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The Christmas Encyclopedia
William D. Crump
出版
McFarland & Company
, 2006
主題
Reference / Encyclopedias
Religion / Holidays / Christmas & Advent
Social Science / Customs & Traditions
Social Science / Folklore & Mythology
Social Science / Popular Culture
ISBN
0786422939
9780786422937
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=WxngAAAAMAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋
Did you know that Iraqi Christians celebrate Christmas Eve with a bonfire of thorns? That farmers in the Netherlands practice Midwinter Horn Blowing throughout the Advent season? That people in Caracas, Venezuela, roller-skate to midnight mass on Christmas Eve? Find these fascinating facts and hundreds more in this new edition of William Crump's acclaimed Christmas Encyclopedia. From Charles Dickens to Robert Frost, from Mele Kalikimaka to Messiah, and from Charlie Brown to the Waltons, all our favorite Christmas traditions--modern and vintage--are covered here.
Crump's second edition of this comprehensive reference work adds 120 new entries, bringing the total number of Christmas-related topics to more than 480. Subjects include individual carols and songs, Christmas episodes of television series, literary figures, and popular Christmas symbols, as well as the origins of some of our most celebrated Christmas traditions. Unique to this work is its emphasis on Christmas as depicted in the popular media, with entries covering literary works, motion pictures and television specials expressing holiday themes.
