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Do We Really Need Another Santa Story?
It’s not easy to find a good Christmas story for kids. Even though there are a whole lot of Christmas picture books out there, many of them lack substance.
They tend to be predictable — especially children’s Christmas storybooks about Santa Clause (a.k.a. Saint Nick, Father Christmas, Saint Nicholas).
In many Christmas stories for kids, something is wrong with Santa’s sleigh, or with one of the reindeer, or with the weather or Santa’s health, casting shades of doubt and fear into young children’s minds: will they get their Christmas presents in time?
Or the Christmas story focuses on the children waiting for Saint Nick to bring them gifts.
Maybe the children are poor, or they recently moved, or are not sure whether Santa really exists and if he really does have the ability to deliver presents to every single child on Christmas Eve.
So, the question is, do we really need another book about Santa Clause?
Unflinchingly, yes, we need this book.
Ned Bustard’s new Christmas picture book, Saint Nicholas the Giftgiver, is not just another story about Santa and his…
