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Author : Hugh Chisholm
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1016 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1911
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
ISBN : UOM:39015015204509
Author : Penne L. Restad
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1996-12-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780199923588
The manger or Macy's? Americans might well wonder which is the real shrine of Christmas, as they take part each year in a mix of churchgoing, shopping, and family togetherness. But the history of Christmas cannot be summed up so easily as the commercialization of a sacred day. As Penne Restad reveals in this marvelous new book, it has always been an ambiguous meld of sacred thoughts and worldly actions-- as well as a fascinating reflection of our changing society. In Christmas in America, Restad brilliantly captures the rise and transformation of our most universal national holiday. In colonial times, it was celebrated either as an utterly solemn or a wildly social event--if it was celebrated at all. Virginians hunted, danced, and feasted. City dwellers flooded the streets in raucous demonstrations. Puritan New Englanders denounced the whole affair. Restad shows that as times changed, Christmas changed--and grew in popularity. In the early 1800s, New York served as an epicenter of the newly emerging holiday, drawing on its roots as a Dutch colony (St. Nicholas was particularly popular in the Netherlands, even after the Reformation), and aided by such men as Washington Irving. In 1822, another New Yorker named Clement Clarke Moore penned a poem now known as "'Twas the Night Before Christmas," virtually inventing the modern Santa Claus. Well-to-do townspeople displayed a German novelty, the decorated fir tree, in their parlors; an enterprising printer discovered the money to be made from Christmas cards; and a hodgepodge of year-end celebrations began to coalesce around December 25 and the figure of Santa. The homecoming significance of the holiday increased with the Civil War, and by the end of the nineteenth century a full- fledged national holiday had materialized, forged out of borrowed and invented custom alike, and driven by a passion for gift-giving. In the twentieth century, Christmas seeped into every niche of our conscious and unconscious lives to become a festival of epic proportions. Indeed, Restad carries the story through to our own time, unwrapping the messages hidden inside countless movies, books, and television shows, revealing the inescapable presence--and ambiguous meaning--of Christmas in contemporary culture. Filled with colorful detail and shining insight, Christmas in America reveals not only much about the emergence of the holiday, but also what our celebrations tell us about ourselves. From drunken revelry along colonial curbstones to family rituals around the tree, from Thomas Nast drawing the semiofficial portrait of St. Nick to the making of the film Home Alone, Restad's sparkling account offers much to amuse and ponder.
Author : Charles Dickens
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 141 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1964
Category : Christmas stories
ISBN : 9780557892907
Author : Clement Clarke Moore
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1848
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : BL:A0026823550
"T'was the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring-not even a mouse." This timeless poem is so well known to children and so often recited by adults it is virtually a part of our common heritage. Written on Christmas Eve in 1822-in a horse-drawn sleigh with jingling bells according to legend-it evokes the excitement and good cheer of Christmas Eve like no other work of American literature. Paired with Thomas Nast's drawings of St. Nicholas, from which we derive the classic image of Santa Claus, this lovely edition may well become the quintessential American Christmas book for children of all ages.
Author : Dianne Bates
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 31 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Christmas
ISBN : 0732902142
Looks at the origins of Christmas and traditions of celebrating Christmas. Part of a Christmas collection of six children's books by Bates, available only as a set.
Author : Dylan Thomas
Publisher : New Directions Publishing
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Christmas
ISBN : 0811213099
A Welsh poet recalls the celebration of Christmas in Wales and the feelings it evoked in him as a child.
Author : Charles Dickens
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2023-03-27
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1761531468
Author : C. Mice
Publisher : ComputerMice
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2022-08-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
The Month of Christmas is a magical time of year. Learn how it began in the human world and in the enchanted fairyland of the North Pole. Its not just about Santa and the elves. There are others who both help and hinder Santa on his mission of giving to all those who are kind and generous. See what Santa and the elves really think Christmas is all about. Explore online activities to decorate an elf house, pack Elf Scout cookies, and design toys.
Author : Rev. Adam Hamilton
Publisher : Abingdon Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2020-09-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781791005559
Be Transformed this Advent Season! His parents gave him the name Jesus. But the prophets, the shepherds, the wise men, and the angels addressed him by other names. They called him Lord, Messiah, Savior, Emmanuel, Light of the World, and Word Made Flesh. In Incarnation: Rediscovering the Significance of Christmas, best-selling author Adam Hamilton examines the names of Christ used by the gospel writers, exploring the historical and personal significance of his birth. This Advent season church families will come together to remember what’s important. In the face of uncertainty and conflict, Christians reclaim the Christ Child who brings us together, heals our hearts, and calls us to bring light into the darkness. Now more than ever, we invite you to reflect upon the significance of the Christ-child for our lives and world today! Incarnation is a standalone book, but works beautifully as a four-week Bible study experience perfect for all age groups during the Advent season. Additional components include a comprehensive Leader Guide, a DVD with short teaching videos featuring Adam Hamilton, as well as resources for children and youth.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2018-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0971140413
Following the familiar rhyme and verse of Clement Moore's famous poem, this poem shares biblical truths to carry us from the first Christmas to the Second Coming.
Author : Bernd Brunner
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 109 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2012-11-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780300186529
Explores the roots of the Christmas tree tradition, tracing customs from the Middle Ages to the present day to reveal how it first became part of mainstream American culture and has since become popular worldwide.
Author : Sarah Archer
Publisher : The Countryman Press
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2016-10-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9781581575385
A celebration of Christmas in the 1950s and '60s Midcentury America was a wonderland of department stores, suburban cul-de-sacs, and Tupperware parties. Every kid on the block had to have the latest cool toy, be it an Easy Bake Oven for pretend baking, a rocket ship for pretend space travel, or a Slinky, just because. At Christmastime, postwar America's dreams and desires were on full display, from shopping mall Santas to shiny aluminum Christmas trees, from the Grinch to Charlie Brown's beloved spindly Christmas tree. Now design maven Sarah Archer tells the story of how Christmastime in America rocketed from the Victorian period into Space Age, thanks to the new technologies and unprecedented prosperity that shaped the era. The book will feature iconic favorites of that time, including: • A visual feast of Christmastime eats and recipes, from magazines and food and appliance makers • Christmas cards from artists and designers of the era, featuring Henry Dreyfuss, Charles & Ray Eames, and Alexander Girard • Vintage how-to templates and instructions for holiday decor from Good Housekeeping and the 1960's craft craze • Advice from Popular Mechanics on how to glamorize your holiday dining table • Decorating advice for your new Aluminum Christmas Tree from ALCOA (the Aluminum Company of America) • The first American-made glass ornaments from Corning Glassworks Midcentury Christmas is sure to be on everyone’s most-wanted lists.
Author : Jennifer Fisher
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2008-10-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780300133431
The Nutcracker is the most popular ballet in the world, adopted and adapted by hundreds of communities across the United States and Canada every Christmas season. In this entertainingly informative book, Jennifer Fisher offers new insights into the Nutcracker phenomenon, examining it as a dance scholar and critic, a former participant, an observer of popular culture, and an interviewer of those who dance, present, and watch the beloved ballet. Fisher traces The Nutcracker’s history from its St. Petersburg premiere in 1892 through its emigration to North America in the mid-twentieth century to the many productions of recent years. She notes that after it was choreographed by another Russian immigrant to the New World, George Balanchine, the ballet began to thrive and variegate: Hawaiians added hula, Canadians added hockey, Mark Morris set it in the swinging sixties, and Donald Byrd placed it in Harlem. The dance world underestimates The Nutcracker at its peril, Fisher suggests, because the ballet is one of its most powerfully resonant traditions. After starting life as a Russian ballet based on a German tale about a little girl’s imagination, The Nutcracker has become a way for Americans to tell a story about their communal values and themselves.
Author : Earl W. Count,Alice Lawson Count
Publisher : Ulysses Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2000-09-29
Category : Christmas
ISBN : 1569752354
What if our entire civilization could write its own memoirs and tell the complete story of Christmas past? Surprisingly, the tale would begin not in Bethlehem, but two thousand years earlier in the cradle of civilization. It would be a nostalgic story involving Christians and non-Christians alike. Babylonians Greeks, and Romans - whose ancient customs became part of the Christmas celebration - would people its pages. We would see early Europeans hanging fir sprigs and winter greenery to renew life and protect against the cold blasts of Arctic wind. People who had not yet learned of the Christ child would be burning Yule logs. Of course, the most important chapter in these memoirs would take place in a manger surrounded by Wise Men and marked with a brilliant star. But the tale would continue on for another two thousand years as generation after generation added to the customs of Christmas.
Author : Susan Titus Osborne,Christine Harder Tangvald
Publisher : Bean Sprouts
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1996-07
Category : Christmas
ISBN : 0784703566
Celebrate the birth of Christ with children from around the world! Learn about the customs and festivals that honor Christ's birth in the lands where they live.