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  • The Christmas Tree Fairy

    This picture is from a ‘new’ publication called The Complete Book of the Flower Fairies. It combines all Cicily Mary Barker’s Summer, Autumn, Spring, and Winter fairy books. The first ‘fairy’ book of hers that was published was Spring, in 1923. It wasn’t until 1985 that a winter collection was created, although this is all…

  • The Father Christmas

    A long time back we talked of Our Darlings, a book I got while I was in England in 2010. It’s hard to tell when it was published, because sometimes they didn’t put years on the copyright page. This is especially true with British publications. I think this is from the 20s. THE FATHER CHRISTMAS.…

  • Cinnamon Bear Episode #24

    Here’s another episode where we do not have any new characters to introduce. This episode is lots of fun, though, and it’s one of my favorites. I wish we had more time at Santa’s domicile. Download all of Cinnamon Bear’s episodes at Radio Echoes. You can also listen to each episode there without downloading. Here is…

  • Cinnamon Bear Episode #22

    Oh! We’re going to get to meet the real Santa? In this case, the real Santa Claus is played by Lou Merrill (April 1, 1912 – April 7, 1963). Lou Merrill had a good career in radio and voiceover work, and appeared in many radio shows such as Lights Out, Abbott and Costello (as Santa),…