Christmas Tree Items 2007

Christmas Tree Items 2007

Sunday, November 13, 2011

Mini Tree Ornament Books Featuring Santa


I am joining Sundays With Santa hosted by Maureen at Yuletide Greetings.

You may have seen these little books amid the many ornaments offered in stores.
These mini books are each about 3 to 3 ½ inches tall and have a gilt cord for hanging on the tree. Each has text with a story and illustrations to delight. The quality of binding and printing varies from quite good to poor. Many are replicas of antique and vintage Christmas books. A few are original text and pictures. Most were printed in Taiwan or Hong Kong
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Santa is Coming illustrated by Linda Graves. Random House, 1994. This is a shaped board book with delightful illustrations of a family getting ready for Christmas and Santa’s arrival.

The History of Santa Claus by Elizabeth Marrafino. Kurt S. Adler, Inc. 1986

Yes Virginia there is a Santa Claus and Other Christmas Favorites. Kurt S. Adler, 1982.


A boxed set in a small clear plastic box 2 ¼ inches high, includes Jolly St Nick, Kriss Kringle, and Around the World With Santa Claus. These are 2-inch tall reproductions of antique originals by Merrimack Publishing Corporation. Printed in Hong Kong.

Kriss Kringle. Made in Taiwan.
Around the World with Santa Claus. Made in Taiwan.
Santa’s Surprise Book

Here are two books featuring Rudolph, the most famous of Santa’s fleet of reindeer:
--Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. Made in Taiwan.
--Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Starring in “To the Rescue” a comic book adventure copyright R.L May Trust 1981, reprinted with permission of D C Comics, Inc. Kurt S. Adler, Inc. Made in Taiwan.

Santa’s Boys: The Reindeer Team’s Other Season by Philip Snyder. Christmas Reproductions, Inc., 1986.
Here is the entire group:

6 comments:

  1. I just love those mini-books. I have several and a few years ago my daughter tied them onto a wreath for me. It is one of my favorite decorations. Thanks for sharing your collection.

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  2. These are such delightful miniature books. I have never seen them before. A wonderful collection that you have. Thanks for sharing them on "Sundays with Santa."
    Have a wonderful week!
    Maureen

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  3. Wow!! These books are so cool!! I love them, too! Thank you for sharing them with us!!
    Take care.
    Cheryl

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  4. What a nice collection of mini Christmas books! Love these! I have one. Thanks for sharing your collection.

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  5. Me again!! Now I am really amazed that I have not seen any !! These are so sweet!! I love the older Kurt Adler ornaments, don't you???

    Hugs,
    Debbie

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  6. The first time I've come across someone who also has these miniature book ornaments that has posted and blogged about them. I've been collecting them for decades. As you noted, most of them were published/created in the 80s. I now have so many that I've had to determine that the nicest ones (like the recipe books by Hershey) that look more like leather-bound books are about all the average 6-foot tree can display effectively but I've managed to amass more than 300 and along the way and have a box of multiples that I should really plan to sell somehow. There are two more books in the Hershey's series. Both have brown covers. One obviously belongs to the series as the imprint is the same. The other is a variation. Did you ever see the two recipe books put out by Watkins?

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