This is a paperbound reprint of a 1997 book. Sure, now that he has turned 50,000, he has settled down a bit, but Siefker exposes Santa's colorful and often lurid past as the European Wild Man worshipped in ancient fertility rites, as Robin Hood, the Fool, Harlequin, Satan and Robin Goodfellow. He seems to have arrived in America with Germans bound for Pennsylvania, probably without papers. Illustrated in black and white. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)