Jennie Juneiana: Talks on Women’s Topics by Jennie June (Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1864)
A Family Santa Claus
Another method of disposing of Christmas presents for distribution is still more rare, and occasions and immense amount of fun. This is to improvise a family Santa Claus, which can be easily done by enveloping a large stout man in sheepskins, or any rough, shaggy covering, with a cap of the same material, from which fur tails should hand about his neck and ears. These must be ornamented with imitation icicles, which must also be suspended below his forehead, while patches of white cotton batting make on his habit a splendid imitation of snow. To the outside of his nondescript animal of gifts are attached, so that they glitter and rattle in the most imposing style whenever it steps, and, ushered into a well-lighted room, in the midst of the family circle, is invariably greeted with shouts, and acknowledged to be a veritable Santa Claus.
If I Had My Own Blue Box: 
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