A book Christmas book for children who are ready.

When she was five years old, Lucy wrote her first letter to Santa and left it by the plate of cookies; when she was eight, she wrote her last Santa letter--and left it on her mother's pillow.

The true story of St. Nicholas and the real meaning behind our Christmas celebrations.

Multiple award winning, great professional reviews. A coming of age book for parents to share with their children addressing the inevitable question "Is Santa real?" 52 Illustrated pages present the book as an initiation into a secret society of those that know the truth. Winner of the Reader's Favorite International Book Awards Gold Medal for Best Parenting Book of the Year (Non-fiction: Parenting). The Big Secret, The Whole and Honest Truth About Santa Claus is a blessing to parents struggling to answer children's questions about the reality of Santa Claus. With additional honors from Mom's Choice Awards and appearing on the cover of Publisher's Weekly, The Big Secret: The Whole and Honest Truth About Santa Claus "tells all" but allows your child to control when he or she is ready to get the information. By choosing to read the entire book, he or she is bound by a pledge toThe Big Kids' Club and all is revealed in a wonderfully positive way. This non-religious explanation is intended as a parental aid and is respectful of both religious and secular beliefs. It does not delve into any religious explanations of the Christmas season. With each page fantastically illustrated and the message kindly and directly told, this heirloom book leaves everyone looking forward to the next time The Big Secret, The Whole and Honest Truth About Santa Claus is pulled off the shelf to add a new sibling to the Big Kids' Club! It's an irresistible classic no parent should be without!

THE STORY: Santa Claus is tired of the lies. Like the gods of old, he, too, has his mortal mistresses. This Christmas Eve he will bring Mary, his favorite earthly consort, and Luke and Freya, their illegitimate, semi-divine children, back to his No

We all know Santa Claus: fat, jolly, omniscient, swift. Lives in a nice home in the Arctic, with the missus and a pack of elves. Well, forget what you know. Santa Claus is from Greenpoint, Brooklyn, as it turns out, and he's not as fat as he used to be. Here's something else you didn't know: he's been dabbling in some futuristic technology, and has found myriad ways to make his job possible. How can Santa know who's been naughty and nice? Simple: implant listening devices into your ornaments. How can he make it to every house on Christmas Eve? That's nothing a little cloning and some wormholes can't solve. And he has plenty of other tactics: quantum entanglement, organ replacement, drug-induced hibernation and unmanned aerial vehicles, to name just a few. In this fantastically illustrated, affectionate and hilarious book, Gregory Mone uses science and technology to overturn the assumption that Santa can't be real. Drawing on the work of accomplished scientists and researchers, Mone gives us a whole new portrait of this remarkable man and the miracles he makes happen every year. With imaginative artwork and an eye-catching package, this book makes an outstanding Christmas gift for just about anyone.

A history of Santa and his elves.