Download or read book Around the World in One Night Santa s Secrets Unwrapped written by Andrew Badalamenti and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2008-10-01 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: So, what's the deal with Santa?!? He delivers millions of toys, to children all over the world, in just one night. Impossible? Not if you know how he does it.In this book, you'll learn the 10 secrets Santa uses to make Christmas happen every year... including the real role of elves, Christmas Eve travel tricks, why he lives at the North Pole and so much more.You'll be amazed at just how simple it all is. You'll even discover how you will become one of Santa's helpers one day.Ready? Then put on your big red coat, strap on those black buckled boots, and let's go... Santa's secrets are waiting!
Download or read book Unwrapped written by Jinglebelle Jackson and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-10-13 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this fourth book of the South Pole Santa series, something no one ever imagined could be possible is happening around the world: Children are turning away from Santa Claus Instead, they prefer Sandra Claus..., making the whole situation for the two Santas, well, awkward. There's hardly time for Sandra to worry on that problem, however, when so many other things in her life are coming unwrapped. Her friends are missing, the barge building is behind schedule, she's got to fit in some world touring - with the elves along - and she has a really important event to help pull together. It's all part of what's happening in this latest page-turner by JingleBelle Jackson. Like her previous books, Unwrapped is full of unexpected surprises that fun-loving families who love kindness, love laughing and love elves are sure to enjoy! This is a holiday adventure written to be enjoyed all year long. "It is a joy to write these books. Thank you for loving Sandra and her friends and for spreading kindness through the world." - JingleBelle Jackson
Download or read book Santa s Secrets written by Hayley Pimblett-Delaney and published by . This book was released on 2019-11-09 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever wondered how Santa does it? How he prepares for Christmas Eve and how he gets around the world in one night? Well this is the book that explains it all. Santa has taken the questions that he gets asked the most and has written the answers down in this book. He discusses everything from Elves to Reindeer. He explains all of the delivery basics and how he is changing the name of The Good List to The Kind List. And of course, he has included lots of magical details along the way.
Download or read book Unwrapping Christmas written by Daniel Miller and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1993 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In an age of secularization and the decline of ritual, Christmas has emerged as the most promising candidate for the first global festival. It is celebrated in the Christian West as well as in many countries with either a minority or no Christian population. How is it that Christmas is not merely surviving, but actually gaining in importance? Unwrapping Christmas is the first comparative study of the Christmas phenomenon, based on direct observation of how the festival is actually celebrated in diverse social contexts. It begins by presenting general theories of Christmas and includes the first full English translation of "Father Christmas Executed" by Claude Levi-Strauss. The focus then turns to two controversial issues: the relationship between Christmas and materialism, and the debate over the place of the family in Christmas celebrations. Both of these issues are examined and interpreted in a variety of cultural contexts; including the USA, Japan, Britain, Sweden, and Trinidad. Christmas is rapidly becoming the focus for a constellation of activities including gift-giving, the marking of the seasons, and the celebration of extended family networks. This collection, the first systematic analysis of Christmas, represents a fascinating and significant contribution to understanding how and why this holiday has developed into the global festival celebrated today.
Download or read book Secret Santa Claus Club written by Jeff Janke and published by . This book was released on 2021-11-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why do we spend so much time and effort creating a fairytale world for our children, just to take it away from them? Author Jeff Janke faced that dilemma three years ago when his daughter started questioning her belief in Santa Claus. Like most parents, he had two problems to solve--how to gently teach his child the true meaning of Christmas, and how to prevent her from spoiling the fairytale for other children. Out of this problem, Secret Santa Claus Club was born. Secret Santa Claus Club is a beautifully illustrated story about a little girl thinking back on the magic of each Christmas. She remembers meeting Santa at the mall and seeing her first bike under the tree on Christmas morning. As time goes on, she starts to wonder if it's all real. When she decides she's ready to know the truth--her parents help guide her to the true meaning of the holiday. Secret Santa Claus Club was written to be a tool for parents during these challenging moments. Combined with love, patience, and compassion, SSCC will help transition the reader from believing to becoming. At the end of the story, your child will be invited to join Secret Santa Claus Club. They'll understand the importance of keeping the secret, creating the magic for believers, and helping other members of the club.
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
Download or read book Christmas Stories written by Anupam Roy and published by Anupam Roy. This book was released on with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Christmas Stories, Volume 1" invites readers on a magical journey through the enchanting world of holiday tales, where the spirit of Christmas comes alive in fourteen heartwarming narratives. Within the pages of this delightful collection, each story is a sparkling gem, adding its own unique glow to the festive tapestry. The journey begins with "Santa's Magical Workshop," where readers are transported to the heart of the North Pole, revealing the secrets of Santa's extraordinary gift-making machine. From there, embark on "The Gingerbread Adventure," a tale of adventurous cookies that come to life on Christmas Eve, spreading joy while evading a mischievous family cat. "The Lost Reindeer" introduces a heartwarming journey of camaraderie among Santa's reindeer, while "Snowflake, the Shy Snowman," explores the tender tale of a snowman overcoming shyness to become a cherished part of a family's celebration. In "Penguin's Christmas Surprise," join a little penguin on a magical journey to discover the true meaning of Christmas. "The Magical Carol Singers" unveils a choir of woodland animals whose carols create a winter wonderland, and "The Mysterious Christmas Ornament" whisks a family away to a magical winter realm. In "The Little Drummer Bear," witness a bear cub's musical discovery that becomes a highlight of Santa's festivities. "The Night Before Christmas in Toyland" invites readers into a lively world where toys prepare for their own celebration, while "Santa's Big Mix-Up" takes an unexpected turn when wish lists are accidentally switched. Experience the celestial adventure of "The Christmas Star," and discover the mischievous plan of an elf in "The Mischievous Elf's Secret Plan." Explore the whimsical consequences of "Rudolph's Day Off," and witness the friendly competition in "The North Pole Bake-Off," where Santa's helpers showcase their culinary talents. In "Christmas Stories, Volume 1," the magic of the holiday season unfolds in tales that transcend time and space, capturing the essence of goodwill, joy, and the enchantment that makes Christmas a truly special time of year. Whether reading by the fireplace, nestled under a cozy blanket, or sharing these stories with loved ones, this collection is a festive journey that will leave hearts aglow with the spirit of Christmas. As you turn the pages, may these stories weave a spell of wonder and merriment, creating cherished memories and kindling the timeless magic that makes Christmas a season of joy and togetherness.
Download or read book Merry Murder and Small Town Santas A Katy Cross Cozy Mystery Book 4 written by KC Hart and published by KC Hart. This book was released on 2020-11-02 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas as Katy Cross, along with the other fine folks in Skeeterville, celebrate Santa Shopping Days dressed from head to toe in their finest Kris Kringle attire. Merry soon turns to scary, however, when a Santa is found dead on the floor at Sweet-Ums Bakery. Katy would love to stay away from the festive foul play, but when an obvious frame-up causes the wrong man to be arrested, she quickly gets pulled into the middle of the Christmas calamity. Katy has her very own nightmare before Christmas when her husband John goes from being the lead witness to the lead suspect. Can Katy find the real killer in time, or will she be having a blue Christmas without him? This humorous holiday Christian cozy mystery contains no graphic gore, foul language, or sexual content. It is a great book for those readers who enjoy southern charm and a Christian world view.
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!
Download or read book The Way of the Rose written by Clark Strand and published by Random House. This book was released on 2019-11-05 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What happens when a former Zen Buddhist monk and his feminist wife experience an apparition of the Virgin Mary? “This book could not have come at a more auspicious time, and the message is mystical perfection, not to mention a courageous one. I adore this book.”—Caroline Myss, author of Anatomy of the Spirit Before a vision of a mysterious “Lady” invited Clark Strand and Perdita Finn to pray the rosary, they were not only uninterested in becoming Catholic but finished with institutional religion altogether. Their main spiritual concerns were the fate of the planet and the future of their children and grandchildren in an age of ecological collapse. But this Lady barely even referred to the Church and its proscriptions. Instead, she spoke of the miraculous power of the rosary to transform lives and heal the planet, and revealed the secrets she had hidden within the rosary’s prayers and mysteries—secrets of a past age when forests were the only cathedrals and people wove rose garlands for a Mother whose loving presence was as close as the ground beneath their feet. She told Strand and Finn: The rosary is My body, and My body is the body of the world. Your body is one with that body. What cause could there be for fear? Weaving together their own remarkable story of how they came to the rosary, their discoveries about the eco-feminist wisdom at the heart of this ancient devotion, and the life-changing revelations of the Lady herself, the authors reveal an ancestral path—available to everyone, religious or not—that returns us to the powerful healing rhythms of the natural world.
Download or read book The Last Girlfriend on Earth written by Simon Rich and published by Profile Books. This book was released on 2013-01-31 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It doesn't matter if you're a caveman, a time traveller or a regular person. Sooner or later, someone's going to break your heart. The sketches in Simon Rich's new book are bizarre, funny, and - if you've ever been in love - all too familiar. From the invisible man stalking his ex, to Sherlock Holmes' only blind spot, The Last Girlfriend on Earth is always enchanting, often sweet, though occasionally awkward. Just like love itself. 'The Last Girlfriend On Earthis silly, surreal, sometimes sad and always laugh-out-loud funny. This collection will have you giggling/crying/squirming in recognition, and wondering what exactly Simon Rich has eaten to dream all this stuff up ... pulls off the tough trick of being both heart-warming and hilarious - it's a must-read if you've ever so much as had a crush on someone' Heat 'Pithy, occasionally bonkers' Time Out 'Truly hilarious' Eva Wiseman, Observer
Download or read book The Things They Carried written by Tim O'Brien and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2009-10-13 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A classic work of American literature that has not stopped changing minds and lives since it burst onto the literary scene, The Things They Carried is a ground-breaking meditation on war, memory, imagination, and the redemptive power of storytelling. The Things They Carried depicts the men of Alpha Company: Jimmy Cross, Henry Dobbins, Rat Kiley, Mitchell Sanders, Norman Bowker, Kiowa, and the character Tim O’Brien, who has survived his tour in Vietnam to become a father and writer at the age of forty-three. Taught everywhere—from high school classrooms to graduate seminars in creative writing—it has become required reading for any American and continues to challenge readers in their perceptions of fact and fiction, war and peace, courage and fear and longing. The Things They Carried won France's prestigious Prix du Meilleur Livre Etranger and the Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize; it was also a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award.
Download or read book Unwrapping the Greatest Gift written by Ann Voskamp and published by Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.. This book was released on 2014 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers guidance for taking part in the Advent tradition of the Jesse Tree, with scriptural passages, devotions, and activities intended to apply their themes.
Download or read book Normal Instructor and Teachers World written by and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 724 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Commercialization of the Holiday Season in Quebec 1885 1915 written by Jean-Philippe Warren and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2021-08-25 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most people believe that consumer Christmas is a recent creation. However, it was more than a century ago that the consumer spirit of Christmas blossomed. Few societies illustrate this spectacular development better than French Canada. Here, the new spirit of Christmas that came to prevail imposed itself through two battles. On the one hand, New Year’s Day, which had been the true focal point of the winter season in French Canadians’ culture, was supplanted by the Nativity. On the other hand, Baby Jesus was replaced by Santa Claus. In seeking to understand how Christian celebrations became at the turn of the twentieth century the commercial event par excellence for French Canadians, this book invites the reader to question the genesis of seemingly immemorial traditions.
Download or read book Pennsylvania School Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 602 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Pennsylvania School Journal written by Thomas Henry Burrowes and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 1172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
