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Santa's First Christmas

Audiobook
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0 of 1 copy available
Wait time: About 2 weeks
Mac Barnett and Sydney Smith team up for an unforgettable celebration of Christmas.
We all know that Santa makes everyone’s dreams come true every Christmas, but it turns out that he needs a little help getting into the holiday spirit himself. Instead of letting Santa get right back to work after he returns home to the North Pole on Christmas morning, his loyal elves want to make sure he experiences the same Christmas cheer he provides for others. With the perfect tree, lots of delicious treats, and, of course, presents, Santa experiences the magic of Christmas for the very first time.
Beloved children’s book creators Mac Barnett and Sydney Smith have unveiled Santa unlike ever seen before, and as a result, created a merry new Christmas classic.
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    • Publisher's Weekly

      Starred review from July 29, 2024
      This warmhearted holiday interlude opens as a polar bear passing the North Pole finds that Santa spends Christmas Day just like any other: making toys. (He does sleep “an extra half hour,” three elves reveal.) The bear’s stern reply—“It’s Christmas”—spurs the group to offer Santa a real celebration, one with a tree to decorate, stockings to hang, and presents to unwrap. Luminous gouache and watercolor spreads by Smith add delectable touches: Santa’s kindly pink face and bushy white eyebrows in early morning sun; the eager pleasure of the elves taking Santa through the day; bright lights, filled stockings, and a groaning banquet table. Barnett tenderly unfurls the day’s events, leaning beat by beat into the meta-possibilities posed by a Christmas created for Santa, as when the elves tell him he can have only one cookie (“We have to save them.... For you know who”). Offering moments of abundance, laughter, and surprise, the creative duo’s assembly of classic yuletide elements gives readers a chance to encounter an old holiday anew—freshly through the eyes of its most iconic figure. The elves are portrayed with various skin tones. Ages 3–7.

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Narrated by the author, this charming original story reveals that Santa himself never celebrated Christmas until one year when a gruff, growly polar bear pointed this out to his elves. They decide to treat Santa royally and help decorate his house for a holiday celebration--complete with gifts delivered by the bear, who is dressed in red and growls a deep-voiced "ho-ho-ho." Barnett imbues the elves with childlike wonder and navet and Santa with a kind, gentle demeanor--though he's disappointed when he's limited to only one cookie. Holiday music opens and closes the production, framing it beautifully. Occasional sound effects--wind, feet crunching snow, breaking glass, the crackle of a fire, and presents being unwrapped--add fullness to this sweet story. S.D.B. © AudioFile 2024, Portland, Maine

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