Author: Wayland D. HandPublisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 9780822302599
Category : Folklore
Languages : en
Pages : 726
Book Description
Midnight, Christmas Eve
Author: Andy ClappPublisher: Firefly Southern Fiction
ISBN: 9781645262978
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
How far is love willing to go? A promise nearly a decade old--Brady kept it, Sarah broke it. Yet Brady waits. Will Sarah ever embrace his love?
The Animals Speak
Author: Marion Dane BauerPublisher: Beaming Books
ISBN: 1506466885
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Long ago and even today, the story is told of how all the animals in the world, at the stroke of midnight on Christmas Eve, speak. With their newfound power of speech, the animals rejoice at the birth of Jesus, born humbly in a manger and surrounded by animals. Singing in treetops, braying in stables, barking in yards--the animals all rejoice and proclaim, "The Child is come." With rich illustrations and lyrical text, Newbery Honor Award-winner Marion Dane Bauer delights readers of all ages with this fresh telling of a classic Christmas legend.
Popular Beliefs and Superstitions from North Carolina
Author: Wayland D. HandPublisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 9780822302599
Category : Folklore
Languages : en
Pages : 726
Book Description
The Christmas Encyclopedia, 4th ed.
Author: William D. CrumpPublisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476687900
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 632
Book Description
From the manger of Jesus Christ to the 21st century, this encyclopedia explores more than 2,000 years of Christmas past and present through 966 entries packed with a wide variety of historical and pop-culture subjects. Entries detail customs and traditions from around the world as well as classic Christmas movies, TV series/specials and animated cartoons. Arranged alphabetically by entry name, the book includes the historical background of popular sacred and secular songs as well as accounts of beloved literary works with Christmas themes from such noted authors as Charles Dickens, Louisa May Alcott, Hans Christian Andersen, Pearl Buck, Henry Van Dyke and others. All things Christmas are available here in one comprehensive volume.
Creative Worship
Author: Ian PricePublisher: Wood Lake Publishing Inc.
ISBN: 9781551454610
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
Poems, readings, songs, and other ideas to build creative worship services covering the major seasons of the Christian year. Advent, Christmas, Epiphany, Lent, Easter, and Pentecost. There are services for Christmas. A Service of Solace remembers with love and thanksgiving those who have died. Worship together at New Year and journey with Jesus through the last hours of his life with a Passover re-enactment, a Tenebrae service, a Good Friday liturgy focused on Christ's "seven words form the cross", and cry "alleluia" in joy on Easter morning. For Pentecost there is an agape meal for use in homes or at the church, including a celebration of gifts and graces. For each there is a full liturgy.
Bulletin of the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics
Author: Radio
Author: Steve WarrenPublisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 0240806964
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
First Published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Hang All The Mistletoe
Author: John Gary DewberryPublisher: Firebrand Publishing
ISBN: 1941907504
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 494
Book Description
Welcome to North Star Village U.S.A., a picturesque city that has grown out of the Valley, formed by the surrounding Mountains. North Star Village is a 4-Season multicultural place, an example of many cities across America. It is a melting pot of good and bad things, good and bad people living their best lives. As the city motto goes, follow the North Star. Meet N.O. Chance Jr, a lifelong resident of North Star Village, a successful Accountant and Award-winning business Owner of N. O. Chance Financial Agency. N. O. Chance is also known as a mean-spirited man that hates all things Christmas. He is a melting pot of the best and worst qualities of Man and Mankind. When he’s good he’s really good, but his bad side has gotten the better of him. There’s a battle going on in his Soul. The storm is over for now, replaced by the breakup to make up relationship he has with Christmas. N.O. Chance Jr will have to face his problems. But the truth can present itself as a confounding coincidence found in a wispy cloud or a Celestial event, such as a shooting Star. Mr. N.O. Chance Jr will have to see past the first interpretation of the superficial kiss that hang all the mistletoe implies to see the well wishes of friends and family come to fruition. What is the profit for a man to gain the world and lose his own Soul? Find yourself in the people of North Star Village and the Spirit of this Christmas story and the Black Ebenezer that finds he is akin to others through time. A Black man that has lost his way in the world, only to find himself when he, Hangs All The Mistletoe.
Popular Astronomy
Author: William Wallace PaynePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Astronomy
Languages : en
Pages : 800
Book Description
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