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Product Identifiers
PublisherMcfarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
ISBN-100786422939
ISBN-139780786422937
eBay Product ID (ePID)46923174
Product Key Features
Edition2
Book TitleChristmas Encyclopedia
Number of Pages496 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2005
TopicFolklore & Mythology, Popular Culture, Holidays / Christmas & Advent
FeaturesRevised
IllustratorYes
GenreReligion, Social Science
AuthorWilliam D. Crump
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.3 in
Item Weight36.7 Oz
Item Length10.2 in
Item Width7.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2005-025349
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal394.2663/03
Edition DescriptionRevised edition
SynopsisFrom Charles Dickens to Robert Frost, from Mele Kalikimaka to Messiah, and from Charlie Brown to the Waltons, all our favorite Christmas traditions, modern and vintage, are covered here. This book includes individual carols and songs, Christmas episodes of television series, literary figures, and popular Christmas symbols., Did you know that Iraqi Christians celebrate Christmas Eve with a bonfire of thorns? That farmers in the Netherlands practice Midwinter Horn Blowing throughout the Advent season? That people in Caracas, Venezuela, roller-skate to midnight mass on Christmas Eve? Find these fascinating facts and hundreds more in this new edition of William Crump's acclaimed Christmas Encyclopedia. From Charles Dickens to Robert Frost, from ?Mele Kalikimaka? to Messiah, and from Charlie Brown to the Waltons, all our favorite Christmas traditions'modern and vintage'are covered here. Crump's second edition of this comprehensive reference work adds 120 new entries, bringing the total number of Christmas'related topics to more than 480. Subjects include individual carols and songs, Christmas episodes of television series, literary figures, and popular Christmas symbols, as well as the origins of some of our most celebrated Christmas traditions. Unique to this work is its emphasis on Christmas as depicted in the popular media, with entries covering literary works, motion pictures and television specials expressing holiday themes.
LC Classification NumberGT4985.C74 2005
