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My friend Jain at Food for Thought challenged us to do a post about our favorite Christmas books (be sure to check her blog for a clever idea for those who love to read & also for her amazing photography) during the month of December & I knew right away which book I would do first. I have ALWAYS loved Jolly Old Santa Claus. The one I have chosen to share with you was written in 1958.![!B-pmVLwBWk~$(KGrHqV,!isEzNeENGigBM9TYz8TP!~~_3[1]](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO9LWYZ2m2y8Mt3QpIXrotD7xMhqY0oHBP28XW6qH4z5bZJRujM9QcPGqs6R3zmJeNkoKfm9JLi0NGXFBSk6eqeWQNf5eBrnsCRcdZ2Peb0EqepWczZOFH1SnQ4R0Y-9xyFVLT0Tati2s/s1600-h/!B-pmVLwBWk~$(KGrHqV,!isEzNeENGigBM9TYz8TP!~~_3%5B1%5D%5B3%5D.jpg "!B-pmVLwBWk~$(KGrHqV,!isEzNeENGigBM9TYz8TP!~~_3[1]")
The illustrations are AMAZING!
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Can you just imagine Mrs. Claus leading all the elves in singing carols? Look at Santa’s sweet face!
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And can you smell the cookies baking? Did you ever wonder how many elves it takes to carry a sack of flour?
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And the face on that reindeer peaking in the open dutch door!!!!! ADORABLE!!!! Have you ever seen such busy elves?
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Prancing…
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Oh how I LOVE reindeer!!!! I want a pair. Yeah, here in Texas you bet!!!!!
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I guess the kid in me just can’t let this classic go & I wanted to share it with you. And speaking of sharing, we had two of our GRANDS tonight & went downtown to see Santa. I wanted to share this precious moment.
The little one is telling Santa he wants a hamster for Christmas (look at his older brother thinking “yeah right, Mom’s afraid of mice”) & check out Santa’s face on this one!
I hope you enjoyed my favorite Christmas Book choice & will read it to a little one you love this Christmas. There is nothing like the wonder of a child during this blessed time of year. And Jain thank you for another fun Food for Thought. I’m glad I didn’t have to cook this time but, if I did this would be my choice! Iced sugar cookies & cold glass of milk. YUM!
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Happy Reading! HUGS! Charlene
