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Stories Behind the Great Traditions of Christmas - eBookZondervan / 2010 / ePub
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Have questions about eBooks? Check out our eBook FAQs. Product DescriptionChristmas trees, presents, nativity scenes, wreaths, holly and ivy - these symbols infuse our holiday season with warmth and meaning. But do you know the origins of our favorite Yuletide traditions? Weaving faith with history, Collins's fascinating stories of the inspiration behind beloved Christmas customs will enrich your holiday celebrations for years to come. 195 pages, hardcover from Zondervan.
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Related ProductsPublisher's DescriptionAuthor Bio Ace Collins is the writer of more than sixty books, including several bestsellers: Stories behind the Best-Loved Songs of Christmas, Stories behind the Great Traditions of Christmas, The Cathedrals, and Lassie: A Dog's Life. Based in Arkadelphia, Arkansas, He continues to publish several new titles each year, including a series of novels, the first of which is Farraday Road. Ace has appeared on scores of television shows, including CBS This Morning, NBC Nightly News, CNN, Good Morning America, MSNBC, and Entertainment Tonight.
Publisher's WeeklyCollins serves up some little-known holiday history in this interesting book
that teems with Christmas facts and legends, arranged alphabetically by topic.
Readers will be fascinated to learn, for example, that the holiday shopping
season used to be only a couple of weeks long, but was extended during WWII so
families could get care packages off to soldiers in a timely fashion. Or that
St. Francis of Assisi was one of the first people to use a live nativity scene
to teach others about Christ's birth. Collins tackles customs such as
Christmas gifts and cards, and the popularity of cultural events like the
Nutcracker and the Messiah (which, intriguingly, fell entirely out of fashion
in the decades after Handel's death). There are chapters on the history of
holly, mistletoe, Christmas trees, candy canes, poinsettias, yule logs,
stockings and-of course - Santa Claus. (Oct.) Copyright 2003 Reed Business
Information.
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