Since 1926, the Tulsa Christmas Parade has entertained thousands of children and adults year after year as it winds through the historic streets of downtown Tulsa. In its early days, when Tulsa was a new town booming with rapid growth from the recent discovery of oil, the Christmas parade quickly became an annual tradition that has continued to be a favorite event for the past 90 years. Throughout part of its history, the parade has been held at night, and Tulsa and the surrounding communities have come together to put on elaborate, twinkling displays--full of sparkling lights--including floats, marching bands, and large balloons, culminating each year with the guest of honor, Santa himself, making a special trip from the North Pole all the way to Tulsa, Oklahoma. This book explores the grandeur and excitement of Tulsa Christmas Parade's history against the backdrop of one of the largest collections of Art Deco architecture in the United States.

It's Christmas Eve, Have you been good? Santa's packed up all the presents and is headed your way! With the help of a certain red-nosed reindeer, Santa flies over: Swan Lake • Owasso • Owen Park • Midtown • Broken Arrow • Blue Dome District • Brookside • Riverside • Lortondale • Red Fork "Ho, ho ho!" laughs Santa. "Merry Christmas, Tulsa!"

The important German collector Thomas Olbricht presents a personal selection of his most recent acquisitions, including Maurizio Cattelan, Jake & Dinos Chapman, Larry Clark, Thomas Demand, Marlene Dumas, Carroll Dunham, Marcel Dzama, Isaac Julien, Richard Phillips, Alexis Rockman, Gregor Schneider, Taryn Simon, Hiroshi Sugito, Nicola Tyson and Barry X-Ball. As Olbricht writes in the epilogue, 'Collecting art, for me, is an elixir of life÷ Seemingly anything goes and nothing is sure. This productive restlessness makes collecting a great adventure--that's one thing this picture book is meant to tell; another thing is that, for me, the variety of positions I'm continuously concerning myself with combines to become a cosmos full of life.' Contains an illustrated appendix and an introduction by Jean-Christophe Ammann.

It's Christmas Eve, Have you been good? Santa's packed up all the presents and is headed your way! With the help of a certain red-nosed reindeer, Santa flies over: •Notre-Dame Cathedral Basilica •Canada War Museum •Centre Block Parliament Hill •Ottawa Convention Center •National Gallery of Canada •Library of Parliament •Fairmont Chateau, Laurier •Supreme Court of Canada •National War Memorial •Fort Henry •Rideau Canal "Ho, ho ho!" laughs Santa. "Merry Christmas, Ottawa!"