Christmas Miscellany: Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Christmas
- ISBN-10
- 1602397570
- ISBN-13
- 9781602397576
- Series
- Christmas Miscellany
- Category
- Cooking
- Pages
- 172
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2009-11
- Publisher
- Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
- Author
- Jonathan Green
Description
Reveals the origins of many Christmas traditions from why people go caroling to the practice of sending greeting cards, in a nostalgic tribute that includes coverage of historical and religious customs.
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- 2017-11-07
- 184 pages
- Paperback
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- 2017-10-03
- 184 pages
- Paperback
- Simon and Schuster
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- 2009-11-01
- 184 pages
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