The Book of Christmas by Jane Struthers - ISBN: 9780091947293
Hardcover
Unwrap Christmas: Traditions, myths, feasts, and carols of Christmas past.

The Book of Christmas

Everything We Once Knew and Loved about Christmastime

  • Hardcover

    288 pages

  • Release Date

    3 December 2012

Summary

The perfect gift - a beautiful book of traditions and myths for the Christmas season.

  • What is the significance of holly at Christmas?
  • When should you make your figgy pudding?
  • Why was the Old Lad’s Passing Bell rung on Christmas Eve?
  • And who was Good King Wenceslas?

Did you know that, long before turkey arrived on our shores, it was traditional to serve a roasted wild boar’s head at Christmas? Or that our Christmases were once so cold tha…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780091947293
ISBN-10:0091947294
Author:Jane Struthers
Publisher:Ebury Publishing
Imprint:Ebury Press
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:288
Release Date:3 December 2012
Weight:355g
Dimensions:208mm x 140mm x 25mm
What They're Saying

Critics Review

The perfect gift for festive season fans

The perfect gift for festive season fans * Telegraph *Brimming with baubles of Christmas fact and bedecked with snippets of festive tradition * The Field *

About The Author

Jane Struthers

Jane Struthers is the author of over twenty books, including Red Sky at Night- The Book of Lost Countryside Wisdom, Beside the Seaside and Literary Britain and Ireland. She shares her 17th-century cottage and garden in East Sussex with her husband and two cats.

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