Early Christmas
Title:
Early Christmas
Personal Author EPSB:
Summary:
An examination of how the Christmas holiday was first celebrated in the United States, and how many of the traditions and rites we now take for granted came into being.
Year Published:
1991,
1981
Series:
Physical Description:
63 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Note:
Includes index and glossary.
Contents:
Our Christmas has changed over the years -- Christmas at a fur trading post -- A settler's first Christmas -- Christmas fun in a pioneer village -- Parlor games, pantomimes and spooks! -- Love and marriage, Christmas style -- Buy, bag or shoot your dinner -- A pudding filled with Christmas spirit -- Christmas cards, a new custom -- The customs of different settlers.
Geographic Term:
ISBN:
9780865050013
Publisher:
Toronto ; New York : Crabtree Pub. Co, 1991, c1981.
