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Christmas : from Solstice to Santa  Cover Image Book Book

Christmas : from Solstice to Santa / Nikki Tate & Dani Tate-Stratton.

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"Christmas is a popular holiday celebrated by people all over the world. This informative and engaging exploration of Christmas is aimed at the middle grades but will entertain readers of a much wider age range. Learn about the games played, foods eaten, music played and favorite ways of decorating in different parts of the world. With lots of fun facts (about everything from frumenty to the jolly old man in red himself) and recipes, there's plenty in this beautifully illustrated volume to satisfy anyone with an interest in the festive season."-- Amazon.ca

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  • ISBN: 9781459813557
  • ISBN: 1459813553
  • Physical Description: 79 pages : colour illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: Victoria, British Columbia : Orca Book Publishers, 2018.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subject: Christmas > Juvenile literature.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Decoda Literacy Library. (Show)

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Introduction 7(2)
Chapter One Season of Darkness, Season of Light
Early Midwinter Celebrations
9(2)
Time to Feast
11(1)
Yule Logs and the Yule Goat
11(2)
Ancient Rome
13(1)
Ancient Greece
13(1)
Flying Chariots
14(1)
Early Christianity
15(1)
The Story of the Nativity
15(5)
The Spread of Christianity
20(1)
The Puritans
21(1)
Christmas Carols
22(2)
Saint Nicholas
24(1)
Christmas Bounces Back
Chapter Two The Beginnings of Modern Christmas
25(19)
Saint Nicholas, Meet Santa Claus!
31(3)
Rich and Poor
34(1)
Modern Christmas Music
35(3)
Christmas Trees
38(5)
Gift Giving
43(1)
Let's Shop! (or Not)
Chapter Three Celebrations around the World
44(26)
Light
49(2)
Feasting
51(5)
Gifts (or Who Brought Those Presents Anyway?
56(6)
Fun and Games
62(6)
A final word from the authors
68(2)
Glossary 70(2)
Resources 72(2)
Index 74(5)
Acknowledgments 79


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