The Book of Christmas: Everything We Once Knew and Loved about Christmastime

by Jane Struthers

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Did you know that, long before turkey arrived on our shores, it was traditional to serve a roasted wild boar's head at Christmas? Or that our Christmases were once so cold that Frost Fairs were held on the River Thames?

Christmas Day was first celebrated on 25 December in the fourth century CE. But when should our Christmas decorations come down - Twelfth Day, Twelfth Night ... or Candlemas? And why?

Packed with fascinating facts about ancient religious customs and traditional feasts, instructions for Victorian parlour games and the stories behind our favourite carols, The Book of Christmas is a captivating volume about our Christmas past.

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0091947294

ISBN13:9780091947293

Release Date:October 2012

Publisher:Ebury Press

Length:288 Pages

Weight:0.85 lbs.

Dimensions:1.0" x 5.4" x 7.9"

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Reference Religion Religion & Spirituality Social Science Social Sciences

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