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Stamps from the North Pole.
For 20 years, beginning in 1920, the children of J.R.R.Tolkien received illustrated letters from Father Christmas.
from J.R.R. Tolkien: The Father Christmas Letters, George Allen and Unwin, Ltd. 1976

North Shore, Lake Superior, oil on canvas,1926
from Lawren Harris, MacMillan of Canada, 1969, (1976 ed.)

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From God Bless Love: A Collection of Children's Sayings compiled by Nanette Newman, Collins, London, 1972

previously/related

It's Christmas Time/Happy New Year To You!

It's Christmas Time/Happy New Year to You! by The Qualities, Satur(n) Records, 1956(?)

This is a rare and messed up vocal/doo-wop record produced by Sun Ra and Alton Abraham. Sun Ra plays harmonium. Vocalists are unidentified.

I tried to transfer it, but my efforts failed. However, you can listen to the a-side here.

Happy Holidays to all. I'm going to try to take a break from posting until the new year.

Howard Finster: The Night Before Christmas/This Wicked World

(endpapers, illustration details, and photo of Howard Finster from) The Night Before Christmas by Clement C. Moore, illustrated by Howard Finster, Longstreet Press, 1998.
Along with Moore's original text, Finster has bordered each page with his own handwritten messages: "THE FURTHER YOU PUSH GOD BACK THE WORSE IT WILL GET"

also here at Curious Pages (with entertaining commentary)

Fredun Shapur: First Steps In Reading

The Christmas Tree (First Steps In Reading) by Kathleen Brooks, illustrated by Fredun Shapur, Benn, London,1966

Other books from this series include Blackie and the Wool, Spot and the Paint, and By The Pool, all from 1966. Unfortunately, the storytelling is uninspired, so I've only scanned the illustrations.

More Fredun Shapur here