Scratch and sniff Christmas book? Not just in my imagination.

November 22, 2010 12:03 PM

Help me find this childrens book please! I had this scratch and sniff Christmas/winter book when I was a kid in the late 80's early 90's. I vaguely recall the characters were the kind that don't have mouths. And just a little button nose. The book had a picture of a Christmas tree that smelled like pine, a cup of chocolate that smelled like chocolate. And so on. I can't remember much else but would love to find this. Thanks!
posted by mokeydraws to media & arts (13 answers total)

The Sweet Smell of Christmas?
posted by Melismata at 12:07 PM on November 22, 2010 [2 favorites]

Nope! I feel like the character was a girl or kids with no mouth, not an animal. Thanks though I will get that one too.
posted by mokeydraws at 12:15 PM on November 22, 2010

I distinctly remember the cup of chocolate in the Sweet Smell of Christmas. Mine was smeared because *cough* someone *cough* had licked it.
posted by librarianamy at 12:17 PM on November 22, 2010

I think it's "Santa's Beard is Soft and Warm", which was a Golden Touch and Feel book. It was spiral-bound. You could snap Santa's suspenders. If this is the one, it's out of print, but it's on Amazon.....
posted by lakersfan1222 at 12:22 PM on November 22, 2010

Here are some mouthless children:

A Christmas Celebration (A scratch and sniff book) by Joan Walsh Anglund, 1985
posted by mikepop at 12:24 PM on November 22, 2010

A Christmas Celebration by Joan Walsh Anglund?
posted by MonkeyToes at 12:25 PM on November 22, 2010

Argh, jinx, mikepop.
posted by MonkeyToes at 12:28 PM on November 22, 2010

your link has better pictures, MonkeyToes
posted by mikepop at 12:45 PM on November 22, 2010

YES!!! mikepop and Monkeytoes. I was wrong about the noses. How the hell did you do that? Thanks so much.
posted by mokeydraws at 2:08 PM on November 22, 2010

I Googled: vintage "scratch and sniff" christmas book

and found the result on the first page. Anything that I bought or read in my childhood should now be prefaced by "vintage," evidently.
posted by MonkeyToes at 2:16 PM on November 22, 2010

Vintage? That makes me feel old. I can't believe the copy on Etsy just sold. Thanks again!
posted by mokeydraws at 7:57 AM on November 23, 2010

I searched on Amazon for "scratch sniff Christmas" then reverse sorted by publication date. Hope you can obtain a copy!
posted by mikepop at 6:12 PM on November 23, 2010

Yes! I had this book too! Thanks for the reminder of it! I'll have to track it down at my mom's house when I'm home for the holiday.
posted by Fuego at 11:54 AM on November 25, 2010