[Publib] The story of Santa's childhood

[Michael Bell]

Hi, April (and all)

Well, after a little further searching, I have found it!  It's the exact
story with all the details your patron remembers.

The story in question was a "holiday" piece broadcast on the CBS
National Radio Network from 1948 through 1987 [references on the web to
a 1946 date are obviously a oft-repeated error].  The file is available
in MP3 format from several Old Time Radio collector sites for a nominal
charge.

Search google:  "douglas edwards" AND mp3 AND "North Pole"

Douglas Edwards Archives - Saint Bonaventure University
http://web.sbu.edu/friedsam/archives/Edwards/Misc.html

I have sent you a separate email from another address with further
details.

Cheers!

Michael


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-----Original Message-----
From: publib-bounces at webjunction.org
[mailto:publib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of April Szuch
Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 4:00 PM
To: Publib at webjunction.org
Subject: [Publib] The story of Santa's childhood

I have a reference question that I'm working on about Santa. That's
fitting, actually, because as I write this it's snowing and blowing
outside the library. Anyway, the patron heard a story on the radio in
the 1970s, just before Christmas. It went something like this:

As a boy, Santa built a dollhouse for his crippled little sister,
Santina. He was so good at it that the children in the town asked him
to make them toys too. They helped him figure out what animals to use
for pulling the sleigh (reindeer).

She doesn't remember what radio station she heard it on or whether it
was read from a book or maybe just made-up. But she has been telling
the story to her kids for years and would love to know its origins.

Does this sound familiar to anyone? She has already checked with some
national radio stations, but they didn't find anything. I asked
Fiction_L and haven't heard much yet. I found some other versions of
how Santa became the toy man, as well as a children's story set in
Sicily about a crippled girl named Santina, but they don't quite fit
the request.

-- 
April Szuch
Assistant Reference Librarian
Natrona County Public Library
Casper, Wyoming


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