Describes the life of Santa Claus from birth through old age and into immortality.

Veering from the convivial, scene-centered graphic interpretation often associated with this classic, Würbs offers a sparer take, narrowing each scene to softly focused images that are more suggestive than representational. The poem's opening lines are accompanied by an image of a lone candle burning in a brass candleholder, and the sleigh's rooftop landing shows two shadowy reindeer heads emerging from behind a foregrounded stone chimney. Santa's...

"Combines historical fact with legend to tell the story of Santa Claus, written in the voice of Santa Claus himself." --

When Santa quits his job a few days before Christmas because of too many greedy children, his daughter whisks young Stanley Lambchop and his family off to the North Pole to help change the old man's mind.

On Christmas Eve, Santa cannot find the special Christmas underwear he wears every year, and nothing else seems quite right.

Children have believed the legend forever: On one evening each year a jolly old elf and eight reindeer fly all night long to deliver gifts around the world. The fact is, solid evidence abounds. Robert Sullivan, a senior editor at Life magazine, diligently gathered documentation from scientists, historians, zoologists, and Arctic explorers to prove that Santa is not just a myth. First, the reindeer: Do they really fly? "We used to think it was just...

When a little boy spends Christmas with his dying cousin, they discover that Santa really does exist.

With evidence to support his claim, a man by the name of Kris Kringle announces he is Santa Claus.

Presents the boyhood of little Claus, explaining why he became the famous figure known as Santa Claus.

As Farmer Brown prepares the house for Christmas, Duck tries to play Santa--but he gets stuck in the chimney, along with all the other animals who try to help.