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Author | : Paul Hawkins |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 273 |
Release | : 2013-10-24 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1471129853 |
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A gleefully dark and well-researched exploration of the history and customs of European Yuletide folklore. How did St Nicholas save children from cannibalism? Who were the Yule Lads and why would they steal your sausages? Why was the Alpine Father Christmas accompanied by a demonic figure called the Krampus who bundled children into sacks and dragged them off to Hell? And why do Spanish nativity scenes often feature a defecating peasant? Over the course of the 20th Century, a universal image developed around the world of Santa Claus as a kindly Christmas visitor but, prior to that, each country, town and community would have Christmas visitors of their own - sometimes human, sometimes animal, sometimes something else entirely - with their own curious set of mythology and customs. The Finns were visited by a pagan goat named Joulupukki that was said to eat anyone who misbehaved. In Iceland, it was said that any child who did not receive an item of new clothing for Christmas would be caught and consumed by the monstrous Christmas Cat! Bad Santascelebrates some of the most imaginative, terrifying and outright curious Christmas figures from across Europe - looking closely at its legacy of disquieting fairy stories. With beautiful black and white line drawings in each chapter, this unusual, entertaining and gleefully dark exploration of seasonal folklore will make an ideal Christmas gift and the perfect book for reading around the fireside.
Author | : Nathaniel Parry |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 261 |
Release | : 2022-10-31 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1476647089 |
Download How Christmas Became Christmas Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
In some respects, the contrasts of Christmas are what make it the most delightful time of the year. It is a time of generosity, kindness and peace on earth, with broad permission to indulge in food, drink and gifts. On the other hand, Christmas has become a battleground for raging culture wars, marred by debates about how it should be celebrated and acknowledged as a uniquely Christian holiday. This text argues that much of the animosity is based on a fundamental misunderstanding of the holiday's core character. By tracing Christmas's origins as a pagan celebration of the winter solstice and its development in Europe's Christianization, this history explains that the true "reason for the season" has as much to do with the earth's movement around the sun as with the birth of Christ. Chapters chronicle how Christmas's magic and misrule link to the nativity, and why the carnival side of the holiday appears so separated from traditional Christian beliefs.
Author | : Robert Devereaux |
Publisher | : Leisure Books |
Total Pages | : 380 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : |
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Santa Claus has always portrayed one jolly image to the world. But what long forgotten, unholy urges are awakening in Santa's mind? Who was he before, and what will he become now? What is driving him into the evil clutches of a certain fairy? Will Christmas survive?
Author | : Sedley Proctor |
Publisher | : Naughty Stories |
Total Pages | : 156 |
Release | : 2019-11-22 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780995708587 |
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Does Christmas always have to be a show? Or do you prefer it home alone? Do you dress for the after-glow? Or Is Christmas a bore and presents all a chore? Does the manger clip your wings? Or is it always time to wallow in seasonal sins? - M.T. Sands teases and delights with Ten Naughty Christmas Stories to lift the festive gloom and doom.
Author | : Jodi Picoult |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 384 |
Release | : 2013-06-25 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 1451635818 |
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Told in their separate voices, sixteen-year-old Prince Oliver, who wants to break free of his fairy-tale existence, and fifteen-year-old Delilah, a loner obsessed with Prince Oliver and the book in which he exists, work together to seek his freedom.
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Total Pages | : 734 |
Release | : 1974 |
Genre | : Audiotapes |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : National Information Center for Educational Media |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 742 |
Release | : 1974 |
Genre | : Audiotapes |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Robert Paul Weston |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 209 |
Release | : 2010-09-30 |
Genre | : Young Adult Fiction |
ISBN | : 1101462388 |
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Ever since his father's arrest for the murder of Little Red Riding Hood, teen wolf Henry Whelp has kept a low profile in a Home for Wayward Wolves . . . until a murder at the Home leads Henry to believe his father may have been framed. Now, with the help of his kleptomaniac roommate, Jack, and a daring she-wolf named Fiona, Henry will have to venture deep into the heart of Dust City: a rundown, gritty metropolis where fairydust is craved by everyone and controlled by a dangerous mob of Water Nixies and their crime boss leader, Skinner. Can Henry solve the mystery of his family's sinister past? Or, like his father before him, is he destined for life as a big bad wolf?
Author | : Melody Carlson |
Publisher | : Baker Books |
Total Pages | : 176 |
Release | : 2010-10-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1441213589 |
Download Christmas at Harrington's Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Christmas is approaching, and Lena Markham finds herself penniless, friendless, and nearly hopeless. She is trying to restart her life after false accusations landed her in prison, but job opportunities are practically nonexistent. When a secondhand red coat unexpectedly lands her a job as Mrs. Santa at a department store, Lena finally thinks her luck is changing. But can she keep her past a secret? This tender story about fresh starts will charm readers as all of Melody Carlson's Christmas offerings do. Full of redemption and true holiday spirit, Christmas at Harrington's will be readers' newest Christmas tradition.
Author | : Jostein Gaarder |
Publisher | : Farrar, Straus and Giroux |
Total Pages | : 735 |
Release | : 2007-03-20 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1466804270 |
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A page-turning novel that is also an exploration of the great philosophical concepts of Western thought, Jostein Gaarder's Sophie's World has fired the imagination of readers all over the world, with more than twenty million copies in print. One day fourteen-year-old Sophie Amundsen comes home from school to find in her mailbox two notes, with one question on each: "Who are you?" and "Where does the world come from?" From that irresistible beginning, Sophie becomes obsessed with questions that take her far beyond what she knows of her Norwegian village. Through those letters, she enrolls in a kind of correspondence course, covering Socrates to Sartre, with a mysterious philosopher, while receiving letters addressed to another girl. Who is Hilde? And why does her mail keep turning up? To unravel this riddle, Sophie must use the philosophy she is learning—but the truth turns out to be far more complicated than she could have imagined.