Title Christmas in Germany : a Cultural History / Joe Perry.

Publication Info.	Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2010]
	©2010

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Description	1 online resource (xiii, 399 pages) : illustrations
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Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Summary	An exploration of the invention, evolution, and politicization of Germany's favorite national holiday. Christmas played a crucial role in public politics, as revealed during World War I and World War II, the Nazification of Christmas by the Third Reich, and the political manipulation of Christmas during the Cold War.
Contents	Introduction: Germany's favorite holiday -- Scripting a national holiday -- Contradictions in the Christmas mood -- Christmas in enemy territory -- Under the sign of kauflust -- Christmas in the Third Reich -- Ghosts of Christmas past -- Conclusion: The nation around the Christmas tree.
Subject	Christmas -- Germany -- History.
	Germany -- Social life and customs.
	RELIGION -- Holidays -- Christmas & Advent.
	HISTORY -- Europe -- Germany.
	Christmas. (OCoLC)fst00859787
	Manners and customs. (OCoLC)fst01007815
	Germany. (OCoLC)fst01210272
Genre/Form	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
	Electronic book.
Other Form:	Print version: Perry, Joe. Christmas in Germany. Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2010 9780807833643 (DLC) 2010010137 (OCoLC)574940273
ISBN	9780807899410 (electronic bk.)
	0807899410 (electronic bk.)
	9781469604947 (electronic bk.)
	1469604949 (electronic bk.)

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