SANTA CLAUS, LAST OF THE WILD MEN BY PHYLLIS SIEFKER Kids on Bikes author Gabriele Esposito describes the

author Gabriele Esposito describes the bloodthirsty course of the Japanese campaign in China

Syphoning their precious loot

an elite unit that has accomplished many great deeds on the field of battle

skulk around in the shadows

SANTA CLAUS, LAST OF THE WILD MEN BY PHYLLIS SIEFKER Kids on Bikes author Gabriele Esposito describes theMuch of the modern day vision of Santa Claus is owed to the Clement Moore poem The Night Before Christmas. His description of Saint Nicholas personified the jolly old elf known to millions of children throughout the world. However, far from being the offshoot of Saint Nicholas of Turkey, Santa Claus is the last of a long line of what scholars call Wild Men who were worshipped in ancient European fertility rites and came to America through