Project Gutenberg 2006-12-25 Public domain in the USA. 94 Riley, James Whitcomb 1849 1916 Johnson, Benj. F. of Boone Johnson, B. F. Relyea, C. M. (Charles M.) 1863 1932 Relyea, Charles M. Relyea, C. M. (Charles Mark) Reylea, C. M. Vawter, Will 1871 1941 Vawter, John William Vawter, J. W. (John William) A Defective Santa Claus Reading ease score: 85.3 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Juliet Sutherland, David Garcia and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "A Defective Santa Claus" by James Whitcomb Riley is a whimsical children's poem written in the early 20th century. This light-hearted book captures the magic and excitement of Christmas through the eyes of a child. It delves into themes of family, celebration, and the whimsical nature of Santa Claus, as well as the innocence of childhood. The story unfolds on Christmas Eve, when a young boy eagerly anticipates the arrival of Santa Claus while his father is away. Uncle Sidney comes to visit and tries to create a festive atmosphere by cooking and setting up a Christmas tree. The children become excited about Santa's impending arrival, and when he finally appears, a comedic mishap causes his costume to catch fire. Uncle Sidney quickly helps Santa recover, leading to a playful and memorable Christmas morning. The narrative is filled with playful language and captures the joyful spirit of the holiday season through nostalgic imagery and interactions among family members. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Christmas -- Poetry PS Text Christmas Children's Picture Books Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Poetry 69816 68956 2024-10-09T04:21:48.507954 2023-09-09T07:09:22.208936 text/html text/html 64459 2006-12-25T12:09:58 text/html; charset=us-ascii 5517343 2006-12-25T12:10:02 text/html; charset=us-ascii application/zip 5650416 2024-10-09T04:21:55.295964 application/epub+zip 5630021 2024-10-09T04:21:49.689016 application/epub+zip 50105 2024-10-09T04:21:48.973939 application/epub+zip 5639283 2024-10-09T04:21:59.148941 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 5614685 2024-10-09T04:21:53.321970 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 78554 2022-09-09T13:16:07.681318 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 34205 34102 2024-10-09T04:21:47.768944 2023-09-09T07:09:21.474912 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 34029 2006-12-25T12:09:58 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 13086 2006-12-25T12:10:00 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21345 2024-10-09T04:21:59.336877 application/rdf+xml 16937 2024-10-09T04:21:49.050957 image/jpeg 2996 2024-10-09T04:21:49.011961 image/jpeg 5548918 2024-10-09T04:21:48.729968 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia