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Book Synopsis Christmas Miscellany by : Jonathan Green
Download or read book Christmas Miscellany written by Jonathan Green and published by Skyhorse Publishing Inc.. This book was released on 2009-11 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is myrrh? Why do people kiss under the mistletoe? What is a Yule log? And much...
Book Synopsis Christmas Miscellany by : Jonathan Green
Download or read book Christmas Miscellany written by Jonathan Green and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-10-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the meaning of the season’s traditions! Have you ever wondered why we celebrate Christmas the way we do? In this whimsical book, Jonathan Green tells you all about the fascinating stories behind our most beloved holiday traditions. Make yourself cozy by the fireplace, open up this fully illustrated treasure trove, and learn: Why we sing carols Why we burn Yule logs Why we hang stockings Why we kiss under the mistletoe Why we send greeting cards Why there are twelve days of Christmas And what is figgy pudding? Each chapter explores a different custom and its history: when and where it started, how it has changed over the centuries, and why we still love to recreate it today. You’ll learn why holly and ivy are important symbols, who Good King Wenceslas was, and why we eat turkey for Christmas dinner. Additional fun facts and trivia are sprinkled throughout, accompanied by classic illustrations. This is the perfect gift or stocking stuffer for curious-minded friends and family this holiday season!
Download or read book Christmas written by Bruce David Forbes and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2007-10-10 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written for everyone who loves and is simultaneously driven crazy by the holiday season, Christmas: A Candid History provides an enlightening, entertaining perspective on how the annual Yuletide celebration got to be what it is today. In a fascinating, concise tour through history, the book tells the story of Christmas—from its pre-Christian roots, through the birth of Jesus, to the holiday's spread across Europe into the Americas and beyond, and to its mind-boggling transformation through modern consumerism. Packed with intriguing stories, based on research into myriad sources, full of insights, the book explores the historical origins of traditions including Santa, the reindeer, gift giving, the Christmas tree, Christmas songs and movies, and more. The book also offers some provocative ideas for reclaiming the joy and meaning of this beloved, yet often frustrating, season amid the pressures of our fast-paced consumer culture. DID YOU KNOW For three centuries Christians did not celebrate Christmas? Puritans in England and New England made Christmas observances illegal? St. Nicholas is an elf in the famous poem "The Night Before Christmas"? President Franklin Roosevelt changed the dateof Thanksgiving in order to lengthen the Christmas shopping season? Coca-Cola helped fashion Santa Claus's look in an advertising campaign?
Book Synopsis Christmas Miscellany by : Jonathan Green
Download or read book Christmas Miscellany written by Jonathan Green and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2009-11-01 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wouldn’t it be great to understand all our Christmas traditions? Here, Jonathan Green offers the fascinating history behind our most beloved holiday traditions. For example, myrrh is incense made from the resin of a North African bush and was a special gift during biblical times. To the Romans, mistletoe was a symbol of fertility, so today we are encouraged to kiss when it is near. The Yule log was originally used to brighten homes during the dark, cold Scandinavian Christmas season. Packed with all manner of delightful surprises and delicious morsels, A Christmas Miscellany demystifies the origins of familiar festive customs such as caroling and Christmas cards, and entertains with fun, little-known facts. This is the perfect gift or stocking stuffer for the curious-minded during the holiday season.
Book Synopsis Round About the Christmas Tree by : Becky Brown
Download or read book Round About the Christmas Tree written by Becky Brown and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 2018-09-06 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Designed to appeal to the booklover, the Macmillan Collector’s Library is a series of beautiful gift editions of much loved classic titles. Macmillan Collector’s Library are books to love and treasure. This edition is introduced by Ned Halley and features charming illustrations by Alice Ercle Hunt. Round About the Christmas Tree is the perfect Christmas gift for booklovers as all facets of the festive season are represented here in one gorgeous volume. This anthology shows what an inspiration Christmas was for so many famous writers, whether it be a time for celebration, for family, or a chance to remember those in hardship. There are heart-warming stories from Charles Dickens and E. Nesbit, comic fun from G. K. Chesterton and Saki, touching whimsy from Hans Christian Andersen, and even crimes to solve from Arthur Conan Doyle.
Book Synopsis A Christmas Miscellany by : Ian Jackman
Download or read book A Christmas Miscellany written by Ian Jackman and published by Random House Reference Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A celebration of Christmas past presents a treasury of holiday decoration tips, letters to Santa, gift suggestions, traditional recipes, and customs that evoke the charm of the Victorian era.
Book Synopsis Christmas Miscellany by : Jonathan Green
Download or read book Christmas Miscellany written by Jonathan Green and published by Skyhorse. This book was released on 2017-11-07 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever wondered why we celebrate Christmas the way we do? In this whimsical book, Jonathan Green tells you all about the fascinating stories behind our most beloved holiday traditions. Make yourself cozy by the fireplace, open up this fully illustrated treasure trove, and learn: Why we sing carols Why we burn Yule logs Why we hang stockings Why we kiss under the mistletoe Why we send greeting cards Why there are twelve days of Christmas And what is figgy pudding? Each chapter explores a different custom and its history: when and where it started, how it has changed over the centuries, and why we still love to recreate it today. You’ll learn why holly and ivy are important symbols, who Good King Wenceslas was, and why we eat turkey for Christmas dinner. Additional fun facts and trivia are sprinkled throughout, accompanied by classic illustrations. This is the perfect gift or stocking stuffer for curious-minded friends and family this holiday season!
Book Synopsis A Christmas Miscellany by : Charles Dickens
Download or read book A Christmas Miscellany written by Charles Dickens and published by St Mark's Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Uniform Trade List Annual written by and published by . This book was released on 1873 with total page 1636 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With alphabetical indexes of firms and trade specialties.
Book Synopsis The Modern Christmas in America by : William Waits
Download or read book The Modern Christmas in America written by William Waits and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 1994-10 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An historical survey of American Christmas that describes how the modern holiday emerged. It traces the evolution from years prior to 1880, when people presented one another simple, handmade presents, through the late 19th century when industrialization inundated the celebration with inexpensive "tawdry" trinkets, to today. Includes photographs of store and product advertising. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Book Synopsis Christmas Unwrapped by : Amy Shields
Download or read book Christmas Unwrapped written by Amy Shields and published by Skyhorse Publishing Inc.. This book was released on 2011-11 with total page 65 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents facts about Christmas and offers holiday themed craft projects and activities to celebrate the season.
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Book Synopsis Keeping Christmas Well by : Artemesia D'ECCA
Download or read book Keeping Christmas Well written by Artemesia D'ECCA and published by Phaeton Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2012-09-08 with total page 558 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essential Facts about Christmas - a Question-and-Answer Guide with 700 B+W illustrations: Christmas and War; Christmas and the Movies; the forgotten Seasons of Christmas - the 40 days, the 20 days, the 12 (or is it 13?) days; Christmas and Religion - when and where was Christmas banned?; Christmas and the Industrial Revolution - a force that almost killed it; Christmas food and drink - from Brawn to the Tom and Jerry.
Book Synopsis Literary Miscellany by : Alex Palmer
Download or read book Literary Miscellany written by Alex Palmer and published by Skyhorse Publishing Inc.. This book was released on 2010-10-27 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Behind-the-book stories and facts about authors, publishing, and everything..
Download or read book Christmas written by Judith Flanders and published by Thomas Dunne Books. This book was released on 2017-10-24 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a tour of Christmas holiday traditions from the original festival through today, touching on subjects ranging from gift wrap and the holiday parade to the first gag holiday gift book and the first official appearance of Santa Claus.
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Download or read book What's in the Magazines, [monthly] for the Years written by and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 760 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book What's in the Magazines written by and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 844 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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