Christmas Eve story time goes better with a Santa to hold while the book is open and a child is tucked in close. This one stands in a long coat trimmed with green garland and red berries, a lantern in one hand and a red cardinal perched on one outstretched arm.

Creative Co-Op prints the cotton front and works embroidery over the beard and garland for texture, then backs the shape with rust-brown velvet. The polyester fill gives it a soft, huggable body, and the outstretched arms give the outline its personality. It comes from the Woodland Christmas collection.

• 9-1/2 in L x 15-1/2 in H
• Printed cotton with embroidery
• Velvet back
• Polyester fill