cover image How to Be Santa Claus

How to Be Santa Claus

Nick Kelsh. Stewart, Tabori, & Chang, $14.95 (48pp) ISBN 978-1-58479-089-1

""You are Santa Claus when you decide to be the person you have always been,"" observes Nick Kelsh in his inspirational guidebook, How to Be Santa Claus. What was Santa like as a child? What if Santa's a woman? Does Santa worry about his weight? Having donned his red suit and beard and crashed a neighbor's Christmas party last year, Kelsh is equipped to answer these and other questions: how to laugh like Santa, look like Santa (""Santa wears real boots""), give like Santa and feel like Santa. With color photos, warmth and wit, this quirky little holiday volume will delight readers and be a popular gift book. (Dec.)