Article: Handmade Little Souls dolls adorn glittering holiday displays.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)

Whimsical dolls, called Little Souls, are hitting the bright lights of New York City _ in the Christmas windows at Saks Fifth Avenue.

The swanky cloth dolls are handmade by 28 artisans at Little Souls Inc. Their workshop is a renovated textile factory in Bridgeport, Pa.

Saks chose Little Souls for its glittering window displays based on a heartwarming Christmas book by Little Souls' cofounder, Colleen Charleston, who is a mother of three and lives in Ardmore, Pa.

Charleston, 47, a graphic designer who teamed up in 1986 with Philadelphia area artisan Gretchen Wilson to found Little Souls, looked to her own childhood when she wrote the Christmas ...

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