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A review by abbeyoyo
The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus by L. Frank Baum
4.0
I always loved the odd, but enchanting stop motion animated movie of this, which I gotta say it was quite faithful to the book. It made me a little giddy when I realized that Claus in the book also was a little obsessed with carving wooden black cats to pass out to children.
Written by the same author as the Wizard of Oz series and published in 1902 this book is a very sweet and extremely pagan telling of the origins of St Nick. There are nymphs, fairies, sprites and host of other immortals that foster and help Claus become a saint to all children. It was a darling book! I really enjoyed, but I am a sucker for a fairytale, all the more if the tale actually has real fairies.
Oh and Claus doesn't eat meat and it is made clear that the reindeer's harnesses are made from leather procured from an elderly lion that died of natural causes, and that any leather or fur used for toys was also from animals that lived long happy lives and died naturally at ripe old ages.... Yep, Santa is a vegetarian that only uses cruelty free leather. I knew I liked that guy!
Written by the same author as the Wizard of Oz series and published in 1902 this book is a very sweet and extremely pagan telling of the origins of St Nick. There are nymphs, fairies, sprites and host of other immortals that foster and help Claus become a saint to all children. It was a darling book! I really enjoyed, but I am a sucker for a fairytale, all the more if the tale actually has real fairies.
Oh and Claus doesn't eat meat and it is made clear that the reindeer's harnesses are made from leather procured from an elderly lion that died of natural causes, and that any leather or fur used for toys was also from animals that lived long happy lives and died naturally at ripe old ages.... Yep, Santa is a vegetarian that only uses cruelty free leather. I knew I liked that guy!