The Christmas house
Subtitle: how one man's dream changed the way we celebrate Christmas
By: By Georja Skinner.
Publisher: New World Library
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Novato, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 110
Subjects: Skinner, George, d. 1978.; Christmas -- California -- Los Angeles.; Christmas decorations -- California -- Los Angeles.; Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Social life and customs.
Description: At age 22 George Skinner was stricken with polio and confined to an iron lung in the polio ward of the Los Angeles Coounty General Hospital. An outpouring of support from his neighbors and the community kept him going as he struggled to heal. He vowed that when he left the hospital he would create something to thank his community and to repay their kindness ... he would create something called the Christmas House. George realized that dream in 1936, during the midst of the Great Depression. When he left the hospital he began building an elaborate outdoor display with his father ... it received much publicity, and children and adults came to experience the first house ever decorated with outdoor holiday displays ...
Table of contents: title: Prisoner of polio; title: A father's love, a mother's loss; title: Gifts from unexpected places; title: First steps; title: Magic time; title: In the heart of wonderland; title: Closing time; title: Preserve your memories; title: Love walks in; title: The visitor; title: Epilogue: The power of a dream.