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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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Description 1 online resource (194 pages)
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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.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-170) and index.
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Subject Christmas -- History.
Christmas.
History.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books -- History.
History.
Electronic books -- History.
Other Form: Print version: 9780520251045
ISBN 9780520933729 (electronic book)
0520933729 (electronic book)
9780520251045 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
0520251040 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
Standard No. 9786612359217