Christmas Traditions

A Celebration of Christmas Lore

George Goodwin (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

2019
British Library Publishing (Verlag)
978-0-7123-5294-9 (ISBN)

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A stocking-filler-sized compilation of Christmas lore, revealing the intriguing origins of the traditional festivities. Forty short pieces on individual traditions are each accompanied by charming vintage illustrations from the British Library's collection of Christmas books, cards and ephemera.

Origins of the Feast at Christmas
The decision to celebrate Christ's birthday on 25 December; the Yuletide festival of Anglo-Saxon England; Saturnalia; evergreens taken inside in midwinter; the original Captain Christmas

`Hark the Herald Angels Sing' - Christmas in and out of Church
Holly symbolizing Christ's crown of thorns; the role of Midnight Mass; European celebrations of Epiphany and the importance of the Three Kings

Christmas down the Ages
Mistletoe and kissing; the Puritan ban on Christmas; the Twelve Days of Christmas; Dickens's recipe for Twelfth Night cake

The Transatlantic `Victorian' Christmas
Nineteenth-century romanticisation of Christmas and invented traditions; goose clubs; advent calendars; Christmas cards and gift-giving

Modern Traditions
Individual, sometimes outlandish traditions from around the world

George Goodwin is a historian whose previous books include Benjamin Franklin in London, the British Life of America's Founding Father; Fatal Colours, Towton 1461; and Fatal Rivalry, Flodden 1513.

Erscheinungsdatum	18.09.2019
Zusatzinfo	Colour illustrations throughout
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	124 x 187 mm
Themenwelt	Sonstiges ► Geschenkbücher
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
ISBN-10	0-7123-5294-5 / 0712352945
ISBN-13	978-0-7123-5294-9 / 9780712352949
Zustand	Neuware