Step back in time to relax, destress and rejuvenate with these beautiful, nostalgic Christmas themes from the 1800s for your next coloring sessions. You can reflect on Christmases past, meditate on the deeper meanings of Christmas while indulging your creative instincts. There are now four volumes; you're sure to want all of them: * Vol. 1 - Miscellaneous * Vol. 2 - Santa - St. Nick Edition and * Vol. 3 - Nativity Edition * Vol. 4 - Gay 90s and Gibson Girls Edition There are 27 images in all, printed on premium white paper, one side only, in this 8"x10" perfect bound paperback with and a luscious matte cover finish. Most people find pencils work best, but careful colorists might try watercolor (not too wet!!) or markers. A blank sheet of paper placed under the current project helps prevent occasional bleed through. Those not familiar with grayscale images can find quite a bit of tutorial help online, if needed. It's About Time brings you a wide array of beautiful, high quality planners, journals, diaries, organizers, specialty journals, composition notebooks, dot grid or bullet journal(tm), notebooks, sketchbooks, and other paper delights )such as coloring books!) -- all just waiting for your creative and inspired input, your notes and ideas, to do lists, sketches and doodles, anything and everything you want to commit to paper.

Introduction by Richard Carpenter The definitive biography of one of the most enduring and endeared recording artists in history—the Carpenters—is told for the first time from the perspective of Richard Carpenter, through more than 100 hours of exclusive interviews and some 200 photographs from Richard's personal archive, many never published. After becoming multimillion-selling, Grammy-winning superstars with their 1970 breakthrough hit "(They Long to Be) Close to You," Richard and Karen Carpenter would win over millions of fans worldwide with a record-breaking string of hits including "We've Only Just Begun," "Top of the World," and "Yesterday Once More." By 1975, success was taking its toll. Years of jam-packed work schedules, including hundreds of concert engagements, proved to be just too much for the Carpenters to keep the hits coming—and, ultimately, to keep the music playing at all. However, Richard and Karen never took their adoring public, or each other, for granted. In Carpenters: The Musical Legacy, Richard Carpenter tells his story for the first time. With candor, heart, and humor, he sheds new light on the Carpenters' trials and triumphs—work that remains the gold standard for melodic pop. This beautifully illustrated definitive biography, with exclusive interviews and never-before-seen photographs, is a must-have for any Carpenters fan.

This is a comprehensive history of the world's midwinter gift-givers, showcasing the extreme diversity in their depictions as well as the many traits and functions these characters share. It tracks the evolution of these figures from the tribal priests who presided over winter solstice celebrations thousands of years before the birth of Christ, to Christian notables like St. Martin and St. Nicholas, to a variety of secular figures who emerged throughout Europe following the Protestant Reformation. Finally, it explains how the popularity of a poem about a "miniature sleigh" and "eight tiny reindeer" helped consolidate the diverse European gift-givers into an enduring tradition in which American children awake early on Christmas morning to see what Santa brought. Although the names, appearance, attire and gift-giving practices of the world's winter solstice gift-givers differ greatly, they are all recognizable as Santa, the personification of the Christmas and Midwinter festivals. Despite efforts to eliminate him by groups as diverse as the Puritans of seventeenth century New England, the Communist Party of the twentieth century Soviet Union and the government of Nazi Germany, Santa has survived and prospered, becoming one of the best known and most beloved figures in the world.

Step back in time to relax, destress and rejuvenate with these beautiful, nostalgic Christmas themes from the gay 90s and the Gibson Girl heyday of the first decade of the 20th century. You can reflect on Christmases past, meditate on the deeper meanings of Christmas and explore the joyful exuberance of this earlier period of time in our history while indulging your creative instincts. There are now four volumes; you're sure to want each one: Vol. 1 - Miscellaneous Vol. 2 - Santa - St. Nick Edition and Vol. 3 - Nativity Edition Vol. 4 - Gay 90s and Gibson Girls Edition There are 27 images in all, printed on premium white paper, one side only, in this 8"x10" perfect bound paperback with and a luscious matte cover finish. Most people find pencils work best, but careful colorists might try watercolor (not too wet!!) or markers. A blank sheet of paper placed under the current project helps prevent occasional bleed through. Those not familiar with grayscale images can find quite a bit of tutorial help online, if needed. It's About Time brings you a wide array of beautiful, high quality planners, journals, diaries, organizers, specialty journals, composition notebooks, dot grid or bullet journal(tm), notebooks, sketchbooks, and other paper delights )such as coloring books!) -- all just waiting for your creative and inspired input, your notes and ideas, to do lists, sketches and doodles, anything and everything you want to commit to paper.

Step back in time to relax, destress and rejuvenate with these beautiful, nostalgic Christmas themes from the gay 90s and the Gibson Girl heyday of the first decade of the 20th century. You can reflect on Christmases past, meditate on the deeper meanings of Christmas and explore the joyful exuberance of this period of time in our history while indulging your creative instincts. There are four volumes and you're sure to want all four: Vol. 1 - Miscellaneous Vol. 2 - Santa - St. Nick Edition and Vol. 3 - Nativity Edition Vol. 4 - Gay 90s and Gibson Girls Edition There are 27 images in all, printed on premium white paper, one side only, in this 8"x10" perfect bound paperback with a luscious matte cover finish. Most people find pencils work best, but careful colorists might try watercolor (not too wet!!) or markers. A blank sheet of paper placed under the current project helps prevent occasional bleed through. Those not familiar with grayscale images can find quite a bit of tutorial help online, if needed. It's About Time brings you a wide array of beautiful, high quality planners, journals, diaries, organizers, specialty journals, composition notebooks, dot grid or bullet journal(tm), notebooks, sketchbooks, and other paper delights (such as coloring books!) -- all just waiting for your creative and inspired input, your notes and ideas, to do lists, sketches and doodles, anything and everything you want to commit to paper.