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SeaStar
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Posted: Oct 05 2011 at 5:45pm \| IP Logged

The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus

Has anyone read this? I picked it up super cheap at a book sale (five cents)
and I see on Amazon that it is a Yesterday's Classics and gets rave reviews.

However, it is a made up tale about Santa Claus.... sounds like it's entertaining, and even very good, but it doesn't really mesh with Nicholas as a saint. HOwever, it looks like a well written story and one that my dc would enjoy. Hmm... they love the Father Christmas Letters by Tolkien... would this be any different: a fun tale, not historically correct but still a good story?

Just wondered if anyone has read it.... looks like it has been around since at least the 1930's

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Posted: Oct 05 2011 at 5:52pm \| IP Logged

I owned it as a young child and liked the story very much, but it took a long, long while for me to connect the story to "Santa Claus" or to the real story of St. Nicholas. I read at a very young age, so this probably played into it!

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Posted: Oct 05 2011 at 6:03pm \| IP Logged

I got it on my Kindle when I bought the Yesterday's Classics collection several months ago.

I started reading it myself and I didn't get it at all. I didn't even finish the book. That suprised me because I saw how many positive reviews it had on Amazon.

Not my style I guess...

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Posted: Oct 05 2011 at 6:26pm \| IP Logged

It's very different.. has more of the supernatural/fantasy mixed in.. for instance Santa is given the gift of immortality from other immortals.. it's been a while since I read it but you'll want to read it before deciding to use it with your children. It's a fun story but it may confuse some children.

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Posted: Oct 18 2011 at 2:58pm \| IP Logged

Thanks for all the reviews. It sounds like I need to shelf this one for now and get back to it when I have time to preread it. I'm not sure what my crew would think.

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