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Inventing Christmas - How Our
Holiday Came to Be
For millions of
people, young and old alike, Christmas is a fat
jolly Santa Claus with a bag full of presents,
carolers singing Yuletide hymns, and a lovingly
decorated tree glowing with the joy of the
season. But where did the best-loved traditions
that make Christmas America's favorite holiday
originate?
With charming
vintage illustrations by famous artists such as
Thomas Nast, Everett Shinn, Al Hirschfeld, Arthur
Rackham, and many others, Inventing Christmas
explains how most of our cherished traditions
evolved over the 25-year period from 1822 (when
Clement Clarke Moore's A Visit from St. Nicholas
was published) to 1848. The author, who has been
collecting Christmas ephemera for over 50 years,
shows how Santa, the Christmas tree, gift-giving,
and Scrooge all came to signify Christmas-in what
is surely the ultimate gift book and stocking
stuffer for lovers of this holiday, its customs,
and its collectibles.
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On the Screen
DVD
• National Lampoon's Christmas
Vacation
• A Christmas Story
• The Nightmare Before Christmas
- Special Edition
• The Muppet Christmas
Carol
• White Christmas
• The Year Without a
Santa Claus/Nestor, the Long-Eared Christmas
Donkey/Rudolph's Shiny New Year
• VeggieTales - The Star of
Christmas
• Dr. Seuss - How the Grinch
Stole Christmas/Horton Hears a Who
• Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
• A Charlie Brown Christmas
• Emmet Otter's Jug-Band
Christmas
• Santa Claus Is Comin' To
Town/The Little Drummer Boy
• A Christmas Carol (Colorized
Version)
VHS
• Emmet Otter's Jug-Band
Christmas
• A Charlie Brown Christmas
• The Bishop's Wife
• Christmas in
Connecticut
• The Muppet Christmas Carol
A Christmas Story
• It's a Wonderful Life
• National Lampoon's Christmas
Vacation
• Miracle on 34th Street
• Holiday Affair
• George Balanchine's The
Nutcracker
• One Magic Christmas
• Holiday Inn
• Home for the Holidays
• A Christmas Carol
• Scrooged
• Christmas Toy
• The Santa Clause
Music
• Merry Christmas -
Mariah Carey
• Christmas with the Rat Pack
• Now That's What I Call
Christmas!
• Time-Life Music:
Treasury of Christmas - Holiday Memories
• Boogie Woogie Christmas - Brian
Setzer
• Maybe This Christmas
• Christmas Eve & Other
Stories - Trans Siberian Orchestra
• Raffi's Christmas Album
• White Christmas - Bing
Crosby
• Kidz Bop Christmas
• Christmas Blues &
Shout
• Radio Disney Holiday Jams
• Favorite Christmas Songs
Holiday Sing-Along With Mitch
• The Andy Williams Christmas
Album
• The Sinatra Christmas Album
• Twisted Christmas
• A Christmas Celtic Sojourn
• Django Bells
• Wintersongs: Winter Holiday in
Sweden
• Hawaiian Slack Key
Christmas
Software
• T'was the Night before
Christmas - Download
• Twelve Days Of Christmas - Download
• Christmas 2 Pace - Download
• Richard Scarry's Best
Christmas Ever 2000
• Hallmark Holiday Card Studio
Fashion
• Berber Holiday Christmas Tree
Pullover (Women:
Marshall Fields)
• USA Christmas Sweater (Women:
Drape's & Damon's)
• Women's Regular Holiday Print
Turtleneck (Lands'
End)
• Red Nutcracker Whimsical
Christmas Tie (Men: Jos. A.
Bank)
• Holiday Sateen Pant (Men:
International Male)
• Men's Regular Squall Parka (Land's
End)
• Little Boys' Half-zip
Snowflake Sweater (Land's
End)
• Little Girls' Print Turtleneck (Land's
End)
• Holiday Mother and Daughter
Cardigan (Marshall
Fields)
• Little Me My First
Christmas Take Me Home Set (babystyle)
• Infant/Toddler Cotton Snowflake
Button Front Cardigan (Land's
End)
• Infant/Toddler Velour Dress (Land's
End)
• Barry Beary Christmas 2-Piece
Set (babystyle)
• OshKosh Baby's First Christmas
Sock (Infants:
OshKosh B'Gosh)
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