Philadelphia, Pa.: Hall-Mack Company, 1927. Book by Elsie Duncan Yale; music by Clyde Willard. 31 p.: music; 22 cm. (8½ inches). Paper covers printed in red and black. Cover title: Santa's Surprise Party: A Christmas Cantata of Dear Old Santa. A secular Christmas pageant for children, with dialogue and 14 musical numbers. The characters are Santa Claus, Mrs. Santa Claus, the hired girl Lotta Frost, the hired boy Will Snow, the Christmas Spirit, and a little girl, Peggy, as well as a chorus. In Near Fine- Condition: lower corner of front cover and first few pages slightly creased; slight soiling of covers. Pages are clean and tight. A charming alternative to traditional Christmas pageants.. Near Fine-.

New York: Macmillan Company, 1947. 178 p.; 21 cm. (8¼ inches). Blue cloth with yellow spine title; illustrated dust jacket. Three generations celebrate Christmas in New England after World War Two. Book is in Very Good Condition: edges of cover rubbed; pages are clean and tight. Dust jacket is in Good- Condition: edges rubbed; small sections lacking at top edge of front section, head of spine, and lower edge of back section.. Very Good/Good-.

Syracuse, N.Y. : Willis N. Bugbee Co., 1936. 19, [1] p.; 19 cm. (7¼ inches). Red paper covers printed in black. Verso of front cover, last page, and both sides of back cover contain publisher's advertisements. An amusing one-act play about a twenty-year-old whose family does not appreciate her and who decides to show them what Christmas would be like without her. In Very Good- Condition: upper corner of front cover creased; staples are rusting; pages are otherwise clean and bright.. Very Good-.