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Jolly Old Santa Claus
Jolly Old Santa Claus: Collector's Edition Featuring the Original Story by "Sparkie" with the Classic Oil Paintings by George Hinke | Sparkie
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Jolly Old Santa Claus, whose author was known only as Sparkie, was first published by Ideals magazine in 1961. This vol. republishes this collector's ed. featuring Hinke's oil paintings along with the original story. Hinke was born in Germany, in 1883 & schooled in a classic painting. From 1944 until 1953, he created many works of art for Ideals. The paintings shown here are rendered in oil on stretched canvas. The influence of his German background is evident: from Santa's castle, which resembles the castles of Bavarian kings, to the Black Forest clock on the wall of Santa's workshop, to the elves themselves, reminiscent of stone characters that decorate German gardens.
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MonicaLoves2Read
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#Winterreadathon #Winterreadathonchallenge

A Santa Claus decoration I have out at home.

@Andrew65

Andrew65 Fantastic 🎅🏼🎅🏼🎅🏼 2y
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Librariana
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This was supposed to be #Day6 for the #WinterReadathonDailyChallenge - celebrating St. Nick.

And the best I could do/find was a picture of our jolly hand sanitizer station last year during the panini. He got new outfits for every major holiday!

Upper left is yours truly with reindeer antlers that light up! (And a festive mask because we had to find small joys where we could get 'em! 😷 )

@Andrew65 @DieAReader @GHABI4ROSES

Andrew65 Love this! Tough times and as you say we have to find joy wherever we can. 🎄🎄🎄 2y
DieAReader 🎄🎄🎄 2y
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kezzlou85
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#WinterReadathonDailyChallenge
Every year the local round table go round all the estates with a sleigh greeting children and giving sweets. No matter the weather.
Our very own Santa's who is nearly as old as me reading a story for an elf on the shelf challenge. Girls are too big for this now but they still greet Santa on his sleigh when he comes round
#WinterReadathon
@Andrew65 @DieAReader @GHABI4ROSES

Andrew65 Love that Santa is a bookaholic. 🎅🏼🎅🏼🎅🏼 2y
DieAReader 🎅🏻🎅🏻🎅🏻 2y
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BarkingMadRead
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Centique
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#seasonsreadings #hohoho

I love this Santa book. The first Christmas I had children I splurged on Amazon and bought a pile of old fashioned Christmas books. Now on Christmas Eve (despite it being warm and sunlit until 830 at least) they make hot chocolate and get out blankets and read them aloud to me instead. 😊💕

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Reagan
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1. No swaps
2. Last day of class is December 4 and I am ready for a break!
3. We have a local one called the Winnifred Stewart Association that helps disabled adults find jobs.
4. all holiday foods BUT I want to learn to mountain climb so I will be enjoying them less this year.
5. Delicious!
6. I‘m Canadian and I love it but often complain.
7. No TBR. I never have one, I go with the flow.
#litsyquestions @GypsyKat

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Vexingcircumstance
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On another note, I'm a bit late sending my #secretsantabookexchange package. It's going out on Thursday. I also haven't received mine yet but will post as soon as I do. Sorry about the delay in sending. It ended up being bigger than I planned and I didn't have the funds to ship until payday. :) #secretsanta

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Balibee146
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Tired out....

LeahBergen 😍😍 8y
Suzze 💜💜💜🐕🐕🐕 8y
KarenUK Adorable face 🐶😍 8y
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LauraBeth
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#secretsantagoespostal just dropped it off at the Post Office. Ella helped with the wrapping 😺🎅there will be cat fur in the tape

TheBookAddict 😂😻yeah, I had the same thing happen. 8y
Melkyl All of my gifts come with pet fur stuck to the tape. It's the special touch I add for free. When my kids were babies, my mom used to get mad when she found pet hair stuck to their diaper tape. I told her those were just little hairs of love 😂 8y
mrsh62010 Mine is full of dog hair too! Glad I'm not alone in not being able to avoid or remedy that. 8y
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BookishMarginalia 😻😻😻😻😻😻😻😻😻 8y
Annl Yep, lots of cat fur! 8y
ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled It's completely unavoidable! I think it's good luck, right? 8y
SharonGoforth 😻😻 8y
LeahBergen 😂😂 8y
annkuch13 😻😻 8y
LauraBeth @TheBookAddict we have cats - they get into things 😻 8y
LauraBeth @Melwilk 😹😹little hairs of love - love it 😻 8y
LauraBeth @mrsh62010 I have plenty of dog hair too 🐶 8y
LauraBeth @Annl 😻😻 8y
LauraBeth @ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled.com you're right - it's good luck! 😻😻 8y
Mimi28 I understand, there is pet hair everywhere! 😻😻❤️ 8y
Bookzombie 💕🐱 😂😂I live a fur-filled life myself. 8y
LauraBeth @BookishMarginalia, @SharonGoforth, @LeahBergen, @annkuch13 someone needs to invent a pet hair repellant tape 😺🐶 8y
LauraBeth @Mimi28 what's a little cat hair? 8y
LauraBeth Me too @Bookzombie - me too 😻🐶 8y
LauraBrook She's so pretty! And there's always cat hair in my tape, they like to "help" a little too much. ? 8y
IndyHannaJones Santa Claws? 8y
MyNamesParadise Awwwwww her face!!! 8y
Jhullie Of course she did, it's her job this time of year as it it for all kitty-cats. 8y
Mimi28 @LauraBeth My doctor has been wanting me to get rid of my cats for about ten years now, she mentions it every time I see her. We've lived here for 33 years, there is cat hair in the floor boards, lolol 8y
Faibka So cute! 😻😻😻 8y
Mimi28 @LauraBeth I am also always pulling cat hair out of my nose, lol 8y
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Krisjericho
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Grabbed this from my kids' collection. It says he's #jolly, but I think he's kind of creepy. 😂 #12daysofxmasphoto

LectricSheep 😳 8y
LeahBergen 😬 8y
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