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Christmas Traditions: A Celebration of Christmas Lore
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Christmas Traditions: A Celebration of Christmas Lore

George Goodwin
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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

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Format
Hardback
Publisher
British Library Publishing
Country
United Kingdom
Date
26 September 2019
ISBN
9780712352949

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

Read More
Format
Hardback
Publisher
British Library Publishing
Country
United Kingdom
Date
26 September 2019
ISBN
9780712352949

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