Author: Lisa Kleypas
Publisher: Love Spell
ISBN: 9780505527882
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 305

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Includes stories "I Will " by Lisa Kleypas, "Three French Hens" by Lynsay Sands, and "Father Christmas" by Leigh Greenwood.

Author: Bruce David Forbes
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520933729
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 198

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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?

Author: William Waits
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 0814792847
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 291

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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

Author: Judith Flanders
Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
ISBN: 1250118344
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 257

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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.

Author: Earl W. Count
Publisher: Ulysses Press
ISBN: 9781569752357
Category : Christmas
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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What if our entire civilization could write its own memoirs and tell the complete story of Christmas past? Surprisingly, the tale would begin not in Bethlehem, but two thousand years earlier in the cradle of civilization. It would be a nostalgic story involving Christians and non-Christians alike. Babylonians Greeks, and Romans - whose ancient customs became part of the Christmas celebration - would people its pages. We would see early Europeans hanging fir sprigs and winter greenery to renew life and protect against the cold blasts of Arctic wind. People who had not yet learned of the Christ child would be burning Yule logs. Of course, the most important chapter in these memoirs would take place in a manger surrounded by Wise Men and marked with a brilliant star. But the tale would continue on for another two thousand years as generation after generation added to the customs of Christmas.

Author: O. Henry
Publisher: Amila Jay
ISBN: 3986779213
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 11

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"The Gift of the Magi" is a short story by O. Henry first published in 1905. The story tells of a young husband and wife and how they deal with the challenge of buying secret Christmas gifts for each other with very little money. As a sentimental story with a moral lesson about gift-giving, it has been popular for adaptation, especially for presentation at Christmas time.

Author: Charles Dickens
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1105116190
Category : Cities and towns
Languages : es
Pages : 162

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Book Description
A miser learns the true meaning of Christmas when three ghostly visitors review his past and foretell his future.

Author: Nora Roberts
Publisher: Harlequin Books
ISBN: 9780373832187
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 388

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Harl Christmas 1990 by Nora Roberts\Patricia Potter\Ruth Langan released on Sep 24, 1990 is available now for purchase.

Author: Heather Lefebvre
Publisher: CF4Kids
ISBN: 9781527103344
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Book Description
History of Christmas from Bethlehem to today Bible readings, questions, recipes and activities Beautiful colour illustrations

Author: Leigh Grant
Publisher: ABRAMS
ISBN: 9780810938816
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 40

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Book Description
Explains the holiday traditions described in each verse of the eighteenth-century Christmas carol