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The Santa Claus Man The Rise and Fall of a Jazz Age Con Man and the Invention of Christmas in New York

Alex Palmer

New York Times Bestseller .Before the charismatic John Duval Gluck, Jr. came along, letters from New York City children to Santa Claus were destroyed, unopened, by the U.S. Post Office. Gluck saw an opportunity, and created the Santa Claus Association. The effort delighted the public, and for 15 ye...

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My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark

The hosts said Maren used Alex Palmer's research and writing from his book The Santa Claus Man as the source for the episode's historical narrative about John Gluck.

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So, Maren used the writing and research of a writer named Alex Palmer who published the book The Santa Claus Man and John Gluck is his great granduncle.

— Episode: 510 - We're So Real

Episode: 510 - We're So Real

The hosts said Maren used Alex Palmer's research and writing from his book The Santa Claus Man as the source for the episode's historical narrative about John Gluck.

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So, Maren used the writing and research of a writer named Alex Palmer who published the book The Santa Claus Man and John Gluck is his great granduncle.

Alex Palmer writes in his book, John Gluck never heads another charity, though it's unclear if this is because he finally learned his lesson or because postdepression reforms finally put guardrails on fundraising for charity.

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