Joy to the world : two thousand years of Christmas / edited by Francis G. James and Miriam G. Hill ; with illustrations by Hilary Langhorst. [print]

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Dublin ; Portland, Oregon : Four Courts Press, (c)2000.Description: 272 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
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  • GT4985.H647.J698 2000
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Contents:
The formation of the Christmas tradition -- Christmas becomes a communal festival -- Christmas celebrations, feasts and revels -- The persistence of religious traditions -- The emergence of the modern Christmas, a composite 'diary' of Christmas observance, 1550-1850 -- Christmas in the Southern United States -- An Irish perspective.
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Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status) Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status) G. Allen Fleece Library CIRCULATING COLLECTION Non-fiction GT4985.J77 2000 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31923001046123

The story of the nativity in the Bible, the Apocrypha and the Koran -- The formation of the Christmas tradition -- Christmas becomes a communal festival -- Christmas celebrations, feasts and revels -- The persistence of religious traditions -- The emergence of the modern Christmas, a composite 'diary' of Christmas observance, 1550-1850 -- Christmas in the Southern United States -- An Irish perspective.

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