Timeless Tales of Santa Claus: A Collection of 4 Classic Stories
Four Classic Christmas Stories of Folklore, Charity, Childhood, and Holiday WonderBy William S. Walsh, Jacob A. Riis, George M. Baker, George Harley McKnight
Length7h 37m
About this audiobook
Timeless Tales of Santa Claus gathers four classic treatments of one of modern culture's most enduring winter figures, tracing Santa Claus across folklore, domestic sentiment, humor, and moral instruction. The collection's varied forms—antiquarian reflection, realistic social observation, dramatic storytelling, and literary-historical inquiry—show how a seemingly familiar icon acquires different meanings in different narrative settings. Rather than presenting Santa as a fixed emblem of cheer, these pieces illuminate the traditions, rituals, and imaginative transformations through which he became a capacious cultural symbol. The volume brings together writers whose careers connect popular literature with the preservation and interpretation of social custom. William S. Walsh and George Harley McKnight contribute the perspective of literary and folkloric scholarship, attentive to the historical layers beneath seasonal legend. Jacob A. Riis's reform-minded sensibility introduces an urban and social dimension, while George M. Baker's experience in accessible theatrical and comic writing broadens the collection's tonal range. Together, these voices situate Christmas storytelling within late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century interests in national tradition, civic feeling, and childhood culture. Ideal for students of folklore, Christmas literature, and cultural history, this concise anthology offers an unusually rich encounter with Santa Claus's many literary lives. Readers will find both pleasure and instruction in its shifting styles and viewpoints, as each work enters into dialogue with the others about belief, generosity, memory, and the making of tradition.
Audiobook details
GenreGeneral Fiction
Length7 hrs 37 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMar 4, 2025
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The Story of Santa Klaus: Told for Children of All Ages from Six to Sixty
2CHAPTER I WHO IS SANTA KLAUS?
3CHAPTER II STRANGE ADVENTURES OF THE SAINT’S BODY
4CHAPTER III CHRIST-KINKLE AND CHRIST-KINDLEIN
5CHAPTER IV THE EVOLUTION OF CHRISTMAS
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6CHAPTER V SILENUS, SATURN, THOR
7CHAPTER VI A TERRIBLE CHRISTMAS IN OLD FRANCE
8CHAPTER VII THE CHRISTMAS TREE IN LEGEND
9CHAPTER VIII THE CHRISTMAS TREE IN HISTORY
10CHAPTER IX THE CHRISTMAS TREE IN EUROPE
11CHAPTER X THE CHRISTMAS TREE IN ENGLAND AND AMERICA
12CHAPTER XI THE STORY OF THE THREE KINGS
13CHAPTER XII SOME TWELFTH NIGHT CUSTOMS
14CHAPTER XIII ST. NICHOLAS IN ENGLAND
15CHAPTER XIV FATHER CHRISTMAS AND HIS FAMILY
16CHAPTER XV PANTOMIME IN THE PAST AND PRESENT
17CHAPTER XVI SAINT NICHOLAS IN EUROPE
18CHAPTER XVII SAINT NICHOLAS IN AMERICA.
19Footnote
20Santa Claus' Frolics
21Santa Claus' Frolics
22SANTA CLAUS’ FROLICS. A CHRISTMAS ENTERTAINMENT FOR LITTLE FOLKS.
23SPENCER’S UNIVERSAL STAGE.
24Plays for Amateur Theatricals. By GEORGE M. BAKER.
25St. Nicholas
26St. Nicholas
27PREFACE
28CHAPTER II BIOGRAPHY AND LEGEND
29CHAPTER IV ST. NICHOLAS AND THE DOWERLESS MAIDENS
30CHAPTER VII ST. NICHOLAS PLAYS
31CHAPTER IX PAGAN HERITAGE OF ST. NICHOLAS
32Is There a Santa Claus?
33IS THERE A SANTA CLAUS?
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