for founding the World Power Conference (today the World Energy Council), and played leading roles in the Theosophical Society and later the Anthroposophical Society. In his business life he pioneered a cooperative approach towards the emerging global economy. Meyer’s compelling narrative of Dunlop’s life begins on the Isle of Arran, where the motherless boy is brought up by his grandfather. In a landscape rich with prehistoric standing stones, the young Dunlop has formative spiritual experiences. When his grandfather dies, he struggles for material survival, but devotedly studies occult literature. The scene moves to Dublin, where Dunlop becomes a friend of W.B. Yeats and the poet-seer A.E., and develops an active interest in Madame Blavatsky’s Theosophy. Arriving in London via New York, Dunlop is now a lecturer, writer and the editor of a monthly journal – but alongside his esoteric interests he rises to a foremost position in the British electrical industry, masterminding the first World Power Conference. Dunlop’s life is to change forever through his meeting with Rudolf Steiner, which ‘...brought instant recognition’. He was immediately convinced that Steiner was ‘...the Knower, the Initiate, the bearer of the Spirit to his age’. Dunlop’s close involvement with anthroposophy, leading to his eventual position as Chair of the British Society, is described in detail: from the momentous conferences in Penmaenmawr and Torquay to his transformative relationships with Eleanor Merry, W.J. Stein, Ita Wegman and Ludwig Polzer-Hoditz. Meyer features important material on the Anthroposophical Society’s tragic split, that allows for a true evaluation of this difficult period in the organization’s history. This second, enlarged edition features substantial additions of new material and an Afterword by Owen Barfield.