There Really Is a Santa Claus: The History of St. Nicholas & Christmas Holiday Traditions

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Summary: shocking excuse for a book -- 90% bad presidential reprints
Review: The vast majority of this book is long excerpts from presidential Christmas speechs; after a long survey, it appears only Reagan mentions Santa Claus at all. A short beginning section is a weak overview which deals more with St. Nicholas than with Santa Claus. All in all, a very shoddy and deceptive work (some of the sparse illustrations reproduce crude web images). The author should be ashamed of himself for filling out his very short work with useless US presidential speechs.