Christmas Customs and Traditions, Their History and Significance

Christmas Customs and Traditions, Their History and Significance
Author: Clement A. Miles
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 434
Release: 1976-01-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0486233545


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Reprints the 1912 study of the origins, evolution, and meaning of Christmas rituals and practices of many nations, including caroling, Christmas drama, the manger, the Christmas tree, the Yule log, and the twelve days.


A Visit from St. Nicholas
Language: en
Pages: 20
Authors: Clement Clarke Moore
Categories: Children's poetry, American
Type: BOOK - Published: 1921 - Publisher: Boston : Atlantic monthly Press

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A poem about the visit that Santa Claus pays to the children of the world during the night before every Christmas.
Hero
Language: en
Pages: 434
Authors: Perry Moore
Categories: Family secrets
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008 - Publisher: Random House

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Thom Creed, the gay son of a disowned superhero, finds that he, too, has special powers and is asked to join the very League that rejected his father, and it is
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Pages: 36
Authors: Charlotte Zolotow
Categories: Juvenile Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2001-09 - Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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Although his elegant neighbors do not appreciate his efforts, a kind old man transforms his rundown house and nurtures a small neglected pine tree, making them
The Christmas Pickle Tradition
Language: en
Pages: 0
Authors: Tammy Lee Dwyer
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The holiday tradition of hanging a pickle ornament on ones Christmas Tree has been celebrated in homes across the world for over 100 years. Legend says that the
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Language: en
Pages: 1090
Authors: Hugh Chisholm
Categories: Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Type: BOOK - Published: 1910 - Publisher:

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