Books written by Gerry Bowler
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The World Encyclopedia of Christmas
A recent addition to these charitable effortsisthe gatheringof rock music performers tomake Christmas albums, atrend started by Band Aid's“Do They Know It's Christmas?” in 1984. A Charlie Brown ...
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Christmas in the Crosshairs: Two Thousand Years of Denouncing and Defending the World's Most Celebrated Holiday
... “And the Ebby Goes To ... ." December 20, 2006, Breakpoint, http://www.breakpoint.org/tp-home/blogarchives/recent-point-posts/entry/4/6517. Helen Pow, "Atheist Group Attacks Elementary School over Field Trip to See 'A Charlie Brown ...
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Santa Claus: A Biography
She's small and plump, her eyes are brown and bright, And in a cave she lives that's full of toys, Where, with her servant-elves, from morn till night She's busy working for the girls and boys. Yes, quite three hundred days out of the ...
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Christmas in the Crosshairs: Two Thousand Years of Denouncing and Defending the World's Most Celebrated Holiday
Gerry Bowler tells the fascinating story of the tug-of-war over Christmas, replete with cross-dressing priests, ranting Puritans, atheist witches, the League of the Militant Godless, aesthetic terrorists in Quebec and rap-singing Santa ...
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Santa Claus: A Biography
Is the same true of the Santa Claus we sing about ? ... the American Society of Composers , Authors and Publishers ( ASCAP ) announced the society's twenty - five most ... “ Sleigh Ride ” ( Leroy Anderson , Mitchell Parish ) 13.
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The World Encyclopedia of Christmas
From the Abbot of Misrule (in medieval Scotland) to Zwarte Piet (in modern Holland), this is a truly comprehensive look at Christmas and all of its customs around the world....
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Christmas in the Crosshairs: Two Thousand Years of Denouncing and Defending the World's Most Celebrated Holiday
Christmas in the Crosshairs tells the story of the tug-of-war over Christmas, replete with cross-dressing priests, ranting Puritans, and atheist witches.