Christmas : a biography
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New York : Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press, 2017.
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Published
New York : Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press, 2017.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
vii, 245 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Description
"Nearly everything you know about Christmas is wrong. Do you think the proclaimed war on Christmas is a recent occurrence? Do you think Santa is Dutch, or that his red suit was brought to you courtesy of Coca-Cola? Or are you merely dreaming of a Christmas like the one you used to know? You aren't alone: thirty years after the first recorded Christmas, a fourth-century archbishop was already complaining that his flock was spending the day dancing and feasting, not in religious observance. By 1616, the playwright Ben Jonson was nostalgically reminiscing about the vastly better Christmases in the old days. Some traditions of Christmas are relatively new--who would have thought gift-wrap was a novelty of the twentieth century? That the first holiday parade was neither at Macy's, nor even in the United States? Other elements, however, have been around for a surprisingly long time. The first known gag holiday giftbook, The Boghouse Miscellany, was advertised in the 1760s, while in 1805, the leaders of the Lewis and Clark expedition exchanged--what else?--presents of underwear and socks. Christmas is different things to different people: a religious festival for some, a family celebration for others, or perhaps simply a time of seasonal eating and drinking. In Christmas: A Biography, acclaimed historian Judith Flanders casts a sharp eye over the myths, legends, and history that make up the holiday to show us the season as it really is, but rarely how it is understood."--Dust jacket flap.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Flanders, J. (2017). Christmas: a biography (First U.S. edition.). Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Flanders, Judith. 2017. Christmas: A Biography. Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Flanders, Judith. Christmas: A Biography Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press, 2017.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Flanders, Judith. Christmas: A Biography First U.S. edition., Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press, 2017.
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