The Great Santa Search Paperback - 2007
by Guinn, Jeff
- Used
In this delightful holiday read, Santa himself takes readers on a sleigh ride through the history of Christmas in America, from the first Kris Kringle impersonator hired in 1841 to lure shoppers into a dry goods store, to 2006, as a new reality TV show featuring a competition to find the "real" St. Nicholas threatens to destroy the true spirit of Christmas.
Description
Details
- Title The Great Santa Search
- Author Guinn, Jeff
- Binding Paperback
- Edition First Paperback
- Condition Used - Very Good
- Pages 336
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Publishing Group, New York, New York
- Date October 18, 2007
- Features Price on Product - Canadian
- Bookseller's Inventory # 5875671-6
- ISBN 9781585425990 / 1585425990
- Weight 0.78 lbs (0.35 kg)
- Dimensions 8.18 x 6.02 x 0.9 in (20.78 x 15.29 x 2.29 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
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Themes
- Holiday: Christmas
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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Summary
This follow-up to Jeff Guinn's bestselling holiday favorites The Autobiography of Santa Claus and How Mrs. Claus Saved Christmas takes readers on a sleigh ride through the history of Christmas in America that lands smack-dab in 2006, as a new reality TV show threatens to destroy the true spirit of Christmas. This third installment in Jeff Guinn's bestselling Christmas Chronicles series finds Santa facing perhaps the biggest challenge of his career. As Santa himself relates in this delightful holiday read, the trouble began in 1841, when a Philadelphia merchant named J.W. Parkinson hired a neighbor to dress as Kris Kringle in order to lure shoppers into his dry-goods store. Much to Santa's chagrin, it's been pretty much downhill since. It seems everybody wants a piece of Christmas, and through the years, it has gotten worse—to the point that not a Christmas can go by without phony Santas posing on street corners across the country. But when, in 2006, it's announced that a new reality TV show called The Great Santa Search will feature a competition to find the "real" St. Nicholas, Santa knows it's time to step in! With all the rich historical detail and glorious Christmas cheer that made The Autobiography of Santa Claus and How Mrs. Claus Saved Christmas treasured family favorites, The Great Santa Search is destined to become yet another Christmas classic from Jeff Guinn.
