Christmas With Elvis [Illustrated] [Hardcover]

Jim Curtin (Author), Renata Ginter (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 246 pages
• Publisher: Celebrity Books; illustrated edition edition (October 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 158029104X
• ISBN-13: 978-1580291040
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.9 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #976,700 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #99 in Books > Biographies & Memoirs > People, A-Z > ( P ) > Presley, Elvis

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The ultimate gift for an Elvis fan, December 18, 1999

By 

Jesse (Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Christmas With Elvis (Hardcover)

This book is a must I say. I live down under and am a big Elvis fan. Although I have never been happy about the genre of ELvis books that have been coming out - I do quite enjoy the books authored by Jim Curtin. He has a knack for relaying his love for Elvis through his books, which in turn makes an Elvis fan, happy to read it!

I think that is important, as there are over 200 books already on the King - and most are BAD. Maybe it's me, or maybe I am just sick and tired of the dead beat so-called Elvis authorities, who have no connection, or history with Elvis, other than to make a quick buck. Jim is unlike those people. I think he would rather do something great, as this book is, and do it for the fans. I can tell he is an avid fan of Elvis, just through how he makes his books.

Did anyone ever notice that he does not include photos of Elvis where he looks ill? Or write about the bad habits, or drugs? Right there that lets me know that Jim is class and not in it for the almighty dollar.

Well about this particular book. simply said: this book is absolutely marvelous! A simple idea - yet never done until now. A collection of everything Xmas - everything Elvis. One of my all time favorites!

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I'LL BE HOME (WITH THESE PHOTOS) FOR CHRISTMAS!, November 19, 1999

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Sam K. (Los Angeles, California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Christmas With Elvis (Hardcover)

All these years after The King's passing, it's hard to find something new that offers something new.

Well, hot damn tamale! The pictures in this book are it. As a homegrown scholar of Presleyana, I can attest that many of them HAVE NEVER BEEN SEEN BEFORE and offer as much insight as Guralnik's books. In this case, the pictures tell a thousand words.

As for the text, well, it's another example of the barrel-scraping trivia that's flooded the market ("In 1974... during the energy crisis Elvis did not "light up" Graceland..."), but it has been edited expertly, and positioned unobtrusively enough as not to distract from the presleyriffic picture presentation.

All in all, the pubisher did a commendable job. It's not a highfalutin art book, but it ain't one of those cheapies, either.

This is a coffeetable book for the average American coffeetable. I will pull it out and dust it off every Christmas, to share with my rockin' friends-- if only to look at all the great photos.

As the King might sing:

"Warden threw a Christmas party

in the county jail

The prison band was reading,

a new book on sale

'Christmas with Elvis'

is the name of the book

If you wanna get your Christmas kicks

you oughta take a look!

Let's look at the pictures!"

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A actual surprise!, August 2, 2001

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Adam (Brisbane, Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Christmas With Elvis (Hardcover)

I came across this book in a local used book shop.
For some reason this book was not sold outright in the main bookstores.

My first initial reaction to this book, once I flipped through it, was:
too bad: some of the printing is not high quality.
But hey, once I looked through the book and read some of the stories, my second reaction took over:
wow the contents are really nice!
as an Elvis fan, I loved the collectibles and as a result I bought another copy off the net.
one is for my library and the holidays and the other I use as a collectible guide.

This is a GOOD book (a real good one) and its done by someone I really didn't know anything about, nor had I heard of him.
But I did do a check on him, once I liked his book, and he did 6 other books on Elvis.
I will see if this man, who proclaims to be the world's foremost Elvis expert, is the real thing, or another self proclaimer like the "fantastic four" (Lichter, Dowling, Tunzi, Guralnick/Jorgensen)

A hint though: from what I see in this book, this man may actually be the REAL DEAL!
he has quality and intregrity.