Christmas in New England A Treasury of Traditions, from the Yule Log and the Christmas Tree to Flying Santa and the Enchanted Village

Name: Christmas in New England A Treasury of Traditions, from the Yule Log and the Christmas Tree to Flying Santa and the Enchanted Village
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ISBN: 9781889833989

ISBN-10: 1889833983

ISBN-13: 9781889833989

Edition: 2006

Authors: Amy Whorf McGuiggan

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Christmas, as we celebrate it today, is a relatively recent invention. Our Puritan forefathers would not have thought of reveling in the birth of Christ-and frowned, or worse, on those who did. It was only in the nineteenth century, as the United States emerged as a nation, that so many of the traditions we take for granted as "Christmas" established themselves. So many originated in New England that, from sea to sea, American Christmas observances seem to smell of pine and fir, and even some in the South think of snow and sleighs when December 25 comes around. Christmas, writes McGuiggan, "is a cozy living room with a blazing fire, a piping mug of cider or hot chocolate and a plate of…

Book details

List price: $19.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Applewood Books
Publication date: 9/8/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 168
Size: 7.10" wide x 9.92" long x 0.49" tall
Weight: 0.066
Language: English