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Christmas.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Very Peculiar History, 25Publication details: Luton : Andrews UK, 2012.Description: 1 online resource (188 pages)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781908759030
  • 1908759038
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Christmas.DDC classification:
  • 394.2663
LOC classification:
  • GT4985
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Cover; Contents; Front Matter; Title Page; Publisher Information; Quotes; Putting Christmas on the Map; Christmas; Introduction; Chapter One; Chapter Two; Chapter Three; Chapter Four; Chapter Five; Chapter Six; Chapter Seven; Chapter Eight; Chapter Nine; Glossary
Summary: Just when you thought it was safe to take a sneak peek into your stocking, it's 'Christmas: A Very Peculiar History'. Taking an unbiased view of the myth and mystery surrounding the origins of the yuletide season, this book introduces mindbending facts about the holiday season and shatters the myths surrounding some of Christmas' most treasured and well-known facets: When exactly was Jesus born? Why is Santa's outfit red and white? Where do we get Christmas trees from? What's the snow in a s ...
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)434892

Just when you thought it was safe to take a sneak peek into your stocking, it's 'Christmas: A Very Peculiar History'. Taking an unbiased view of the myth and mystery surrounding the origins of the yuletide season, this book introduces mindbending facts about the holiday season and shatters the myths surrounding some of Christmas' most treasured and well-known facets: When exactly was Jesus born? Why is Santa's outfit red and white? Where do we get Christmas trees from? What's the snow in a s ...

Print version record.

Cover; Contents; Front Matter; Title Page; Publisher Information; Quotes; Putting Christmas on the Map; Christmas; Introduction; Chapter One; Chapter Two; Chapter Three; Chapter Four; Chapter Five; Chapter Six; Chapter Seven; Chapter Eight; Chapter Nine; Glossary