Keeping Christmas Well: Essential Facts About the Season of Christmas - Couverture rigide

D'Ecca, Artemesia

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1908420006 ISBN 13 : 9781908420008

Editeur : Phaeton Publishing Limited, 2011

Synopsis

"...a very attractive seasonable title..." --Books Ireland. A lavishly illustrated book. Everything you need to know about Christmas. With over 700 illustrations--25 in colour--from the first century to the twenty-first century. The forgotten Seasons of Christmas--the 40 days, the 20 days, the 12 (or is it 13?) days; Christmas and War; Christmas and the Movies; Christmas and the Industrial Revolution--the force that almost killed it; Christmas and Religion--when and where was it illegal to celebrate Christmas? Christmas food--Brawn, Boar's head, Plum pudding, Cookies, etc.; and Christmas drink--from Wassail to the Tom and Jerry; Why was Christmas traditionally celebrated until February? Who was Mithras? Why did the New York Santa come on New Year's Eve rather than Christmas Eve? Who really wrote " 'Twas the Night before Christmas"? All the Scrooge Movies, and Christmas Movies you might not be aware of. A richly illustrated Question-and-Answer Guide on 282 pages. (General) at: http://www.phaeton.ie Book video at: http://www.youtube.com/embed/UPpVPV7miiY?rel=0

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

The author, Artemesia D'ECCA, studied classics, and has worked as a journalist, an archive researcher, and a designer. She has collaborated on a number of reference books and autobiographies, and is the author of the time-travel novel The Secret of Jules and Josephine.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Phaeton Publishing Limited
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1908420006
• ISBN 13: 9781908420008
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 284
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible