Author: Thomas S. Monson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781590387955
Category : Christmas
Languages : en
Pages : 14

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Author: D. Michael MacKinnon
Publisher: Post Hill Press
ISBN: 1682615332
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 177

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Author: Bruce David Forbes
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520933729
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 198

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Written for everyone who loves and is simultaneously driven crazy by the holiday season, Christmas: A Candid History provides an enlightening, entertaining perspective on how the annual Yuletide celebration got to be what it is today. In a fascinating, concise tour through history, the book tells the story of Christmas—from its pre-Christian roots, through the birth of Jesus, to the holiday's spread across Europe into the Americas and beyond, and to its mind-boggling transformation through modern consumerism. Packed with intriguing stories, based on research into myriad sources, full of insights, the book explores the historical origins of traditions including Santa, the reindeer, gift giving, the Christmas tree, Christmas songs and movies, and more. The book also offers some provocative ideas for reclaiming the joy and meaning of this beloved, yet often frustrating, season amid the pressures of our fast-paced consumer culture. DID YOU KNOW For three centuries Christians did not celebrate Christmas? Puritans in England and New England made Christmas observances illegal? St. Nicholas is an elf in the famous poem "The Night Before Christmas"? President Franklin Roosevelt changed the dateof Thanksgiving in order to lengthen the Christmas shopping season? Coca-Cola helped fashion Santa Claus's look in an advertising campaign?

Author: Owen 1860-1938 Wister
Publisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781019418086
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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A heartwarming story of a man's journey to find the true spirit of Christmas in the American West. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author: Editors of Thunder Bay Press
Publisher: Thunder Bay Press
ISBN: 9781645176046
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 120

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Join Jack Skellington, the Pumpkin King, as he discovers a new holiday with this two-in-one activity book featuring word searches and coloring pages. Delight and fright with this two-in-one activity book featuring art from Tim Burton’s 1993 iconic film The Nightmare Before Christmas. Coloring pages and thematic word searches are on every spread. As you color in the scenes of Jack Skellington, Oogie Boogie, and the other residents of Halloweentown, you’ll also have a spooky word search puzzle to solve on the opposite page. Do both at once, or alternate between the word search and coloring—after all, there are no rules to follow in this fantastical world!

Author: Ideals Publications Incorporated
Publisher: Ideals Publications
ISBN: 9780824958688
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 168

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The search for Christmas begins not on the day of the Nativity, but in the prophecies of the Old Testament. In this full-color volume, passages from Genesis and Isaiah tell of the coming of Jesus, the gospels of Luke and Matthew celebrate the birth of Jesus, and verses from the book of Revelation foretell His Second Coming.

Author: Walter Wick
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781415621097
Category : JUVENILE NONFICTION
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Scenes from Clement C. Moore's The Night Before Christmas, inspire twelve gorgeous and fascinating compositions where readers search for dozens of intriguing hidden objects. The first photograph, "The Night Before Christmas," features a gingerbread house, Christmas cookies, candles, bulbs, and more. "Visions of Sugarplums" is an abstract composition of Christmas confections; and "Such a Clatter!" is a dynamic explosion of objects. In "It Must Be Saint Nick," Santa is shown in shadow; and in "A Bundle of Toys," the presents in Santa's sack are revealed as a magnificent jumble. The final photograph, "Happy Christmas to All" is a beautiful, pastoral landscape, lustrous under new-fallen snow. The original poem is printed on the endpapers.

Author: James Richard Highsmith
Publisher: 2 Z Press LLC
ISBN: 9781946908285
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52

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A wonderful children's book about the adventures of three search and rescue dogs from Minnesota, USA who are in search of Christmas. The three dogs have plenty of adventure as they travel the globe and meet friends along the way that love them like their own. Join the fun with Leo, Tadd, and Oliver as they find the true meaning of Christmas.

Author: Jonny Leighton
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781646974993
Category : Elves
Languages : en
Pages : 44

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Santa must launch a worldwide search to find his pesky elves and save Christmas before it's too late. Help Santa find the ten elves, and himself, on each of the fun, action-packed pages. Each page is filled with fun illustrations, hard-to-find elves, Santa Claus himself, and extra bonus items.

Author: Owen Wister
Publisher: Musson Book Company
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 114

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A cowboy comes to town at Christmastime, comes across the child of a woman he once knew and takes him in.