Christmas: Vintage Holiday Graphics (Icons) | 
 enlarge | Creator: Jim Heimann
Publisher: Taschen
Category: Book
List Price: $9.99
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Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 25462
Format: Illustrated
Media: Paperback
Pages: 192
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.9 x 5.9 x 0.6
ISBN: 3822845868
Dewey Decimal Number: 704
EAN: 9783822845868
ASIN: 3822845868
Publication Date: August 1, 2005
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Condition: New book.; Tight and clean copy. Thank you.
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Book Description
`Twas the night before Christmas… Created in 1862 by American political cartoonist Thomas Nast, the white-bearded, red-suited Santa Claus has become synonymous with Christmas itself. This collection of American imagery from the first decades of the 20th century pays homage to Old St. Nick and his familiar cast of characters via vintage graphic and print media such as greeting cards, postcards, ads, decorations, and more. A brief introduction describes the evolution of Santa Claus and the tradition of Christmas.
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 Nice Clipart - Scan it in... March 3, 2008
GatorMan (OK)
Nice Clipart...some good old classic generic clipart.
I scan it in...wish it was already scanned in.
Great price...
You should be happy.
Yes, it made me smile, but.... February 8, 2006
Fahtimah (Richmond, VA USA)
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
While I enjoyed looking at the array of graphics, and I did wallow in warm fuzzies of Christmas past, I was disappointed that most of the graphics were grainy, some cut off, and several pages of my book looked like they had been ripped by a binding machine. Still, I put it out, and people really enjoyed looking through it and smiling that smile of rememberance which Christmas can bring.
 Sentimentalist that I am... November 20, 2005
A Positive Guy (San Antonio, Texas United States)
9 out of 17 found this review helpful
I LOVE this book. Looking back at the advertisements of old and their sweet innocence that overflows with joyful, happy faces, beautiful snowy landscapes, warm fireplaces, and delicious food is really unnecessary. We have things SO much better these days. Our country is not divided, our culture is not at all coarse or crude, violent crime is almost unheard of, kids respect themselves and each other, and our mental health is so much better than in those old, foolishly sappy days.
I need to stop thinking of the nostalgic times that this book recounts, and concentrate on the reality of today which is so very much better than in those days. I mean that....Honestly....I do...It REALLY is better today...No kidding....For real...Just look around-you'll see.
A festive wrap November 5, 2005
Robin Benson
15 out of 16 found this review helpful
The latest Taschen Icon graphics book finally catches up with the American festive season and presents a delightful collection of historical printed matter. I liked the comprehensive selection of items, cards, wrapping paper, parcel tags, consumer ads, magazine covers, photos of house decorations, sheet music covers and all in color. Historically they come from Victorian times to about the mid-sixties.
Kris Kringle obviously gets a good showing and I was surprised to see that he was depicted as a plump guy many years before illustrator Haddon Sundblom fixed his size for ever in 1932 for the first of his annual Coca-Cola paintings. Incidentally, as the drinks company has used Christmas as a strong selling point hundreds of items they have created can be seen in 'Coca-Cola Collectible Santas' (ISBN 1887432930).
***FOR A LOOK INSIDE click 'customer images' under the cover.
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