Christmas

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

Book Description
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?

Christmas Details

Author: Mary Norden
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781845972943
Category : Christmas decorations
Languages : en
Pages : 127

Book Description
With color photos on every page, this how-to guide is packed with dozens of ideas for imaginative holiday decorations, creative table settings, and thoughtful gifts. The book features crafts that are easy to duplicate as well suggestions for setting a scene and creating an atmosphere. 150 illustrations.

A Small Christmas

Author: Wong Herbert Yee
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0547562330
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 37

Book Description
“Delightful. . . . A real winner.”—School Library Journal “The friendly, cooperative tone of the text is reminiscent of the Frog and Toad series.”—Kirkus Reviews “Yee’s comfy beginning reader (dedicated to ‘Friends of Frog and Toad’) . . . packs in plenty of sweetness and civility.”—Publishers Weekly Mouse and Mole are neighbors. Mouse lives inside an oak tree, and Mole lives in a hole underneath. They are neighbors, but they are also friends. Sometimes friends make mistakes—but they always try to help each other out. That is what Mouse and Mole do.

Small, Medium & Large

Author:
Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press
ISBN: 1585366242
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34

Book Description
It is the season of Christmas, and that means it is time to trim the tree, decorate the halls, and, most importantly of all, write to Santa with a heartfelt wish for the perfect present. While other children may be dreaming of new toys under the tree or stockings filled with treats, one little girl simply asks Santa for a friend to share her holiday. But this is a pretty tall order for the jolly old man. Can Santa make her Christmas wish come true? Readers of all ages will be cheered to see that Santa manages to find not just the perfect present, but three special gifts. Charming artwork brings to life the joy felt in making snow angels, the satisfaction of a rousing snowball fight, the pleasure of baking holiday cookies, and finally, the inner peace one feels sitting quietly in front of a warm fire - all the more special when done with a new friend. Jane Monroe Donovan has illustrated numerous titles for Sleeping Bear Press, including Black Beauty's Early Days in the Meadow; the bestselling Winter's Gift; and all of the "Likes to Say" books. Jane makes her home in Pinckney, Michigan.

The 1945 Sears Christmas Book

Author: Sears, Roebuck and Company
Publisher: Courier Dover Publications
ISBN: 0486849139
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 271

Book Description
This facsimile of the Sears, Roebuck and Co.'s 1945 Christmas catalog offers a nostalgic look back at consumer goods of the era, from dolls and toy trains to housewares, clothing, furniture, candy, and much more. Also reproduced here is an insightful poem, "Christmas Peace," included in the original mailing to commemorate the end of the war.

Christmas Details

Author: Mary Norden
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789625939216
Category : Christmas decorations
Languages : en
Pages : 127

Book Description

Blippi: Merry Christmas

Author: Thea Feldman
Publisher: Studio Fun International
ISBN: 9780794445638
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Join YouTube sensation Blippi as he prepares for a very merry Christmas in this illustrated, tabbed board book that's just right for little hands. Join YouTube sensation Blippi as he gets ready for the Christmas season in this board book with six tabs. He buys and decorates a tree, mails and receives cards and presents, goes caroling, and bakes cookies in anticipation of Santa's arrival. This sweet, simple story is perfect for toddlers and preschoolers.

The Bookseller and the Stationery Trades' Journal

Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 1766

Book Description
Official organ of the book trade of the United Kingdom.

A Christmas Charm

Author: Gretchen Rose
Publisher: Satin Romance
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 234

Book Description
Olivia Barone is running away from a toxic relationship. As fate would have it, this hastily planned flight lands her in picturesque Crystal Falls, a village as idyllic as a Thomas Kinkade painting. There, she is championed by lawyer and gentleman farmer, Lance Crawford, who ensconces her in his aunt’s inn, Mrs. Bow’s Charming Manor. The townsfolk soon embrace her, and Olivia is enlisted to direct their annual Christmas pageant. Settling into this comfortable, slow-paced life, Olivia gradually lets down her guard—even believing that she might forge a new beginning and dare to love again. But, as it turns out, it is impossible to run from one’s past, and Olivia is forced to confront her abuser or lose the man who holds the key to her future happiness.

The Christmas Story from David Harum

Author: Edward Noyes Westcott
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 73

Book Description
The Christmas Story from David Harum is a seasonal novella written by Edward Noyes Westcott. Noyes Westcott was an American banker and author. Excerpt: "The widow was looking at David with shining eyes and devouring his words. All the years of trouble and sorrow and privation were wiped out, and she was back in the days of her girlhood. Ah, yes! how well she remembered him as he looked that very day—so handsome, so splendidly dressed, so debonair; and how proud she had been to sit by his side that night, observed and envied of all the village girls. "I ain't goin' to go over the hull show," proceeded David, "well 's I remember it. The' didn't nothin' git away from me that afternoon, an' once I come near to stickin' a piece o' gingerbread into my ear 'stid o' my mouth. I had my ten-cent piece that Billy P. give me, but he wouldn't let me buy nothin'; an' when the gingerbread man come along he says, 'Air ye hungry, Dave? (I'd told him my name), air ye hungry?' Wa'al, I was a growin' boy, an' I was hungry putty much all the time. He bought two big squares an' gin me one, an' when I'd swallered it, he says, 'Guess you better tackle this one too,' he says, 'I've dined.' I didn't exac'ly know what 'dined' meant, but—he, he, he, he!—I tackled it," and David smacked his lips in memory."