Christmas : tradition, truth and total baubles
Page, Nick, 1961-2020
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Why is Christmas the way it is? How did we get from the birth of Jesus to everyone pushing their credit card and their belts to their maximum extent? Starting with the events surrounding Jesus' birth, this book takes us through centuries of commemoration, celebration and over-consumption. Along the way we'll find out why we eat turkey, how an obscure Turkish saint turned into a man flying a sleigh, and why that tree in your house should really contain an apple and a snake.
Main title:
Christmas : tradition, truth and total baubles / Nick Page.
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Imprint:
London : Hodder & Stoughton, 2020.London : Hodder & Stoughton, 2020.
Collation:
192 pages ; 21 cm
ISBN:
9781529334081 (hbk)
Dewey class:
394.2663
Language:
English
BRN:
2372890