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    <title>Gaia: PLAY-POD! - EVERLAND - HOLLY CLAUS</title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2008 09:58:01 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: HOLLY CLAUS</title>
      <author>http://LightDancing.gaia.com</author>
      <dc:creator>Dryad</dc:creator>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2008 09:58:01 GMT</pubDate>
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&lt;p&gt;      &lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;This is a great find Samme! What an enchanting idea . . . it&amp;#39;s something that I had never thought of. I understand Santa, for sure, the little girl I got for Christmas in 1979 was the best Christmas present I ever got! I couldn&amp;#39;t find the site, but did find the book at Amazon.com and else where. I&amp;#39;ll be buying it next December.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I did know about Hannukah Harry! &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/p&gt;

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      <title>Re: HOLLY CLAUS</title>
      <author>http://pcegl.gaia.com</author>
      <dc:creator>Peace Eagle</dc:creator>
      <guid>tag:gaia.com,2008:Gaia-234415</guid>
      <pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2008 06:43:19 GMT</pubDate>
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&lt;p&gt;      This is so kewl! I always wondered if Santa had kids! I thought he and Mrs. Claus must have not had any because he had the whole world of kids to take care of, not to mention all those elves!  I am hoping the site is still up, given it's Jan 23rd now and waaaayyyy since you made this blog post. I have never heard of Holly Claus before, but I have heard of Hannukah Harry. Have you heard of Him??? PE &lt;/p&gt;

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      <title>HOLLY CLAUS</title>
      <author>http://princesamwise.gaia.com</author>
      <dc:creator>Samme</dc:creator>
      <guid>tag:gaia.com,2007:Gaia-212128</guid>
      <pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2007 14:20:41 GMT</pubDate>
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&lt;p&gt;      &lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.playlibrary.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/croppercapture1.Bmp" target="_blank" title="croppercapture1.Bmp"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.playlibrary.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/croppercapture1.Bmp" border="0" alt="croppercapture1.Bmp" title="croppercapture1.Bmp" width="257" height="199" align="left" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I&amp;#39;ll have to be honest here...I&amp;#39;ve never heard of &lt;strong&gt;Holly Claus&lt;/strong&gt; before and have definitely never heard the story. I received an email about a website &lt;a href="http://www.hollyclaus.com/" target="_blank"&gt;HollyClaus.com&lt;/a&gt; and I&amp;#39;ve been checking it out. I plan on having my kids take a look at it too and explore the world of Holly Claus.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;So who and what is Holly Claus all about? &lt;/strong&gt;Here are some bits and pieces from the press release:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;New York, NY PRNewswire- October 16, 2007 - Forever Entertainment and Planetwide Media build a destination website where &lt;strong&gt;children of all ages can explore the world of Holly Claus and interact with New York Times&lt;br /&gt;Best Selling Author Brittney Ryan&lt;/strong&gt;. Children young and old can visit HollyClaus.com, a magical place where readers can explore the dramatic modern myth of &lt;strong&gt;Holly Claus, the daughter of Santa Claus.&lt;/strong&gt; When you&lt;br /&gt;enter the site, the snow is falling. You are instantly transported to a fantasy world-Christmastime in the Land of Forever- as author Brittney narrates her stories set in the mystical world of Holly Claus. &lt;strong&gt;Write to Holly Claus, and read her reply online!&lt;/strong&gt; Read the Royal Mail from the Holly Claus Sleigh Bag. Listen to glorious new songs of the season in Ryan&amp;#39;s angelic voice. Children will return again and again to feast on the wealth of creative Holly Claus activities. &lt;strong&gt;Print, cut out, and play with stunning Holly Claus paper dolls, lavishly illustrated by Laurel Long.&lt;/strong&gt; Publish your own Holly Claus story, with authentic Holly Claus art!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;&lt;strong&gt;HollyClaus.com is the place where everyone who visits can be a Princess Forever&amp;quot;&lt;/strong&gt; says Brittney Ryan. &amp;quot;My wish is to awaken the dream inside the heart of every child for generations to come and to tell children that their wishes, like Holly&amp;#39;s, can and really do come true&amp;quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;About Holly Claus&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Holly Claus is the heroine of Holly Claus The Christmas Princess (HarperCollins Children&amp;#39;s Books) the beautifully-illustrated and&lt;br /&gt;much-heralded new release by Brittney Ryan, author of the best-selling The Legend of Holly Claus. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;When young Christopher writes a letter to Santa Claus, he poses a question no one has ever thought to ask before, &amp;quot;&lt;strong&gt;Dear Santa Claus, What do you wish for Christmas?&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;quot; Miraculously, Santa&amp;#39;s longtime wish comes true, and a baby girl is born - Princess Holly Claus.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;But just as the Land of Forever joyously celebrates her arrival, &lt;strong&gt;far away an evil is unleashed.&lt;/strong&gt; A curse is placed on Holly, freezing her heart in ice so her future will be bound by a world of darkness. And with the Gates of Forever now locked, Santa can no longer spread the magic of Christmas to children everywhere. As soon as Holly finds a way&lt;br /&gt;to make a daring escape, she begins an astounding journey to the Empire City, determined to free herself and, once and for all, bring back Christmas.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;&lt;strong&gt;The Legend of Holly Claus will capture the hearts of readers young and old&lt;/strong&gt;, and eventually go down in history as one of the greatest fairy tales of our generation.&amp;quot; - Erika Sorocco, Book Review Columnist, The Community Bugle Newspaper.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt; &lt;/p&gt;

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