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    A Gilded Christmas
    A Gilded Christmas
    A Gilded Christmas
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    A Gilded Christmas

    By J. Curtis Smith

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    A look into the past at Christmas, this book includes wonderful illustrations from the mid-1800s to the early 1900s. It shows how Santas look has changed through even that brief timeframe to the character we are familiar with today. Also included is the classic Twas the Night before Christmas poem and a great short story from author J. Curtis Smith.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWestBow Press
    Release dateNov 13, 2012
    ISBN9781449774929
    A Gilded Christmas
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    J. Curtis Smith

    J. Curtis Smith grew up in a small Oklahoma town. He is the owner of an oil and gas company, and in his free time he enjoys writing books and collecting things from early industrial America.

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      A Gilded Christmas - J. Curtis Smith

      Copyright © 2012 J. Curtis Smith

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced by any means, graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping or by any information storage retrieval system without the written permission of the publisher except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.

      ISBN: 978-1-4497-7491-2 (sc)

      ISBN: 978-1-4497-7492-9 (e)

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2012921294

      WestBow Press books may be ordered through booksellers or by contacting:

      WestBow Press

      A Division of Thomas Nelson

      1663 Liberty Drive

      Bloomington, IN 47403

      www.westbowpress.com

      1-(866) 928-1240

      Because of the dynamic nature of the Internet, any web addresses or links contained in this book may have changed since publication and may no longer be valid. The views expressed in this work are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher, and the publisher hereby disclaims any responsibility for them.

      Any people depicted in stock imagery provided by Thinkstock are models, and such images are being used for illustrative purposes only.

      Certain stock imagery © Thinkstock.

      WestBow Press rev. date: 11/09/2012

      Contents

      Personal Acknowledgments

      Prologue

      A Visit From St. Nicholas.

      Sheila Kinsey

      Illustration Credits

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      Personal Acknowledgments

      I would like to thank God, and my fiancée Toni Berry for all her hard work and patients. Also I would like to thank my two children, Austin Smith and Allison Smith. I love each of you.

      The last painting in the book was commissioned by Sheila Kinsey a renowned Santa artist, from Dallas Texas. The oil painting features all the images that we perceive on Christmas Eve. Very few of us have ever seen the jolly old elf, because we should all be fast asleep on Christmas Eve. Thank you Sheila!

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