Christmas Customs and Traditions Paperback - 2011
by Miles, Clement A
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- Title Christmas Customs and Traditions
- Author Miles, Clement A
- Binding Paperback
- Edition 1st Thus
- Condition Used - Very Good
- Pages 432
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Dover Publications, New York
- Date 2011
- Features Bibliography
- Bookseller's Inventory # G0486233545I4N00
- ISBN 9780486233543 / 0486233545
- Weight 0.95 lbs (0.43 kg)
- Dimensions 8.47 x 5.41 x 0.85 in (21.51 x 13.74 x 2.16 cm)
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Themes
- Holiday: Christmas
- Library of Congress subjects Christmas
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 76009183
- Dewey Decimal Code 394.268
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From the rear cover
Did you know that the custom of Christmas card sending only became widespread in the late 1800s? That Christmas carols were first composed in the fourth century? That certain Christmas customs, many still practiced in the early twentieth century, may have derived from that darkest of religious rites, human sacrifice? That beyond Christmas Day, even beyond the twelve days of Christmas, there is a whole season of traditional celebrations with many interconnections.
Based on extensive research, this book is a comprehensive account of Christmas customs and traditions in both their pagan and Christian aspects. Tracing the pagan survivals in holiday practices associated with not just Christmas but also the entire holiday season from All Saints Day to Epiphany, the author illuminates such practices and manifestations as ceremonial feasting and drinking, carol singing, bull-baiting, divination by young women to discover the identities of their future husbands, men masquerading as women and women masquerading as men, the Knecht Ruprecht and the Tomte Gubbe, the Frauen, the Yule log, the Christmas tree, Christmas decorations and gifts, special Christmas cakes, and much more. There is also substantial coverage of Christmas poetry and song, Christmas in liturgy and popular devotion, Christmas drama, and the pre-Christian winter festivals.
With its insightful writing and wide scholarship, this book is an important contribution to the understanding of the most popular holiday in the Western world. It will appeal to those of all faiths, and will be enjoyed for browsing as well as for serious study.
Unabridged republication of the original (1912) edition, titled Christmas in Ritual and Tradition, Christian and Pagan.
Based on extensive research, this book is a comprehensive account of Christmas customs and traditions in both their pagan and Christian aspects. Tracing the pagan survivals in holiday practices associated with not just Christmas but also the entire holiday season from All Saints Day to Epiphany, the author illuminates such practices and manifestations as ceremonial feasting and drinking, carol singing, bull-baiting, divination by young women to discover the identities of their future husbands, men masquerading as women and women masquerading as men, the Knecht Ruprecht and the Tomte Gubbe, the Frauen, the Yule log, the Christmas tree, Christmas decorations and gifts, special Christmas cakes, and much more. There is also substantial coverage of Christmas poetry and song, Christmas in liturgy and popular devotion, Christmas drama, and the pre-Christian winter festivals.
With its insightful writing and wide scholarship, this book is an important contribution to the understanding of the most popular holiday in the Western world. It will appeal to those of all faiths, and will be enjoyed for browsing as well as for serious study.
Unabridged republication of the original (1912) edition, titled Christmas in Ritual and Tradition, Christian and Pagan.
