A Literary Christmas: Selected Essays

Description:

Take a look at the wide variety of perspectives and opinions, memories and traditions on the meaning of the Christmas holiday and associated traditions. Although few may pause to discuss such a profound question amidst a busy season of holiday parties and concerts and gift-shopping and tree decorating, here is some food for thought. These descriptive accounts and reflective discussions are drawn by the pens of American authors or published in the pages of American and English magazines. The cultural traditions of Christmas in America and those borrowed from Europe, in wartime or in times of peace, in religious and secular life, show the deep roots of Christmas within the social fiber of American life.

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A Literary Christmas: Selected Essays

Description:

Take a look at the wide variety of perspectives and opinions, memories and traditions on the meaning of the Christmas holiday and associated traditions. Although few may pause to discuss such a profound question amidst a busy season of holiday parties and concerts and gift-shopping and tree decorating, here is some food for thought. These descriptive accounts and reflective discussions are drawn by the pens of American authors or published in the pages of American and English magazines. The cultural traditions of Christmas in America and those borrowed from Europe, in wartime or in times of peace, in religious and secular life, show the deep roots of Christmas within the social fiber of American life.

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A Literary Christmas: Selected Essays

A Literary Christmas: Selected Essays

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A Literary Christmas: Selected Essays

A Literary Christmas: Selected Essays

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Description:

Take a look at the wide variety of perspectives and opinions, memories and traditions on the meaning of the Christmas holiday and associated traditions. Although few may pause to discuss such a profound question amidst a busy season of holiday parties and concerts and gift-shopping and tree decorating, here is some food for thought. These descriptive accounts and reflective discussions are drawn by the pens of American authors or published in the pages of American and English magazines. The cultural traditions of Christmas in America and those borrowed from Europe, in wartime or in times of peace, in religious and secular life, show the deep roots of Christmas within the social fiber of American life.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781628340235
Publisher: Word Well Enterprises
Publication date: 07/03/2018
Pages: 190
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.44(d)

Table of Contents

Preface.

The Story of the Christmas Story, By Edna Kenton.

The Stage-Coach, By Washington Irving.

Christmas Day, By Washington Irving.

The Story of a Christmas Story, By Henry Litchfield West.

Christmas Carols, Ancient and Modern, By Annie Russell Marble.

The Christmas Barring-Out

On the Custom of Barring-Out

The Passing of the Christmas Ghost Story, By Stephen Leacock.

Cross-Examining Santa Claus, By Charlotte Perkins Gilman.

The Christmas Crèche and the Passion Play, By Amelia Von Ende

A Christmas Pilgrimage, By Allen A. Hunter

The Country and Religion of the Magi, By A. Hilliard Atteridge

Christmas at Pont-à-Mousson, By Emory Pottle

A Christmas City in the Old South, By Winifred Kirkland

An American Christmas In Many Tongues, By Julia Searing Leaycraft

Christmas and the Literature of Disillusion, By Samuel McCord Crothers

Christmas Candy, By Alma Weisner

Christmas Cakes and Christmas Parties, By J. Fairfax-Blakeborough

A Christmas Dinner in the Bay of Biscay

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