J.R.R. (John Ronald Reuel)Tolkien is the author of The Lord
of the Rings trilogy. He was born in Bloemfontein, South
Africa. He died on September 2, 1973. Forbes magazine
ranked Tolkien as the 5th top-earning dead celebrity
in 2009.  
 

J. D.(Jerome David) Salinger was the noted author of the
1951 novel…The Catcher in the Rye. He gave his last
interview in 1980 and died of natural causes on
January 27, 2010 at the age of 91.

The English short-story writer,poet,and novelist was born in
Bombay, India. He received the Nobel Prize for Literature in
1907. Kipling is best known for his collection of fiction
stories, The Jungle Book.

This poem was published anonymously in the Troy (N.Y.) Sentinel.
The author is believed to be Clement Clark Moore. It has been called
”the best known verses ever written by an American” and is largely
responsible for the conception of Santa Claus. Four hand-written
copies of the poem are known to exist, three are in museums and
the fourth copy was signed by Moore as a gift to a friend. It was
sold by a collector in December of 2006 for $280,000.

                      Clement Clark Moore

                A first edition copy of Dickens Ghost Story of Christmas.

                            English author Charles Dickens