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All about Christmas. [print]

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York, Harper (c)1954.Edition: first editionDescription: 211 pages 22 cmContent type:
  • text
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  • unmediated
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  • volume
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • GT4985.K94.A453 1954
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Contents:
"It came upon the midnight clear" : the origin and development of our modern Christmas -- "We three kings" : the story of the wise men or magi -- "Good Saint Nick" : the evolution of Santa Claus -- "Bearing gifts" : Christmas gifts and gift bearers -- "Deck the halls" : the origin, types, and legends of Christmas greenery -- "O Christmas tree! O Christmas tree!" : the origin and spread of the custom of decorating Christmas trees -- "Kindle the Christmas brand" : customs and beliefs associated with the Yule log -- "Away in a manger" : Nativity scenes, the Putz -- "The boar's head in hand bring I" : Christmas feasts and foods -- "No candle was there" : Christmas uses of candles and other lights -- "There's a star in the sky" : the origin and uses of the Christmas star -- "I heard the bells on Christmas day" : the history and traditions of Christmas bells -- "Joy to the world" : the history, types, and purpose of Christmas cards -- "Christmas voices" : the history, uses, and purpose of Christmas seals -- "Shout the glad tidings" : a general history of carols -- "Good Christian men, rejoice" : stories about certain Christmas carols -- "There's a song in the air" : more stories about carols -- "O come, all ye faithful" : unusual ways, places, and circumstances of carol singing.
Summary: Recounts the origin of Christmas and the history of hundreds of traditions connected with its observance. Four chapters are devoted to Christmas carols and their composers. https://archive.org/details/allaboutchristma00kryt
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"It came upon the midnight clear" : the origin and development of our modern Christmas -- "We three kings" : the story of the wise men or magi -- "Good Saint Nick" : the evolution of Santa Claus -- "Bearing gifts" : Christmas gifts and gift bearers -- "Deck the halls" : the origin, types, and legends of Christmas greenery -- "O Christmas tree! O Christmas tree!" : the origin and spread of the custom of decorating Christmas trees -- "Kindle the Christmas brand" : customs and beliefs associated with the Yule log -- "Away in a manger" : Nativity scenes, the Putz -- "The boar's head in hand bring I" : Christmas feasts and foods -- "No candle was there" : Christmas uses of candles and other lights -- "There's a star in the sky" : the origin and uses of the Christmas star -- "I heard the bells on Christmas day" : the history and traditions of Christmas bells -- "Joy to the world" : the history, types, and purpose of Christmas cards -- "Christmas voices" : the history, uses, and purpose of Christmas seals -- "Shout the glad tidings" : a general history of carols -- "Good Christian men, rejoice" : stories about certain Christmas carols -- "There's a song in the air" : more stories about carols -- "O come, all ye faithful" : unusual ways, places, and circumstances of carol singing.

Recounts the origin of Christmas and the history of hundreds of traditions connected with its observance. Four chapters are devoted to Christmas carols and their composers.

https://archive.org/details/allaboutchristma00kryt

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