Growing Up I’ve always wanted to get ahold of that book, but as Christmas Storybooks are a dime a dozen, I had no way of knowing which one it exactly was. All I remembered (beside that mesmerizing picture) was that it was a small book, most likely a “Little Golden Book”, but even THERE, they had dozens of Christmas themed stories!
One day someone on reddit named HappyTrails1 uploaded pics of their HUGE and COMPLETE collection of vintage Little Golden Books and generously offered to upload images on any book we were nostalgic about and wanted to see again.
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| Happytrails1's HUGE Little Golden Book Collection |
I immediately replied that I was looking for a certain Christmas book that I THINK was a Little Golden Book, and then described the Candy Workshop picture.
I even got onto imgur and tried to sketch what little my memory had of that magical image. This is what I came up with:
Very vague, I know, but what do you know, the amazing HappyTrails23 DID recognize the story and in an hour or so, uploaded the images to a Little Golden Book called “Santa’s Surprise Book” and with a note saying “You have a good memory!”, uploaded the Candy Workshop picture I’d been dreaming of for so long now:
HOLY COW, I was blown away, soooo many memories came rushing back, of being a kid back at the old apartment, Christmas with my parents and siblings, and WOW, that magic time in you life when you still BELIEVE!
Now armed with the actual TITLE of the book I’d been searching for for a lifetime, I immediately went onto ebay to see if anyone had it up for sale, and luckily, there were a bunch of folks selling ’em! Though some were copies in pristine condition, I saw a beat up copy from 1966 and I just knew that that was the one I had to have, it just FELT like the book from my childhood!
Thanks to Happytrails1 I happily have this cherished childhood memory once again in my possession!
