Christmas : a biography / Judith Flanders.
Christmas : a biography / Judith Flanders.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
New York : Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press, 2017.
Call Numbers
G 2017/6362
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
vii, 245 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
January -- Feast of the circumcision or Holy Name of Jesus -- Twelfth Night -- Epiphany -- February -- Candlemas -- March -- Lady day -- June -- Midsummer -- September -- Michaelmas -- November -- All Saints' Day -- All Souls' Day -- St Martin -- December -- St. Nicholas -- St Lucy of Syracuse -- S...
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Publisher
New York : Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press, 2017.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2017.
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Scope and Contents
Summary
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.
"Nearly everything you know about Christmas is wrong. Do you think the proclaimed war on Christmas is a recent occurrence? Do you think Santa is Dutch, or that his red suit was brought to you courtesy of Coca-Cola? Or are you merely dreaming of a Christmas like the one you used to know? You aren't alone: thirty years after the first recorded Christ...
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Full title
Christmas : a biography / Judith Flanders.
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Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Includes bibliographical references.
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Date Copyright
©2017
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Call Numbers
G 2017/6362
Record Identifier
74VKVGzgWggM
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVGzgWggM
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ISBN
9781250118349 hardcover
1250118344 hardcover
DDC
394.2663
MMS ID
991024152519302626
