Thomas Ruys Smith
@thomasruyssmith.com
Prof of Lit and Culture, mostly nineteenth century. Coming soon: 🎅 🔎 Searching for Santa Claus: An Anthology of the Poems, Stories and Illustrations That Shaped an American Icon. Writing a book about Mark Twain & London.
http://www.thomasruyssmith.com
http://www.thomasruyssmith.com
Thanks for the mention!
October 11, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Thanks for the mention!
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And my book, Selling Out Santa, for the history and film lovers looking for the cross over event of the season, explores the tumultuous 1946-1961 post-war, early Cold War period in Hollywood via a case study exploring the political, and cultural changes in the Christmas films of the long 1950s:
Selling Out Santa
Christmas is not just a day or a frame of mind as Kris Kringle (Edmund Gwenn) imparts in Miracle on 34 th Street (1947); Christmas is also a vehicle for national mythmaking as an idealising mirror for...
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October 11, 2025 at 7:02 PM
And my book, Selling Out Santa, for the history and film lovers looking for the cross over event of the season, explores the tumultuous 1946-1961 post-war, early Cold War period in Hollywood via a case study exploring the political, and cultural changes in the Christmas films of the long 1950s:
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. @thomasruyssmith.com's Searching for Santa Claus is a sugar plum-filled dream for the academics and Christmas connoisseurs among us as an unmatched, first if its kind anthology tracing the origins and evolutions of the icon:
Searching for Santa Claus by Thomas Ruys Smith | boiler-house-press
"Searching for Santa is both a lovely gift book for serious Santa fans and an important resource for anyone studying the history of American children's literature.”- Linda Raedisch, author of The Old ...
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October 11, 2025 at 7:02 PM
. @thomasruyssmith.com's Searching for Santa Claus is a sugar plum-filled dream for the academics and Christmas connoisseurs among us as an unmatched, first if its kind anthology tracing the origins and evolutions of the icon:
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For the film lovers on your nice list, @aduralde.bsky.social's Have Yourself a Movie Little Christmas is recently revised and updated to include Christmas films from the last 15 years with fun facts, rare films, and merry movie magic in a fun and informative guide to the genre:
Have Yourself a Movie Little Christmas
Don't waste a second of your valuable holiday time on another boring Christmas movie. In this merry and informative guide, film critic Alonso Duralde takes us o…
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October 11, 2025 at 7:02 PM
For the film lovers on your nice list, @aduralde.bsky.social's Have Yourself a Movie Little Christmas is recently revised and updated to include Christmas films from the last 15 years with fun facts, rare films, and merry movie magic in a fun and informative guide to the genre:
Would love to know what’s happening with it - keep looking it up but nothing. Thanks for keeping tabs on it!
October 9, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Would love to know what’s happening with it - keep looking it up but nothing. Thanks for keeping tabs on it!
Great! Yes, still have it. I’ll send it over!
October 1, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Great! Yes, still have it. I’ll send it over!
I hope I qualify as enough of a writer about Christmas stuff and I would love to see an advance pdf. In exchange would you like an advance pdf of my forthcoming Santa book? www.boilerhouse.press/product-page...
Searching for Santa Claus by Thomas Ruys Smith | boiler-house-press
"Searching for Santa is both a lovely gift book for serious Santa fans and an important resource for anyone studying the history of American children's literature.”- Linda Raedisch, author of The Old ...
www.boilerhouse.press
October 1, 2025 at 8:19 PM
I hope I qualify as enough of a writer about Christmas stuff and I would love to see an advance pdf. In exchange would you like an advance pdf of my forthcoming Santa book? www.boilerhouse.press/product-page...
Love the illustrations!
September 9, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Love the illustrations!
Fabulous - will watch!
September 9, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Fabulous - will watch!