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Cargando... 4000 Years of Christmas: A Gift from the Agespor Earl W. Count, Alice Lawson Count
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. this read like a very boring essay ( ) A bit of this was new to me, having read may other books on the "history" of Christmas. No major disagreements with most of the other books. A very light read, taking me only a couple of hours. On the second reading, what I feel is missing is tieing the facts of each chapter to the literature. There is a bibliography, but no work is cited in the text. A slim little volume which discusses briefly (and somewhat selectively) the history of Christmas traditions including Santa Claus/Saint Nicholas/Father Christmas, gift-giving, Christmas trees, and candles/light. Not particularly rigorous and the author's biases are plain, but a pleasant read which serves fairly nicely to introduce one to or remind one of the traditions behind some of our traditions. Lovely reproduced illustrations in red and white, too. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
This modern holiday classic carries the reader around the globe and through the millennia. Beginning 2,000 years before Christ, it explains traditions like exchanging gifts for 12 days (it started in Babylon), decking the halls (part of the Roman Saturnalia festival), and believing in Saint Nick. "A wonderful way to express the meaning of Christmas to a child." - New York Daily News No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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Google Books — Cargando... GénerosSistema Decimal Melvil (DDC)394.2663Social sciences Customs, Etiquette, Folklore General Customs Special Occasions Holidays Christian holidays ChristmasClasificación de la Biblioteca del CongresoValoraciónPromedio:
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