Encyclopedia of Christmas and New Year's celebrations : over 240 alphabetically arranged entries covering Christmas, New Year's, and related days of observance, including folk and religious customs, history, legends, and symbols from around the world; supplemented by a bibliography and lists of Christmas Web sites and associations ... / Tanya Gulevich ; illustrated by Mary Ann Stavros-Lanning. [print]

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Gulevich, Tanya [Author]

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Gulevich, Tanya. Encyclopedia of Christmas

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text

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unmediated

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0780806255
9780780806252

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GT4985.G971.E539 2003
GT4985.G971.E539 2003

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Adam and Eve Day Advent Advent calendar Advent candle Advent wreath America, colonial America, nineteenth-century Amish Christmas Angels Annunciation Armenia Auld lang syne Australia Baboushka Baby Barring out the schoolmaster Befana Bells Berchta Bethlehem Bethlehem, Pennsylvania Birth of the invincible sun Black Peter Boar's head Boxing Day Boy Bishop Brazil Bulgaria Candlemas Ceremony of lessons and carols Cert A Charlie Brown Christmas Cherry tree Children's letters Chrismon tree Christingle Christkindel Christmas ale Christmas bonus Christmas cakes Christmas candles Christmas card A Christmas Carol Christmas carol Christmas club Christmas crackers Christmas lads Christmas markets Christmas rose Christmas Seals Christmas season Christmas sheaf Christmas symbols Christmas tree Christmas village Commercialism December 25 Denmark Depression Devil's knell Ecuador Eggnog Egypt Elves Emancipation Day England Epiphany Estonia Ethiopia Europe, Medieval Farolitos Father Christmas Father Time Feast of Fools Feast of the ass Feast of the Circumcision Firstfooting Firstnight Flight into Egypt Football bowl games France Frankincense Frau Gaude Gabriel Games Gaudete Sunday Germany Ghana Ghosts Gifts Gingerbread Glastonbury thorn Gold Gospel accounts of Christmas Gospel according to Luke Gospel according to Matthew Grandfather Frost Greece Greenery Guatemala Hanukkah Herod, King Hogmanay Holly Holy Innocents' Day How the Grinch stole Christmas Iceland India Iran Iraq Ireland Italy It's a wonderful life Ivy Jesse tree Jesus Jesus, year of birth Jonkonnu Julklapp

Summary: Containing 247 entries on Christmas traditions spanning centuries and continents, this encyclopedia looks at folk customs and beliefs, foods and beverages, artistic and popular works, and related celebrations from antiquity to the present. While entries lean heavily toward customs of medieval and Renaissance Europe, there are many entries on the Christmas season in other parts of the world. This second edition contains 60 new entries. Information about the author's background is not given.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Reference (Library Use ONLY)	G. Allen Fleece Library Reference (1st floor - front of library)	RES	GT4985 .G79 2003 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		31923001684121

Rev. edition of: Encyclopedia of Christmas. 2000.

Containing 247 entries on Christmas traditions spanning centuries and continents, this encyclopedia looks at folk customs and beliefs, foods and beverages, artistic and popular works, and related celebrations from antiquity to the present. While entries lean heavily toward customs of medieval and Renaissance Europe, there are many entries on the Christmas season in other parts of the world. This second edition contains 60 new entries. Information about the author's background is not given.

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