UID:
edocfu_9961252483602883
Format:
1 online resource (577 p.)
ISBN:
1-937783-14-6
Content:
"Covers the folk and religious customs, traditions, legends, and symbols related to Christmas, from antiquity to the present day. Includes more than 150 alphabetically arranged entries, plus bibliography and index"--Provided by publisher.
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Front Cover; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; A; Adam and Eve Day; Advent; Ales; America, Christmas in Colonial; America, Christmas in Nineteenth-Century; Amish Christmas; Angels; B; Baboushka; La Befana; Bells; Berchta; Bethlehem; Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, Christmas in; Birth of the Invincible Sun; Black Peter; Bonuses; Boy Bishop; C; Candlemas; Candles; Cert; Charitable Giving; "A Charlie Brown Christmas"; Cherry Trees; Children's Letters; Chrismon Tree; Christkindel; Christmas Cards; A Christmas Carol; Christmas Carols and Other Music; Christmas Club Accounts; Christmas Lads
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Christmas SealsChristmas Season; A Christmas Story; Christmas Trees; Christmas Villages; Cookies and Other Treats; D; December 25; Depression; E; Eggnog; Elves; Epiphany; F; Farolitos; Feast of Fools; Feast of the Ass; Feast of the Circumcision; Flight into Egypt; Frankincense; Frau Gaude; "Frosty the Snowman"; G; Gabriel; Ghosts; Gifts; Gingerbread; Glastonbury Thorn; Gold; Gospel According to Luke; Gospel According to Matthew; Gospel Accounts of Christmas; Grandfather Frost; Greenery; H; Hanukkah; Herod, King; Holly; Holy Innocents' Day; How the Grinch Stole Christmas; I
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Interfaith Family Holiday CelebrationsIt's a Wonderful Life; Ivy; J; Jesse Tree; Jesus; Jesus, Year of Birth; Jonkonnu; Joseph; Jultomten; K; Kalends; Kallikantzari; King of the Bean; Knecht Ruprecht; Kwanzaa; L; Laurel; Light Displays and Decorations; Lord of Misrule; Luminarias; M; Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade; Magi; Martinmas; Mary, Blessed Virgin; Medieval Era, Christmas in; Merry Christmas; Messiah; Midnight Mass; Mincemeat Pies; Miracle on 34th Street; Mistletoe; Mumming; Myrrh; N; National Christmas Tree; Nation's Christmas Tree; Nativity Legends; Nativity Plays; Nativity Scenes
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New York City, Christmas inNoel; North Pole; The Nutcracker; O; Old Christmas Day; Ornaments; P; Paradise Trees; Los Pastores; Poinsettias; The Polar Express; Las Posadas; Puritans; R; Reindeer; Réveillon; Robins; Rosemary; "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"; S; Salvation Army Kettles; Santa Claus; Saturnalia; Shepherds; Shoes; Shooting in Christmas; Shopping; Slaves' Christmas; Snow Maiden; St. John's Day; St. Nicholas; St. Nicholas's Day; St. Stephen's Day; Star of Bethlehem; Stockings; Store Window Displays; Sugarplums; T; "'Twas the Night Before Christmas" ("A Visit from St. Nicholas")
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Twelfth NightTwelve Days of Christmas; U; Urban Legends; V; Victorian Era, Christmas in; Virginia O'Hanlon; W; Wenceslas, King; "White Christmas"; White House, Christmas in the; Wild Hunt; Williamsburg, Virginia, Christmas in Colonial; Winter Solstice; Wrapping Paper; Wreaths; Y; Yule; Yule Logs; Z; Zagmuk; Selected Bibliography; Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-7808-1244-1
Language:
English
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