Father Christmas Goes On Holiday

Description father christmas needs some time off but where will he go for his bloomin holiday his reindeer take him to france scotland and finally las vegas. Briggs won the annual kate greenaway medal from the library association recognising the year s best children s book illustration by a british subject. Father christmas goes on holiday picture puffins paperback august 25 1977.

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Father christmas is a british children s picture book written and drawn by raymond briggs and published by hamish hamilton in 1973.

Father christmas goes on holiday. Just like before santa is depicted as a rambunctious loveable old rogue. Find all the books read about the author and more. See search results for this author. Father christmas goes on holiday.

A sequel of course to briggs hugely successful father christmas. Father christmas goes on holiday isbn 9780241892206 is a children s graphic novel of thirty pages written and illustrated by the british author raymond briggs. With father christmas going about his traditional business in father christmas it wasn t as obvious how easily he can be connected to characters seen in other briggs books. It is a sequel to briggs 1973 book father christmas.

No one needs a holiday more than father christmas but where can such a well known and easily recognized person go. Raymond briggs author visit amazon s raymond briggs page. Created for channel 4 and first broadcast on christmas eve 1991 in britain the story is an adaption of two books written by raymond briggs father christmas and father christmas goes on holiday and is the second animated adaptation of briggs work made for the channel following the 1982 animated short the snowman. Father christmas is a british animated short starring mel smith as the titular character.

In this hilarious sequel from raymond briggs author of the snowman and inspiration for the snowman and the snowdog a still rather grumpy father christmas decides to go on holiday. The book s title character and protagonist who. It was first published in 1975. This is a joke briggs perpetuates as father christmas begins in france what develops into a holiday tour.

He s personally unconventional to the point of quirkyness yet a traditionalist who prefers things the way they always been will have a moan but isn t one to offend and his loveable side is there for all to see. Father christmas goes on holiday hardcover january 1 1975 by raymond briggs author.