Santa Claus

By Luca Sacchi

In 1989, author Luca Sacchi began collecting Santa Claus objects and since then has amassed nearly 1,900 pieces. This book features the best of his vast collection. By hunting through flea markets, shops, or department stores, and ordering through the mail, Sacchi's Santa items come from all over the world. Some were presents, others were tirelessly looked for, and many impossible to find. From 1920s, Limoges porcelain to a seventies plastic bubble bath bottle, all of his pieces come from an array of styles and periods. To complement the nearly 420 colour illustrations, this book also includes Christmas carols, gingerbread man recipes and a brief introduction by the author. This pocket sized-book is the perfect stocking stuffer for collectors and all lovers of Santa and the Christmas holiday.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810930897
• ISBN13: 9780810930896
• Release Date: October 2006
• Publisher: "Harry N. Abrams, Inc."
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.3" x 1.4" x 5.9"
• Age Range: 13 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 8 to Postsecondary

Customer Reviews

The Kris Kringle File

Essentially a book for children (not collectors) and I bet this lovely, chunky little book will make an appearance every year with all the other Yuletide decorative keepsakes that families everywhere unpack each December. It's just bursting with Santa images (420 in fact) in all sorts of styles though most of them are three-dimensional. The book is nicely designed and very graphic with a Santa on each page. All of the items come from the collection of Luca Sacchi (the book was originally published in Italy) who fell under the spell of the fat man in 1989 and so far he has collected 1900 pieces. There are not many really old examples, a 1930 German metal box with Santa on the lid seems the oldest. Most pieces were probably produced in the last couple of decades, either for sale in America or Europe and probably made in the Far East. As well as plenty of tree ornaments Santa pops up in all sorts of guises: a sugar bowl, music box, a 1950 Celluloid bank, costume jewellery, cookie cutters and lots of those ceramic and resin tableau's put out by the collectibles industry. The appeal of the book is such that it will be enjoyed by everyone but especially your kids while you struggle, this year, to put up and decorate the biggest tree ever. ***SEE SOME INSIDE PAGES by clicking 'customer images' under the cover.