4,000 Years of Christmas A Gift from the Ages |
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| Author:
| Count, Earl W.
Count, Alice Lawson |
| Introduction by:
| Wakefield, Dan |
| ISBN: | 978-1-56975-235-7 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2000 |
| Publisher: | Ulysses Press
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| Imprint: | Seastone |
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $9.95 |
Book Description:
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This modern holiday classic carries the reader around the globe and through the millennia. Beginning 2,000 years before Christ, it explains traditions like exchanging gifts for 12 days (it started in Babylon), decking the halls (part of the Roman Saturnalia festival), and believing in Saint Nick. "A wonderful way to express the meaning of Christmas to a child." - New York Daily News
This modern holiday classic carries the reader around the globe and through the millennia. Beginning 2,000 years before Christ, it explains traditions like exchanging gifts for 12 days (it started in Babylon), decking the halls (part of the Roman Saturnalia festival), and believing in Saint Nick. "A wonderful way to express the meaning of Christmas to a child." - New York Daily News