From All of Us to All of You The Disney Christmas Card (Disney Editions Deluxe)
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From All of Us to All of You The Disney Christmas Card (Disney Editions Deluxe) Details
Review PRAISE FOR PRACTICALLY POPPINS IN EVERY WAY"Practically Poppins goes above and beyond the mandate of a movie tie-in to become a valuable book for any Mary Poppins fan."―Leonard Maltin, film critic and historianPRAISE FOR FROM ALL OF US TO ALL OF YOU: THE DISNEY CHRISTMAS CARD"This is a book I have wanted to own for about the last 20 years! It's actually a book that I had once entertained hopes of putting together myself; and it's only the fact that it has finally reached us via the skilled editorship of my friend and fellow Disneyphile, Jeff Kurtti, that I am able to suppress my envy! . . . This project could so easily have been simply produced as a book of pictures (and, indeed, some years ago, a book of Disney postcards was published based on many of these very images), but what Kurtti has done that makes this volume both collectable and informative is to place each card within the context of the Studio's annual development. . . . The author has been ably aided by the book's talented designer, Paul Wolski, whose wide-screen' format (encased in a holly-green gate-fold binding) allows the cards to be shown to their very best advantage-especially since a number of the originals opened out horizontally and/or vertically. Fronts, backs and interiors are all simultaneously visible and, printed with shadows, appear to be lying on the pages of the open book-as if ready be picked and arranged on your Christmas mantelpiece!"―Brian Sibley, writer, broadcaster, and Disney scholarPRAISE FOR PRACTICALLY POPPINS IN EVERY WAY"This coffee table worthy book by Jeff Kurtti is much more than a visually appealing celebration of the franchise."―Broadway DirectPRAISE FOR TRAVELS WITH WALT DISNEY". . . no small feat to do what Jeff Kurtti has done . . ."―Jason Cochran, Editor-in-Chief, Frommers.comPRAISE FOR THE ART OF MULAN". . . chronicles the production team's research trip to China and the creative development of the pic . . ."―VarietyPRAISE FOR TRAVELS WITH WALT DISNEYOne of "20 Books Every True Disney Fan Should Have in Their Collection"―POPSUGARPRAISE FOR THE ART OF DISNEY COSTUMING"Explore the characters, stories, history, and currency of Disney in a whole new way. . . ."―Nerds and BeyondPRAISE FOR TRAVELS WITH WALT DISNEY"Highly recommended!"―John Canemaker, NYU professor and head of Animation StudiesPRAISE FOR THE ART OF DISNEY COSTUMINGOne of "20 Books Every True Disney Fan Should Have in Their Collection"―POPSUGARPRAISE FOR FROM ALL OF US TO ALL OF YOU: THE DISNEY CHRISTMAS CARD"The Disney Christmas Card is a perfect gift for any Disney fan (even if it's you, yourself). Author Kurtti, who knows his Disney history as well as anyone on earth, chronicles the history of Walt's studio cards over the decades. There are entertaining anecdotes and sidebars to match the engaging and ingenious artwork the Disney staff created year after year. You could scarcely do better than go behind the scenes to see how Walt and Company expressed their holiday greetings."―Leonard Maltin, film critic and historian Read more About the Author Jeff Kurtti is a leading authority on The Walt Disney Company, its founder, and its history. He is the author of more than twenty books, a writer-director of award-winning documentary content, and a respected public speaker. A Seattle, Washington native, Kurtti worked as a production coordinator on the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Arts Festival, followed by two years as the assistant to the president of the California Institute of the Arts. For several years, he worked for Walt Disney Imagineering, the theme park design division of The Walt Disney Company, and then for the Corporate Special Projects department of Disney. Since 1995, Kurtti has enjoyed a career as an author, writer, and consultant in the motion picture, theatre, and theme park entertainment industries. He was creative director, content consultant, and media producer for The Walt Disney Family Museum in San Francisco and a producer of The Boys: The Sherman Brothers Story, a critically acclaimed documentary about the famed songwriters. Read more
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From the embossed cover and center-open design...a labor of love from the git-go! And if that weren't enough, featuring no less than 12 tipped-in, full color Christmas cards! Lush, year-by-year Disney artist biographies and Vintage studio art throughout. And finishing with a lovely full page of Walt himself along with a truly nostalgic Christmas tree, all tinseled and lit that beckons one to a simpler, more meaningful time.Grab one as it is a costly print job and should be in everyone's Disney collection!I'm going with four stars as I am not entirely sold yet on the center open format. It requires a little too much care when handling to avoid a tear in the binding. But use some care and it's still not one to pass up!Merry Christmas!
