ISBN:
9780520933729
,
0520933729
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (194 p.)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Additional Information:
Rezensiert in Eire, Carlos M. N. Christmas. A candid history. By Bruce David Forbes. Pp. xiv+181 incl. 11 ills+colour frontispiece. Berkeley–Los Angeles–London: University of California Press, 2007. £11.95. 978 0 520 25104 5 2009
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Erscheint auch als
DDC:
394.266309
Keywords:
Christmas History
;
Christmas History
;
RELIGION ; Holidays ; Christmas & Advent
;
RELIGION ; Christianity ; General
;
Christmas
;
History
;
Electronic books History
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
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
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Description based on print version record
