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Synopsis
Christmas is a time of celebration, rich with ritual and detail. But more than just a season for angels and wrapping paper, Christmas has its own heritage which intersects in fascinating ways with human history and human beliefs, behaviors, and experiences. In this book of fifty Christmas questions, Joseph Walsh gives us the details behind Christmas traditions, such as Santa's origin and appearance, the story of Rudolph, holiday decorations and greenery, the nativity, Christmas tales, celebrations and rituals, gift-giving, and card-sending. He links contemporary practices and historical tradition, explaining why, for instance, we kiss under the mistletoe, and describing the time when Christmas was responsible for a truce in World War I. In this illustrated book, readers will find answers to questions they've often asked and some they've never thought about.
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About the Author
Joseph J Walsh is Associate Professor of Classics and History at Loyola College in Baltimore, Maryland.
From Library Journal
The approach of this book, and its rather conventional illustrations, give every evidence that we are meant to understand it as a children's book, an easy guide to Christmas. Don't be fooled: Walsh writes with great clarity and verve, and he thinks well enough of children, not to mention the rest of us, not to tell any flat lies. For example, he answers the question of the authorship of Visit from St. Nicholas with a clear exposition of the very recent and very heated debate over the merits of Henry Livingstons Livingston Jr. vs. Clement Moore. This brief but smart and memorable book, more than worth its weight in Christmas candy, is highly recommended.
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- PublisherWestminster John Knox Press
- Publication date1981
- ISBN 10 0664237215
- ISBN 13 9780664237219
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages120
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