Santas Around the World

Experience America’s Most Unique Santa Collection

Santas Around the World is my second book about Christmas, the first one being The History of Santa Claus. In The History of Santa Claus, I traced the evolution of the jolly man in red from Bishop Nicholas of Myra to his later incarnations in America and Europe: Saint Nicholas, Sinterklaas, Samichlaus, Father Christmas, Grandfather Frost, Santa Claus, and many others. In this book, they come to life in a special way!

In Santas Around the World, I have showcased Rosewood Service’s exhibit of the same name located at 1223 Main Street in Great Bend, Kansas.

This book will give you a world tour to see the differences and similarities of the familiar man most people know simply as Santa. Whether he looks like the red-suited giver of gifts or a more exotic variation on the figure from Clement Moore’s The Night Before Christmas, you will marvel at the beauty of the sculptures while taking a mini-vacation that will explain how Christmas is celebrated around the world.

Thanks to Loretta Miller’s inspiration, Christmas is a special time of year at Rosewood Services. I hope you enjoy the book and that you’ll find time one day to visit our Winter Wonderland in person. Merry Christmas from the Rosewood family to yours!

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