"A very sunny Christmas!"  From The Aberree, 1963.  

From Purple Parrot, 1943.

From The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus by L. Frank Baum and illustrated by Mary Cowles Clark, 1902.

From The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus by L. Frank Baum and illustrated by Mary Cowles Clark, 1902.

From The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus by L. Frank Baum and illustrated by Mary Cowles Clark, 1902.

From Mother Nature's Children by Allen Walton Gould, 1900.

From The Johnson Journal, 1947.

One of Santa's reindeer here is named "Stamper."  Dancer, Prancer, and Blitzen will be familiar from the popular carol.  From Collier's, 1915.

From Lustige Blätter, 1915.

"Harness the reindeer!"  From The True Story of Humpty Dumpty by Anna Alice Chapin, 1905.

An oldie but a goodie -- "I think we're going to have a little rain, dear."  From Screen Guilds' Magazine, Sept. 1934.

Behind every great reindeer, there's a goose.  From The True Story of Humpty Dumpty by Anna Alice Chapin, 1905.

Core values.  "Remember to wash your hands before you read this book."  From Short Stories for Little Folks by Catherine Bryce, 1910.

It's a wonder that Santa ever manages to get where he's going.  From Liz'beth Ann's Goat by Mary Virginia Provines and illustrated by Grace Paull.

From Liz'beth Ann's Goat by Mary Virginia Provines and illustrated by Grace Paull.

"The gate in the sky."  From Adventure magazine, 1922.

From Lustige Blätter, 1907.