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Inventing Christmas

2002-10 Antiques & Collectibles
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Release : 2002-10
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Book Synopsis Inventing Christmas by : Jock Elliott

Download or read book Inventing Christmas written by Jock Elliott. This book was released on 2002-10. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looks at the origins of modern Christmas traditions, which evolved over a twenty-five year period, beginning in 1823 with the publication of Clement Clarke Moore's "A Visit from St. Nicholas," to 1848.

Inventing the Christmas Tree

2012-11-01 Social Science
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Release : 2012-11-01
Genre : Social Science
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Book Synopsis Inventing the Christmas Tree by : Bernd Brunner

Download or read book Inventing the Christmas Tree written by Bernd Brunner. This book was released on 2012-11-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the roots of the Christmas tree tradition, tracing customs from the Middle Ages to the present day to reveal how it first became part of mainstream American culture and has since become popular worldwide.

The Man Who Invented Christmas

2008-11-04 Biography & Autobiography
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Release : 2008-11-04
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Rating : 734/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis The Man Who Invented Christmas by : Les Standiford

Download or read book The Man Who Invented Christmas written by Les Standiford. This book was released on 2008-11-04. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As uplifting as the tale of Scrooge itself, this is the story of how Charles Dickens revived the signal holiday of the Western world—now a major motion picture. Just before Christmas in 1843, a debt-ridden and dispirited Charles Dickens wrote a small book he hoped would keep his creditors at bay. His publisher turned it down, so Dickens used what little money he had to put out A Christmas Carol himself. He worried it might be the end of his career as a novelist. The book immediately caused a sensation. And it breathed new life into a holiday that had fallen into disfavor, undermined by lingering Puritanism and the cold modernity of the Industrial Revolution. It was a harsh and dreary age, in desperate need of spiritual renewal, ready to embrace a book that ended with blessings for one and all. With warmth, wit, and an infusion of Christmas cheer, Les Standiford whisks us back to Victorian England, its most beloved storyteller, and the birth of the Christmas we know best. The Man Who Invented Christmas is a rich and satisfying read for Scrooges and sentimentalists alike.

Inventing Santa Claus

2017-10-31 Biography & Autobiography
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Release : 2017-10-31
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Synopsis Inventing Santa Claus by : Carlo DeVito

Download or read book Inventing Santa Claus written by Carlo DeVito. This book was released on 2017-10-31. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The evidence of the Christmas debate is presented for you to decide: was Clement C. Moore the actual author of The Night Before Christmas? You know the poem, but do you know its controversy? Inventing Santa Claus presents all the details of the heated argument surrounding one of the most celebrated Yuletide poems of all time. Learn both sides of the story and all the evidence supporting either Clement C. Moore or Henry Livingston Jr. or other potential authors! Input from the experts, as well as the rulings of Troy, New York’s own mock trial, are presented in full for your own deductions. Who really wrote "The Night Before Christmas"?

Christmas: Tradition, Truth and Total Baubles

2020-10-29 Religion
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Release : 2020-10-29
Genre : Religion
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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. This book was released on 2020-10-29. 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.

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