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The Myths That Stole Christmas

Author : David Kyle Johnson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780931779671
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (796 download)

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Download or read book The Myths That Stole Christmas written by David Kyle Johnson and published by . This book was released on 2015-11-20 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Myths that Stole Christmas, Johnson argues that Christmas has been hijacked by seven different myths-seven myths that control how people conceive of and celebrate the holiday. Myth #1: Jesus Is the Reason for the Season Myth #2: There Is a War on Christmas Myth #3: Our Christmas Traditions Are Old-Fashioned Myth #4: Christmas Spending Is Good for the Economy Myth #5: Santa Claus Is Saint Nicholas Myth #6: The Santa Claus Lie Is Harmless Myth #7: Christmas Can't Change Historically, holiday celebrations served useful social functions; they smoothed tension between social classes; they helped us prepare for the long hard winter; they turned the literal darkest days into the "hap-happiest season of all." Modern Christmas celebrations, however, serve as a source of conflict-and can make us anxious, stressed, fat, poor and stupid. Christmas owns us; we do what it wants, when it wants. But, Johnson argues, taking a close look at the history of the holiday, and the social, political and economic issues that surround it, can turn the tables and allow us to own Christmas once again. Christmas is not a Christians-only holiday that can only be properly celebrated a certain way. Christmas belongs to us all and we can each simply make it what we need it to be.

Cloudy Christmas Myths to Clear Heavenly Beliefs

Author : Diane Cirafesi-Keszczyk
Publisher : WestBow Press
ISBN 13 : 1449748201
Total Pages : 33 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (497 download)

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Book Synopsis Cloudy Christmas Myths to Clear Heavenly Beliefs by : Diane Cirafesi-Keszczyk

Download or read book Cloudy Christmas Myths to Clear Heavenly Beliefs written by Diane Cirafesi-Keszczyk and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2012-06 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christmas is a magical time for both the young and old. For the young, it is a time of great magic and mystery. Adults enjoy seeing the wonder in a child s eyes, and they cherish the magic and the memories. As we grow older, Christmas becomes more spiritual, with good reason. Now parents can share this spiritual mystery with their children when they are ready to fully understand what Christmas is truly about. Older generations can come to realize how synonymous the words to their young were as they were trying to help them experience the magic of the season. These ten Christian analogies of the Christmas season can help all ages see this beautiful season in a new light for many generations to come.

Christmas: Tradition, Truth and Total Baubles

Author : Nick Page
Publisher : Hodder & Stoughton
ISBN 13 : 1529334098
Total Pages : 229 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (293 download)

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Book Synopsis Christmas: Tradition, Truth and Total Baubles by : Nick Page

Download or read book Christmas: Tradition, Truth and Total Baubles written by Nick Page and published by Hodder & Stoughton. This book was released on 2020-10-29 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why is Christmas the way it is? How did we get from the birth of Jesus to everyone pushing their credit card and their belts to their maximum extent? Starting with the events surrounding Jesus' birth, this book takes us through centuries of commemoration, celebration and over-consumption. Along the way we'll find out why we eat turkey, how an obscure Turkish saint turned into a man flying a sleigh, and why that tree in your house should really contain an apple and a snake. Combining in-depth historical research, cheerfully irreverent humour and cutting-edge guesswork, Nick Page explores what this festival really means, and how we can get back to something real and true beneath all that wrapping.

25 Christmas Myths and What the Bible Says

Author : Gabriel Hughes
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781792673344
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (733 download)

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Download or read book 25 Christmas Myths and What the Bible Says written by Gabriel Hughes and published by . This book was released on 2018-12-25 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On what day was Jesus born? Were Mary and Joseph turned away by an innkeeper? Did Mary have to give birth to the Savior of the world in a barn? "25 Christmas Myths and What the Bible Says" debunks many of the most common misconceptions that have arisen from the Christmas story and addresses some of our most popular traditions, getting back to what the Bible says!

Christmas Stories and Legends

Author : Nellie C. King
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Christmas Stories and Legends written by Nellie C. King and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twenty stories that focus on the appreciation of the Christmas spirit. These stories and legends center on His birth.

Myths and Legends of Christmastide

Author : Bertha F. Herrick
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Myths and Legends of Christmastide written by Bertha F. Herrick and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Christmas Stories And Legends

Author : Various
Publisher : Library of Alexandria
ISBN 13 : 146551581X
Total Pages : 123 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (655 download)

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Download or read book Christmas Stories And Legends written by Various and published by Library of Alexandria. This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 123 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Fir Tree

Author : Hans Christian Andersen
Publisher : Scandinavia Publishing House
ISBN 13 : 8771326766
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (713 download)

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Download or read book The Fir Tree written by Hans Christian Andersen and published by Scandinavia Publishing House. This book was released on 2015-01-26 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thirty of Hans Christian Andersen's most cherished stories in single volumes Illustrator various artists. Known all over the world, these fairytales hold stories of great value and are a source of inspiration for both young and old.

Merry Christmas! Celebrating AmericaÕs Greatest Holiday

Author : Karal Ann Marling
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780674040625
Total Pages : 470 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (46 download)

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Download or read book Merry Christmas! Celebrating AmericaÕs Greatest Holiday written by Karal Ann Marling and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2009-06-30 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It wouldn't be Christmas without the "things." How they came to mean so much, and to play such a prominent role in America's central holiday, is the tale told in this delightful and edifying book. In a style characteristically engaging and erudite, Karal Ann Marling, one of our most trenchant observers of American culture, describes the outsize spectacle that Christmas has become.

Christmas

Author : Doris C Baines
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781885221728
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (217 download)

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Download or read book Christmas written by Doris C Baines and published by . This book was released on 1997-05 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Christmas Unwrapped

Author : Patrick Harding
Publisher : Metro Publishing, Limited
ISBN 13 : 9781843580348
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (83 download)

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Download or read book Christmas Unwrapped written by Patrick Harding and published by Metro Publishing, Limited. This book was released on 2002 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an account of all things Christmas-related, from the Gospels to mistletoe, from Rudolph to shopping. It explores the myths, customs, confusions, rituals, and icons in an informative way, suitable for all the family.

Christmas Stories and Legends

Author : Phebe A. Curtiss
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1627939458
Total Pages : 108 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (279 download)

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Download or read book Christmas Stories and Legends written by Phebe A. Curtiss and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-12-18 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christmas Stories and Legends is a collection of tales to restore "the real spirit of Christmas" to the jaded world of . . . 1913. Even then, editor Phebe A. Curtiss worried children, especially, might get lost in the day's creeping commercialism. She aimed the book at schools and Sunday schools, and assembled twenty bits of Christmas lore to teach a proper observance. She includes, of course, the Nativity story, but other parts of yesterday's Christmas will be much less familiar to modern readers. The song, "White Christmas," hadn't been written yet, and the expression meant something more than snow. People gave white gifts to symbolize purity. Children might have had visions of sugarplums, but the book includes the unsweetened versions of two weepers from Hans Christian Anderson: "The Little Match Girl" and "The Fir Tree." (The tree learns too late to appreciate Christmas -- on the bonfire afterward.) And little Tom has to learn he is lucky to receive new skates for Christmas, even if they're the wrong brand. The book brings back great-grandfather's Christmas as a gift for today's worriers. Christmas always came with problems. But it always came, anyway.

Kris Kringle

Author : Chris Gay
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780984467327
Total Pages : 102 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (673 download)

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Download or read book Kris Kringle written by Chris Gay and published by . This book was released on 2019-01-15 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kris Kringle: Santa Claus from Man to Myth: The whole world knows the legend. Now discover how it all began in the most unique, charming ad enlightening biography of Father Christmas that Yule (you'll?) ever encounter. Tales of Santa Claus have been told and re-told many times, of course. And while numerous versions have been recounted, this book presents his actual origin tale in its entirety. This is the story of how Kristopher Nicholas Kringle, a virtuous, ordinary, 18th century New England man, became one of our culture's most revered and iconic figures. From his humble Connecticut start, all the way to his historic first Christmas Eve sleigh ride, it's all here- with a little humor sprinkled in. This is a Christmas story that can be enjoyed by anyone, on any day, throughout every season. So, no matter what day of the year it is as you read these words, Merry Christmas

Christmas Legends to Remember

Author : Helen Haidle
Publisher : David C Cook
ISBN 13 : 9781562925345
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (253 download)

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Download or read book Christmas Legends to Remember written by Helen Haidle and published by David C Cook. This book was released on 2002 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three tales of true Christmas spirit come alive in the hands of award-winning children's author Helen Haidle. Legend of the Candy Cane opens with the lonely candy maker seeking the truth in the Christmas season. As he finds warmth in the laughter and bustle of the village children, a thought occurs: What can he give to show love for those in need? Unexpected inspiration leads to a sweet and meaningful answer. Legend of the Christmas tree recounts the tale of a small, scruffy fir tree with a big heart for helping others. A Special Baby is coming to the nearby village, and the forest is abuzz, but what gift could a small tree give? If the other trees have their way, he won't even get to see the Baby--unless, of course, he's had a gift all along. Catch a glimpse of a real saint in Legend of Saint Nicholas. Wealthy but orphaned at the age of 12, Nicholas lives with his extended family. As his heart turns to giving and charity, his family just doesn't understand. But God calls him to a higher mission, even beyond giving at Christmas time. How long can he keep his giving a secret, and will his family ever understand?

It's Christmas Again: 550+ Tales, Legends & Myths for Holiday Season

Author : Louisa May Alcott
Publisher : e-artnow
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 9047 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (64 download)

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Download or read book It's Christmas Again: 550+ Tales, Legends & Myths for Holiday Season written by Louisa May Alcott and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2020-11-26 with total page 9047 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: e-artnow presents to you this unique collection of the greatest Christmas novels and stories, myths, carols and the poetry dedicated to this magical holiday by the masters of literature: _x000D_ Mr. Pickwick's Christmas (Charles Dickens) _x000D_ The Gift of the Magi (O. Henry)_x000D_ The Holy Night (Selma Lagerlöf)_x000D_ A Merry Christmas (Louisa May Alcott)_x000D_ A Letter from Santa Claus (Mark Twain)_x000D_ Silent Night_x000D_ The Night After Christmas_x000D_ The Child Born at Bethlehem_x000D_ The Adoration of the Shepherds_x000D_ The Visit of the Wise Men_x000D_ As Joseph Was A-Walking_x000D_ The Tale of Peter Rabbit (Beatrix Potter)_x000D_ Where Love Is, God Is (Leo Tolstoy) _x000D_ The Three Kings (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow) _x000D_ A Christmas Carol (Samuel Taylor Coleridge) _x000D_ Life and Adventures of Santa Claus (L. Frank Baum)_x000D_ Christmas At Sea (Robert Louis Stevenson)_x000D_ The Savior Must Have Been A Docile Gentleman (Emily Dickinson)_x000D_ The Heavenly Christmas Tree (Fyodor Dostoevsky)_x000D_ The Little City of Hope (F. Marion Crawford)_x000D_ The First Christmas Of New England (Harriet Beecher Stowe)_x000D_ Christmas in the Olden Time (Walter Scott)_x000D_ Christmas In India (Rudyard Kipling)_x000D_ A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens) _x000D_ The Twelve Days of Christmas_x000D_ The Wonderful Wizard of OZ (L. Frank Baum)_x000D_ Ring Out, Wild Bells (Alfred Lord Tennyson)_x000D_ Little Lord Fauntleroy (Frances Hodgson Burnett)_x000D_ Black Beauty (Anna Sewell)_x000D_ The Christmas Child (Hesba Stretton)_x000D_ Granny's Wonderful Chair (Frances Browne)_x000D_ The Romance of a Christmas Card (Kate Douglas Wiggin)_x000D_ Wind in the Willows (Kenneth Grahame)_x000D_ The Wonderful Life - Story of the life and death of our Lord (Hesba Stretton)_x000D_ The Christmas Angel (A. Brown)_x000D_ Christmas at Thompson Hall (Anthony Trollope)_x000D_ Christmas Every Day (William Dean Howells)_x000D_ The Lost Word (Henry van Dyke)_x000D_ The Nutcracker and the Mouse King (E. T. A. Hoffmann)_x000D_ The Little Match Girl_x000D_ The Elves and the Shoemaker_x000D_ Mother Holle _x000D_ The Star Talers_x000D_ Snow-White_x000D_ The Christmas Hirelings_x000D_ The Blue Carbuncle_x000D_ An Exciting Christmas Eve_x000D_ The Spirit of Christmas…

When Santa was a Shaman

Author : Tony van Renterghem
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

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Download or read book When Santa was a Shaman written by Tony van Renterghem and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Yes, there is a Santa Claus -- and this provocative book will tell you who he really is! Travel back in time to view Santa's pagan origins -- and his fascinating connections to the Horned Shaman, the Greek God Pan, the Norse god Wodan, and Robin Hood. Learn how we are influenced by this ancient myth everyday. Based on ten years of extensive research.

Bad Arguments

Author : Robert Arp
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1119165784
Total Pages : 449 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (191 download)

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Download or read book Bad Arguments written by Robert Arp and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2018-10-29 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A timely and accessible guide to 100 of the most infamous logical fallacies in Western philosophy, helping readers avoid and detect false assumptions and faulty reasoning You’ll love this book or you’ll hate it. So, you’re either with us or against us. And if you’re against us then you hate books. No true intellectual would hate this book. Ever decide to avoid a restaurant because of one bad meal? Choose a product because a celebrity endorsed it? Or ignore what a politician says because she’s not a member of your party? For as long as people have been discussing, conversing, persuading, advocating, proselytizing, pontificating, or otherwise stating their case, their arguments have been vulnerable to false assumptions and faulty reasoning. Drawing upon a long history of logical falsehoods and philosophical flubs, Bad Arguments demonstrates how misguided arguments come to be, and what we can do to detect them in the rhetoric of others and avoid using them ourselves. Fallacies—or conclusions that don’t follow from their premise—are at the root of most bad arguments, but it can be easy to stumble into a fallacy without realizing it. In this clear and concise guide to good arguments gone bad, Robert Arp, Steven Barbone, and Michael Bruce take readers through 100 of the most infamous fallacies in Western philosophy, identifying the most common missteps, pitfalls, and dead-ends of arguments gone awry. Whether an instance of sunk costs, is ought, affirming the consequent, moving the goal post, begging the question, or the ever-popular slippery slope, each fallacy engages with examples drawn from contemporary politics, economics, media, and popular culture. Further diagrams and tables supplement entries and contextualize common errors in logical reasoning. At a time in our world when it is crucial to be able to identify and challenge rhetorical half-truths, this bookhelps readers to better understand flawed argumentation and develop logical literacy. Unrivaled in its breadth of coverage and a worthy companion to its sister volume Just the Arguments (2011), Bad Arguments is an essential tool for undergraduate students and general readers looking to hone their critical thinking and rhetorical skills.