Christmas

For the Holidays
This special seasonal aisle includes all kinds of Ozzy Christmas ornaments and decorations, as well as Oz books and books by Oz authors that celebrate the season.

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Wizard of Oz ornaments. There are many Oz Christmas tree ornaments out there, including many previously issued by Hallmark. Here are a few:

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Wizard of Oz nutcrackers.

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Here's something to put all of the presents in:

To hang on the tree:

For the top of the tree:

For the top of your head:

To light things up:

To count down to the big day:

The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus by L. Frank Baum. The biography of one of the most famous people on the planet, from the time he was found as an infant in the Forest of Burzee to how he created toys and gave them away to the end of his life — and the beginning of a new one.

• A quality paperback edition, published by Dover Publications, with the original Mary Cowles Clark illustrations and a new introduction by Martin Gardner.
  

• A paperback edition, published by Signet with the original Mary Cowles Clark illustrations and an afterword by Max Apple.
  

• A hardcover reproduction of the first edition.
  

• A hardcover edition illustrated by Michael Hague.
  
  Also available in an elaborate leatherbound edition from the Easton Press.

• A hardcover edition illustrated by Charles Santore.
  

• All available editions of The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus.
  

• Kindle editions
  
  Also available through Project Gutenberg (click the download tab to find it)

• Audio downloads
  

• The Complete Life and Adventures of Santa Claus, a new edition of the story, with the short story "A Kidnapped Santa Claus."
  • Hardcover
    
  • Paperback
    

• A comic book-style graphic novel adaptation by Michael Ploog.
  

• DVD of the 1985 animated Rankin-Bass adaptation, paired with Nestor, the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey.
  

• The Enchanted World of Rankin-Bass by Rick Goldschmidt. All about the Rankin-Bass studio, which gave us such holiday classics as Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Frosty the Snowman, and The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus (the latter based on the book by L. Frank Baum).
  • Hardcover edition.
    
  • Paperback editions.
    
  • Kindle edition.
    

• DVD (Region 1 encoding, NTSC format) of the 2000 animated Universal adaptation, in a double feature with the Bloom County holiday special A Wish for Wings That Work.
  

• DVD (Region 1 encoding, NTSC format) of the 2000 animated Universal adaptation.
  

• Play script, adapted by R. Eugene Jackson.
  
  Also available from Pioneer Drama Service

A Kidnapped Santa Claus by L. Frank Baum. Follow-up to the previous book. Santa Claus is kidnapped on Christmas Eve, so his helpers not only have to fill Santa's place, they have to find him as well.

• A hardback picture book-style edition of the story.
  

• Also available in The Best of The Baum Bugle 1967-1969. This is a reproduction of the story's original magazine appearance in The Delineator, December 1904, with illustrations by Frederick Richardson.
  

• Also available as part of the collection of The Collected Short Stories of L. Frank Baum.
  

• Kindle editions
  
  Also available through Project Gutenberg (click the download tab to find it)

• Audio download
  

• Graphic novel adaptation by Alex Robinson.
  

The Night Before Christmas by Clement Clarke Moore. The classic poem, illustrated by many different artists, including W. W. Denslow.

• Hardcover edition
  

• All available editions of The Night Before Christmas with W. W. Denslow's illustrations.
  

The Curious Cruise of Captain Santa by Ruth Plumly Thompson. Santa sets out every year to find new toys for the children of the world — and this year, he's going by boat! He finds all kinds of adventures and playthings, but can he get back to the North Pole in time for the holidays?

• All available editions of The Curious Cruise of Captain Santa.
  

Queer Visitors from the Marvelous Land of Oz: The Complete Comic Strip Saga 1904-1905 by L. Frank Baum, Walt MacDougall, and W. W. Denslow. For the first time since their original newspaper publications, all of L. Frank Baum's newspaper comic pages are collected in their original form, at full size, in color. In one episode, they visit Santa Claus at his workshop. This book also collects W. W. Denslow's competing comic, "Denslow's Scarecrow and the Tin-Man," which includes the story "Dorothy's Christmas Tree," plus other early Oz comics and works by "Queer Visitors" artist Walt MacDougall, Denslow, and even John R. Neill.

• Oversized hardcover edition
  

• Also available directly from the publishers, Sunday Press Books.

The Visitors from Oz by L. Frank Baum. This 1960 picture book adapts some of the "Queer Visitors from the Marvelous Land of Oz" comic page stories, with illustrations by Dick Martin. The book's final adventure has the Oz characters visiting Santa Claus, and the Gump racing the reindeer.

• Hardcover edition, illustrated by Dick Martin.
  

The Visitors from Oz by L. Frank Baum. The complete text of Baum's 1904-1905 "Queer Visitors from the Marvelous Land of Oz" comic page, and The Woggle-Bug Book. Yes, these are the complete adventures of the Scarecrow, Tin Woodman, Jack Pumpkinhead, Sawhorse, Waggle-Bug, and Gump in the strange and distant land of America. They even visit Santa Claus, and the Gump has a race with the reindeer. (This book contains some racial and ethnic stereotypes that were considered amusing to many in Baum's time, but are now badly outdated and offensive to some people today. Therefore, this book is not recommended for young children.)

• Hardcover edition, illustrated by Eric Shanower.
  

• The original first edition, a paperback entitled The Third Book of Oz with an introduction by Martin Williams.
  

The Scarecrow and the Tin-Man of Oz by W. W. Denslow. For the first time, all of W. W. Denslow's stories about the Scarecrow and the Tin-Man are collected in one volume, with the original illustrations. Includes the "Denslow's Scarecrow and Tin-Man" comic page stories and the Denslow's Scarecrow and Tin-Man picture book. The opening chapter is "Dorothy's Christmas Tree," about how her three friends help Dorothy celebrate Christmas in Oz.

• Hardcover book, illustrated by the author.
  

The Road to Oz, illustrated by John R. Neill. Santa Claus comes to visit Oz for a very special event!

• A facsimile reproduction of the first edition, illustrated by John R. Neill, printed on colored paper, in cloth binding and dust jacket, published by Books of Wonder and HarperCollins. Highly recommended!
  

• A high quality paperback published by Dover.
  

• An inexpensive illustrated paperback published by Del Rey.
  

• Braille edition.
  Available from The Braille Bookstore

• All editions of The Road to Oz
  

• Kindle editions
  
  Also available through Project Gutenberg (click the download tab to find it)

• Illustrated Kindle edition
  

• Audio download
  

Jack Pumpkinhead of Oz by Ruth Plumly Thompson, illustrated by John R. Neill. On their way to the Emerald City, Jack and Peter (from The Gnome King of Oz) make a wrong term and land themselves in a whole mess of adventures — including an encounter with a not-so-jolly self-trimming Christmas tree!

• Illustrated paperback edition, published by Del Rey.
  

• All editions of Jack Pumpkinhead of Oz
  

Sissajig and Other Surprises by Ruth Plumly Thompson. A collection of some of the short stories, poems, and other works of the second Royal Historian of Oz, Ruth Plumly Thompson. Includes several Oz Christmas poems.

• Hardcover.
  

• Paperback.
  

Candy Cane: An Oz Christmas Tale by Roger S. Baum. Who is breaking all of the candy canes left over from the holiday season? Dorothy and Toto help Santa to solve the mystery.

• Paperback edition.
  

• Kindle edition
  

Christmas in Oz by Robin Hess. Santa has had to set up a new workshop in Oz. Everyone's happy — except for the Wicked Blue Witch of the East, who wants to put a damper on Christmas in Oz.

• New, revised and expanded paperback edition.
  
  Also available directly through CreateSpace.

• Paperback edition, illustrated by the author's son Andrew.
  

• Hardcover edition
  

Sweet Wishes from Oz by Marin Elizabeth Xiques. Wintergreen, Santa Claus's chief elf in charge of candy, is spending a year in the Emerald City to get new ideas, meet people, and hone his craft. Jack Pumpkinhead and the Patchwork Girl are along to help out, too.

• A paperback edition, illustrated by Amelie Santos.
  

Dorothy in the Land of Oz. The Wizard's new balloon whisks Dorothy back to Oz, where she meets up with some new friends, and the villainous Tyrone, the Terrible Toy Tinker. Originally shown on television as Thanksgiving in Oz.

• One DVD, with another holiday special, Peter and the Magic Egg, narrated by Ray Bolger (NTSC format, Region 1 encoding).
  

Dorothy and the Green Gobbler of Oz by Romeo Muller. It's the holidays in Kansas, but Aunt Em's pie has been stolen — by the Wizard! Dorothy confronts him, and gets whisked back to Oz via the Wizard's green turkey-shaped balloon. But when Tyrone the Terrible Toy Tinker brings the balloon to life in an attempt to take over Oz, Dorothy may be in over her head. This is an adaptation of the holiday special Dorothy in the Land of Oz.

• A paperback edition of this book, the adaptation of the television special Thanksgiving in Oz, and illustrated with stills from the special.
  

Santa Claus in Oz by Richard Capwell. Santa Claus comes to Oz, but he's in trouble and needs help. So he takes Button-Bright on a secret mission throughout Oz.

• Paperback book.
  

• Kindle edition.
  

Christmas in the Land of Oz by Tamara Tudor. An original Oz story, told in play script form.

• Play script.
  

The Oz Kids. They're the sons and daughters of all of the old familiar Oz characters, and they're off having adventures on their own! These are animated videotapes, each telling a complete story.

• Christmas in Oz. The kids' annual Christmas party may be ruined when Nome Prince Otto, jealous because he didn't get an invitation, steals Andrea's, and now she's not happy, either. And it's not nice to get a witch-in-training mad... (Also includes The Making of the Oz Kids.)
  

• Who Stole Santa? With Christmas only weeks away, Santa's been kidnapped! Boris (the Cowardly Lion's son) teams up with an elf to find him — but then the rest of the Oz Kids have to find Santa and Boris! (Also includes The Making of the Oz Kids.)
  

• DVD (Region 2, PAL format) featuring Christmas in Oz and Who Stole Santa?
  

Our Landlady by L. Frank Baum. A collection of Baum's columns from his newspaper editing days in the Dakota Territory. Introduction, annotations, and editing by Nancy Tystad Koupal. Two of the columns from December of 1890 deal with how Christmas was celebrated on the plains.

• A clothbound volume, in dust jacket.
  

• Paperback edition.
  

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