KEEPING CHRISTMAS WELL

Artemesia D'ECCA

Description

All you need to know about the Season of Christmas - an entertaining Question-and-Answer Guide with over 700 illustrations: The forgotten Seasons of Christmas - the 40 days, the 20 days, the 12 (or is it 13?) days; Christmas and War; Christmas and the Movies; Christmas and the Industrial Revolution - the force that almost killed it; Christmas and Religion - when and where was it made illegal to celebrate Christmas?; Christmas food - Brawn, Boar's head, Plum pudding, etc., and Christmas drink - from Wassail to the Tom and Jerry.

Sujets

• Histoire
• Christmas

Informations

• Publié par: Phaeton Publishing Ltd.
• Date de parution: 30 novembre 2012
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781908420015
• Langue: English

Extrait

Keeping Christmas Well

First published in Ireland & U.K. 2012 by Phaeton Publishing Limited, Dublin Copyright © Artemesia D’Ecca, 2012 Artemesia D’Ecca has asserted her right to be identified as the author of this work. Covers & book/ebook design copyright © O’Dwyer & Jones Design Partnership, 2012 ISBN: 978-1-908420-01-5 this ePub eBook a Fully-Illustrated ePub containing
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Linked Contents


PART I
S OME M AKERS & M ILESTONES OF C HRISTMAS — A PERSONAL SELECTION —
Sect.
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Charles Dickens & Washington Irving
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ii .
Robert Seymour
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iii .
Pagan Rome & its Empire
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iv .
Saint Nicholas
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Saint Francis of Assisi
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vi .
Martin Luther
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vii .
Marchmont Nedham, England, 1600s
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Edmund Andros, New England, 1600s
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Henry Livingston Jr., Clement C. Moore, & Don Foster
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The Children’s Friend , 1821
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xi .
Prince Albert & Mr Mike Carr
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xii .
Thomas Nast
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Ulysses S. Grant
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Valentine Davies
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xv .
Col. Harry Shoup, USAF
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xvi .
The Year 1958
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Unknown author of Dán d’Oidhche Nodlag
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PART I I
A Q UESTION - & -A NSWER G UIDE TO THE S EASON OF C HRISTMAS
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The Merry Christmas —Where It Came From
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2.
Christmas Calendar: The 40 Days of Christmas
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3.
Interlude: The Tom & Jerry
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4.
Christmas Calendar: The 12 Days of Christmas
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5.
Interlude: Scrooge Movies
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6.
Christmas Calendar: The 20 Days of Christmas
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7.
Interlude: Christmas Movies
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8.
The Vigils of Christmas —day begins at night
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9.
The Banning of Christmas in Geneva, England, Scotland, & the U.S.
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10.
Interlude: More Christmas Movies
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1 1.
The Resurgent Christmas of the English-speaking World
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1 2.
The Street Carnival —Mumming, Wassail, & Waits
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1 3.
Other Days & Seasons around Christmas
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14.
Afters: Notes on 4 Christmas foods
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Christmas Cookies
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A Visit from St Nicholas, 1823
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Sources & bibliography
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Some Reviews


‘A good guide to the festive season, raising a few laughs and managing to evoke some old-fashioned nostalgia for a time of year swamped by commercialism.