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 |
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| 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 |
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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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