Merry Christmas! Celebrating America's Greatest Holiday

Name: Merry Christmas! Celebrating America's Greatest Holiday
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ISBN: 9780674006799

ISBN-10: 0674006798

ISBN-13: 9780674006799

Edition: 2000

Authors: Karal Ann Marling

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It wouldn't be Christmas without the "things." How they came to mean so much, and to play such a prominent role in America's central holiday, is the tale told in this delightful and edifying book. In a style characteristically engaging and erudite, Karal Ann Marling, one of our most trenchant observers of American culture, describes the outsize spectacle that Christmas has become, showing us the provenance and significance of each of its essential parts: the decorated trees and holiday lights, the cards and gifts and wrapping papers, the toy villages and store displays and Macy's holiday parade, Bing Crosby and Santa Claus. Viewing Christmas through the media of mass culture--engravings…

Book details

List price: $33.00
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 12/20/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 464
Size: 6.37" wide x 9.25" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.738
Language: English

Karal Ann Marling is Professor of Art History at the University of Minnesota.



Preface



Wrapping Paper Unwrapped: Holly Boxes, Tissue Paper, and Bows



The Christmas Business: Greenery, Lights, Ornaments, Toy Villages



Window Shopping: Department Store Displays, Santalands, and Macy's Big Parade



Olde Christmas: Dickens, Irving, and Christmas Charity



O Tannenbaum: Indoor and Outdoor Christmas Tree Spectacles



Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town: Store Santas, Kettle Santas, Coca-Cola Santas



Somebody Else's Christmas: Hot Christmas, Black Christmas, Faraway Christmas



Thinking of You at Christmas: Cards or Gifts?



Dreaming of a White Christmas: How Bing Crosby and the Grinch Almost Stole Christmas


Postscript: A Meditation on Christmas Cookies


Notes


Acknowledgments


Index