Author : Thomas Kibble Hervey
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 482 pages
File Size : 17,42 MB
Release : 2024-04-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 3368877429
Reprint of the original, first published in 1845.
Author : Thmoas Kibble Hervey
Publisher :
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 45,89 MB
Release : 1852
Category :
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Author : Thomas Kibble Hervey
Publisher :
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 10,87 MB
Release : 1837
Category : Christmas
ISBN :
Author : Nathaniel Parry
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 38,60 MB
Release : 2022-10-31
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1476647089
In some respects, the contrasts of Christmas are what make it the most delightful time of the year. It is a time of generosity, kindness and peace on earth, with broad permission to indulge in food, drink and gifts. On the other hand, Christmas has become a battleground for raging culture wars, marred by debates about how it should be celebrated and acknowledged as a uniquely Christian holiday. This text argues that much of the animosity is based on a fundamental misunderstanding of the holiday's core character. By tracing Christmas's origins as a pagan celebration of the winter solstice and its development in Europe's Christianization, this history explains that the true "reason for the season" has as much to do with the earth's movement around the sun as with the birth of Christ. Chapters chronicle how Christmas's magic and misrule link to the nativity, and why the carnival side of the holiday appears so separated from traditional Christian beliefs.
Author : May Alden Ward
Publisher :
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 38,73 MB
Release : 1891
Category : Authors, Italian
ISBN :
Author : Charles Dickens
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 18,30 MB
Release : 2003-10-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0141934735
Penguin Classics e-books give you the best possible editions of Charles Dickens's novels, including all the original illustrations, useful and informative introductions, the definitive, accurate text as it was meant to be published, a chronology of Dickens's life and notes that fill in the background to the book. Dickens's story of solitary miser Ebenezer Scrooge, who is taught the true meaning of Christmas by a series of ghostly visitors, has proved one of his most well-loved works. Ever since it was published in 1843 it has had an enduring influence on the way we think about the traditions of Christmas. Dickens's other Christmas writings collected here include 'The Story of the Goblins who Stole a Sexton', the short story from The Pickwick Papers on which A Christmas Carol was based; The Haunted Man, a tale of a man tormented by painful memories; along with shorter pieces, some drawn from the 'Christmas Stories' that Dickens wrote annually for his weekly journals. In all of them Dickens celebrates the season as one of geniality, charity and remembrance.
Author : Nick Page
Publisher : Hodder & Stoughton
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 29,32 MB
Release : 2020-10-29
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1529334098
Why is Christmas the way it is? How did we get from the birth of Jesus to everyone pushing their credit card and their belts to their maximum extent? Starting with the events surrounding Jesus' birth, this book takes us through centuries of commemoration, celebration and over-consumption. Along the way we'll find out why we eat turkey, how an obscure Turkish saint turned into a man flying a sleigh, and why that tree in your house should really contain an apple and a snake. Combining in-depth historical research, cheerfully irreverent humour and cutting-edge guesswork, Nick Page explores what this festival really means, and how we can get back to something real and true beneath all that wrapping.
Author : Chris Marchand
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 46,47 MB
Release : 2019-10-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1532655355
The song "The 12 Days of Christmas" is a mainstay of the holiday season, but the practice of celebrating Christmas as a twelve-day festival fell out of fashion long ago in most cultures. In Celebrating the 12 Days of Christmas, author Chris Marchand explores the history behind the season and individual feast days from December 25 to January 6, and then offers suggestions for how you can celebrate it with your family, church, or community. Along with this, he provides answers to many of the nagging questions surrounding the holiday, such as the history behind the twelve-days song, why December 25 was chosen as the date, and what to do about its supposedly pagan origins. The challenge before us is to first help people see Christmas as a holiday that begins, rather than ends, on December 25, and then to together figure out how to reinvent Christmas in the present by learning how it was celebrated in the past.
Author : Adam Gopnik
Publisher : House of Anansi
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 27,49 MB
Release : 2011-08-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1770890459
The 2011 CBC Massey Lectures celebrates fifty years with bestselling author, essayist, cultural observer, and famed New Yorker contributor Adam Gopnik, whose subject is winter -- the season, the space, the cycle. Gopnik takes us on an intimate tour of the artists, poets, composers, writers, explorers, scientists, and thinkers, who helped shape a new and modern idea of winter. Here we learn how a poem by William Cowper heralds the arrival of the middle class; how snow science leads to existential questions of God and our place in the world; how the race to the poles marks the human drive to imprint meaning on a blank space. Gopnik’s kaleidoscopic work ends in the present day, when he traverses the underground city in Montreal, pondering the future of Northern culture. A stunningly beautiful meditation buoyed by Gopnik’s trademark gentle wit, Winter is at once an enchanting homage to an idea of a season and a captivating journey through the modern imagination. This deluxe 50th anniversary edition includes full-colour images printed on two 8-page inserts.
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Publisher :
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 45,48 MB
Release : 1904
Category : Bibliography
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