A Visit To Santa Claus

A VISIT FROM SANTA CLAUS was originally published in 1899 by McLoughlin Brothers, New York, New York.

Charming reproduction of a 1916 treasure features lilting verse and 14 illustrations that recount a trip to the North Pole. An adventure for kids; a must-have edition for collectors.

Young Teddy Malleen flies to the North Pole in his own airplane, where Santa requests that Teddy tell children to put their Christmas greens outside their door after the holiday for his reindeer to eat.

It's Christmas Eve. Have you been good? Santa's packed up all the presents and is headed your way! With the help of a certain red-nosed reindeer, Santa flies over many landmarks in your town! "Ho, ho, ho!" laughs Santa. "Merry Christmas!"

One of the most attractive and valuable of the holiday books for young people is Thomas Nelson Page's new story, "Tommy Trot's Visit to Santa Claus." This is a real boy's story of Christmas. The sturdy small boy with the goat team and the protected youngster who had never coasted before make a wonderful trip to Santa Claus Land. There they see his houses, his shops, and his helpers; they go on a thrilling hunt after polar bears and seal-skins; they drive reindeers and they find some presents, though only as they seek them for other people. The spirit of Christmas giving and of real adventure combine to make this beautifully told story, revealing all the grace and art of the author of "Santa Claus' Partner" and "A Captured Santa Claus," a perfect Christmas book.

"T'was the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring-not even a mouse." This timeless poem is so well known to children and so often recited by adults it is virtually a part of our common heritage. Written on Christmas Eve in 1822-in a horse-drawn sleigh with jingling bells according to legend-it evokes the excitement and good cheer of Christmas Eve like no other work of American literature. Paired with Thomas Nast's drawings of St. Nicholas, from which we derive the classic image of Santa Claus, this lovely edition may well become the quintessential American Christmas book for children of all ages.