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		<title>Knickerbocker</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Created by Judi Vaillancourt for the 2009 Collector&#8217;s Weekend the “Knickerbocker” Santa has its origins in Washington Irving’s Knickerbocker History of New York (1809) and Keeping of Christmas at Bracebridge Hall (1819-20), Clement C. Moore’s poem “The Night Before Christmas” (1822); along with images in paintings by Dutch artist Jan Steen (1666) and American Robert [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Christmas in July 1988</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Custom Limited Edition • #2 of 75 • Retired Mold In June 2010, a 1988 Santa in Sleigh was auctioned off. The number 2 piece sold for an astounding $2,025. As with all Vault Pieces, this piece was shipped to the auction winner including a certificate of authenticity, a history of the piece, and a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What America Did with Saint Nicholas: A History of the American Santa</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rev. Stanley DeCamp speaks at Vaillancourt Folk Art&#8217;s 2009 Collector&#8217;s Weekend about the history of Christmas&#8217; icon, Santa Claus. His lecture explains the transition of the American Santa from, 1626 &#8211; 2009. In addition, he explains the development from his European counterpart.  ]]></description>
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