Design of the Week: SANTA'S SURPRISE!

Each week, we post a limited-edition design, to be sold for exactly 7 days, then replaced with another.

This week,we take a look at a Santa Claus who's been naughty, not nice, in this vintage saucy 1930s comic cover!
Available on mugs, blankets, t-shirts, and other goodies!

RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER "The Reindeer Who Saved Christmas!"

We Have Already Seen...

...that's as concise a synopsis as you'll ever read, so on with the story with all requisite speed...

(Regrettably, the copy we're using doesn't have a final page.)

Written by Robert L May and illustrated by Denver Gillen, this beloved tale was actually an advertising promotion designed to lure customers into doing Christmas shopping!

True!

You can read about it HERE!

Monday:

The story behind the hit movie Frozen... 
The Snow Queen!

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RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER "The Plot (and Fog) Thickens..."

When Last We Left Santa Claus and Rudolph...

...Rudolph lived a sad existence, shunned by his peers because he was "different".

But, on Christmas Eve, when Santa Claus, hindered by severe fog, making him hours behind schedule, delivers gifts to Rudolph's home, he literally sees a solution to his problem...

Tomorrow:

The Reindeer Who Saved Christmas...

Written by Robert L May and illustrated by Denver Gillen, this beloved tale was actually an advertising promotion designed to lure customers into doing Christmas shopping!

True!

You can read about it HERE!

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RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER "The Saga Begins"

Much as Disney's versions of classic fairy tales have become the "accepted" ones...

...the 1964 stop-motion animated TV special of Rudolph is the one everyone knows.

But, this is the real story...

Tomorrow:

The Plot (and the fog) Thickens...

Written by Robert L May and illustrated by Denver Gillen, this beloved tale was actually an advertising promotion designed to lure customers into doing Christmas shopping!

True!

You can read about it HERE!

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Coming Tomorrow: The ORIGINAL Rudolph the Red-Nosed Raindeer!

You only think you know the story...

...but the truth is far different!

Yeah, you know the song and you've seen the animated special every Christmas for as long as you can remember.

But, it's not the original tale of the guy with the glowing nose!

Starting tomorrow, we're presenting a special treat...the rarely-seen prose tale that inspired the song and stop-motion tv special.

To pique your curiosity, HERE's an article about the Secret Origin of Rudolph!
Plus: here's a vintage 1940s cartoon by Max Fleischer that's somewhat closer to the "classic" version (but still has the song)...