Table of Contents

Preface Dreaming of Christmas Letters to Santa Claus Santa at Work Shopping Wrapping Gifts Gathering Greenery House Decoration Getting a Tree Decorating the Tree Around the Christmas Tree Christmas Eve Santa's Arrival Down the Chimney Santa at Work Christmas Morning Christmas Carols At Church Christmas Eccentricities The Twelve Days of Christmas Animals at Christmas 'Twas the Night Before Christmas Santa With the Children Santa in All His Variety The Nativity
Christmas Cards

Promotional Information

• More than one hundred vintage images of holiday iconography
• Includes several quintessential poems and texts
• The only anthology of Christmas tradition and cultural heritage
• Great for the whole family
• Keepsake book

About the Author

Welleran Poltarnees (1932-2016) was the pen name of Harold Ray Darling. Author, founder of numerous bookstores and publishing companies, book collector, and image collector nonpareil, Darling made books for more than forty years. It was his life’s work to share his large library of vintage children’s books and paper ephemera with the world. He also had a lifelong love of gardens; his first memory is falling out of his baby carriage and landing on a bed of odorous white flowers. He used a book called Great Gardens of the World as a guide whenever he traveled. His favorite time for gardens was night. His favorite garden music was Manuel De Falla's "Nights in the Gardens of Spain", and his favorite garden poem was "The Garden" by Andrew Marvell. Darling lived in both San Diego and Seattle.