Author : Peter Marshall
Publisher :
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 34,63 MB
Release : 1953
Category : Christmas
ISBN :
A brief sermon by the late Washington minister, making an appeal for the observance of Christmas in its ancient tradition.
Author : Peter Marshall
Publisher :
Page : 29 pages
File Size : 19,2 MB
Release : 194?
Category : Christmas
ISBN :
Author : Peter Marshall
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 28,57 MB
Release : 1953
Category : Christmas
ISBN :
Author : Bruce David Forbes
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 14,16 MB
Release : 2007-10-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0520933729
Written for everyone who loves and is simultaneously driven crazy by the holiday season, Christmas: A Candid History provides an enlightening, entertaining perspective on how the annual Yuletide celebration got to be what it is today. In a fascinating, concise tour through history, the book tells the story of Christmas—from its pre-Christian roots, through the birth of Jesus, to the holiday's spread across Europe into the Americas and beyond, and to its mind-boggling transformation through modern consumerism. Packed with intriguing stories, based on research into myriad sources, full of insights, the book explores the historical origins of traditions including Santa, the reindeer, gift giving, the Christmas tree, Christmas songs and movies, and more. The book also offers some provocative ideas for reclaiming the joy and meaning of this beloved, yet often frustrating, season amid the pressures of our fast-paced consumer culture. DID YOU KNOW For three centuries Christians did not celebrate Christmas? Puritans in England and New England made Christmas observances illegal? St. Nicholas is an elf in the famous poem "The Night Before Christmas"? President Franklin Roosevelt changed the dateof Thanksgiving in order to lengthen the Christmas shopping season? Coca-Cola helped fashion Santa Claus's look in an advertising campaign?
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Page : 4 pages
File Size : 24,82 MB
Release : 1982
Category :
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Author : T.D. Jakes
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 46,87 MB
Release : 2013-01-29
Category : Art
ISBN : 1416547339
Shares uplifting advice about the virtues of forgiveness, offering strategic and biblically based advice on how to achieve peace and personal fulfillment by letting go of past wrongs.
Author : C. Elta Van Norman
Publisher :
Page : 22 pages
File Size : 47,55 MB
Release : 1960
Category : Christmas
ISBN :
Author : Truman Capote
Publisher : Knopf Books for Young Readers
Page : 49 pages
File Size : 17,77 MB
Release : 2014-10-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0385392761
A reminiscence of a Christmas shared by a seven-year-old boy and a sixtyish childlike woman, with enormous love and friendship between them.
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Page : 1592 pages
File Size : 27,17 MB
Release : 1927
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Author : David Shannon
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 38 pages
File Size : 27,17 MB
Release : 2016-09-27
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 133813776X
The bestselling star of No, David! turns Christmas traditions upside down with laugh-aloud humor. Readers of all ages will vividly remember trying to peek at hidden gift packages; writing scrolls of wish lists to Santa; and struggling to behave at formal Christmas dinner parties. Always in the background, we know Santa Claus is watching, soon to decide if David deserves a shiny new fire truck or a lump of coal under the tree. From playing with delicate ornaments to standing in an endlessly long line for Santa, here are common Christmas activities--but with David's naughty trimmings. A surefire hit that is destined to be an annual classic.
