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Christmas Traditions: A Celebration of Festive Lore

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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

Language: English

Pages: 127

Format: Hardcover

Release: January 01, 2019

ISBN 13: 9780712352949

Christmas Traditions: A Celebration of Festive Lore

0/5 ( ratings)

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

Language: English

Pages: 127

Format: Hardcover

Release: January 01, 2019

ISBN 13: 9780712352949

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