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Author Forbes, Bruce David.

Title Christmas : a Candid History.

Publication Info. Berkeley : University of California Press, 2007.

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 Rocky Hill - Downloadable Materials  EBSCO Ebook    Downloadable
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Description 1 online resource (194 pages)
Contents Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; One: First There Was Winter; Two: Christmas Comes Late; Three: Christmas Is Like a Snowball; Four: From Saint Nicholas to Santa Claus; Five: And Then There Was Money; Six: Wrestling with Christmas; Notes; Annotated Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z.
Summary Presents an entertaining perspective on how the annual Yuletide celebration got to be what it is today. This 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.
Note Print version record.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-170) and index.
Subject Christmas -- History.
RELIGION -- Holidays -- Christmas & Advent.
RELIGION -- Christianity -- General.
Christmas. (OCoLC)fst00859787
Genre/Form Electronic books -- History.
Electronic books.
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Other Form: Print version: 9780520251045
ISBN 9780520933729 (electronic bk.)
0520933729 (electronic bk.)
Standard No. 9786612359217
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