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Author |
: Karal Ann Marling |
Publisher |
: Harvard University Press |
Total Pages |
: 470 |
Release |
: 2009-06-30 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0674040627 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780674040625 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (27 Downloads) |
Synopsis Merry Christmas! Celebrating AmericaÕs Greatest Holiday by : Karal Ann Marling
It wouldn't be Christmas without the "things." How they came to mean so much, and to play such a prominent role in America's central holiday, is the tale told in this delightful and edifying book. In a style characteristically engaging and erudite, Karal Ann Marling, one of our most trenchant observers of American culture, describes the outsize spectacle that Christmas has become.
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: |
Publisher |
: Portable Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 124 |
Release |
: 1994 |
ISBN-10 |
: PSU:000023661202 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (02 Downloads) |
Synopsis Merry Christmas, America by :
For two decades, from the Bronx to L.A., Patoski has been taking pictures of holiday-decorated front yards. In this fascinating collection of displays ranging from the conventional to the bizarre, Patoski offer something for everyone--an enchanting view of the holidays that could tempt even Scrooge to put a light in the window! 100 color photos.
Author |
: Callista Gingrich |
Publisher |
: Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages |
: 44 |
Release |
: 2015-10-12 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781621574491 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1621574490 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (91 Downloads) |
Synopsis Christmas in America by : Callista Gingrich
A book to challenge the status quo, spark a debate, and get people talking about the issues and questions we face as a country!
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: |
Publisher |
: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc. |
Total Pages |
: 40 |
Release |
: 2009 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1402764405 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781402764400 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (05 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Twelve Days of Christmas in New York City by :
Emily writes a letter home each of the twelve days she spends exploring the five boroughs of New York City at Christmastime, as her cousin Daniel shows her everything from a pigeon in a Central Park tree to twelve streamers twirling on New Year's Eve. Includes facts about New York City.
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: |
Publisher |
: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc. |
Total Pages |
: 40 |
Release |
: 2008 |
ISBN-10 |
: 140273817X |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781402738173 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (7X Downloads) |
Synopsis The Twelve Days of Christmas in Florida by :
Through letters and a funny story based on the classic Christmas song, popular illustrator Remkiewicz takes youngsters on a holiday trip to Florida while presenting fun facts about the Sunshine State. Full color.
Author |
: Penne L. Restad |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press |
Total Pages |
: 240 |
Release |
: 1996-12-05 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780199923588 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0199923582 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (88 Downloads) |
Synopsis Christmas in America by : Penne L. Restad
The manger or Macy's? Americans might well wonder which is the real shrine of Christmas, as they take part each year in a mix of churchgoing, shopping, and family togetherness. But the history of Christmas cannot be summed up so easily as the commercialization of a sacred day. As Penne Restad reveals in this marvelous new book, it has always been an ambiguous meld of sacred thoughts and worldly actions-- as well as a fascinating reflection of our changing society. In Christmas in America, Restad brilliantly captures the rise and transformation of our most universal national holiday. In colonial times, it was celebrated either as an utterly solemn or a wildly social event--if it was celebrated at all. Virginians hunted, danced, and feasted. City dwellers flooded the streets in raucous demonstrations. Puritan New Englanders denounced the whole affair. Restad shows that as times changed, Christmas changed--and grew in popularity. In the early 1800s, New York served as an epicenter of the newly emerging holiday, drawing on its roots as a Dutch colony (St. Nicholas was particularly popular in the Netherlands, even after the Reformation), and aided by such men as Washington Irving. In 1822, another New Yorker named Clement Clarke Moore penned a poem now known as "'Twas the Night Before Christmas," virtually inventing the modern Santa Claus. Well-to-do townspeople displayed a German novelty, the decorated fir tree, in their parlors; an enterprising printer discovered the money to be made from Christmas cards; and a hodgepodge of year-end celebrations began to coalesce around December 25 and the figure of Santa. The homecoming significance of the holiday increased with the Civil War, and by the end of the nineteenth century a full- fledged national holiday had materialized, forged out of borrowed and invented custom alike, and driven by a passion for gift-giving. In the twentieth century, Christmas seeped into every niche of our conscious and unconscious lives to become a festival of epic proportions. Indeed, Restad carries the story through to our own time, unwrapping the messages hidden inside countless movies, books, and television shows, revealing the inescapable presence--and ambiguous meaning--of Christmas in contemporary culture. Filled with colorful detail and shining insight, Christmas in America reveals not only much about the emergence of the holiday, but also what our celebrations tell us about ourselves. From drunken revelry along colonial curbstones to family rituals around the tree, from Thomas Nast drawing the semiofficial portrait of St. Nick to the making of the film Home Alone, Restad's sparkling account offers much to amuse and ponder.
Author |
: Jennifer J. Stewart |
Publisher |
: Union Square Kids |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 2010 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1402770367 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781402770364 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (67 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Twelve Days of Christmas in Arizona by : Jennifer J. Stewart
Isabella writes a letter home each of the twelve days she spends exploring Arizona at Christmastime, as her cousin Carlos shows her everything from a cactus wren in a palo verde tree to twelve Grand Canyon mules. Includes facts about Arizona.
Author |
: Susan Rosson Spain |
Publisher |
: Union Square Kids |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 2010 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1402770081 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781402770081 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (81 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Twelve Days of Christmas in Georgia by : Susan Rosson Spain
Jacob writes a letter home each of the twelve days he spends exploring Georgia at Christmastime, as his cousin Ava shows him everything from a brown thrasher in a live oak tree to twelve bouncing kangaroos. Includes facts about Georgia.
Author |
: Stephen M. Feldman |
Publisher |
: NYU Press |
Total Pages |
: 407 |
Release |
: 1998-08 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780814726846 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0814726844 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (46 Downloads) |
Synopsis Please Don't Wish Me a Merry Christmas by : Stephen M. Feldman
Nearly all discussions regarding the role of religion in American life build on two dominant assumptions: first, the separation of church and state is a constitutional principle that promotes democracy and equally protects the religious freedom of all Americans, especially religious outgroups; and second, this principle emerges as a uniquely American contribution to political theory. In Please Don't Wish Me a Merry Christmas, Stephen M. Feldman challenges both these assumptions. He argues that the separation of church and state primarily manifests and reinforces Christian domination in American society. Furthermore, Feldman reveals that the separation of church and state did not first arise in America, either at the time of the constitutional framing or later. In challenging the dominant story of the separation of church and state, Please Don't Wish Me a Merry Christmas follows the historical path of two institutions - the Christian church and the state - from the origins of Christianity forward to the present day. Feldman thus focuses on the workings of power in a specific context: he interprets the development of Christian social power vis-a-vis the state and religious minorities, particularly the prototypical religious outgroup, Jews.
Author |
: Tammi Sauer |
Publisher |
: Union Square Kids |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 2018-09-04 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1454929650 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781454929659 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (50 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Twelve Days of Christmas in Oklahoma by : Tammi Sauer
"Take a fun holiday trip to Oklahoma! As each of the twelve days of Christmas pass, VERY unusual gifts from around the state pile up. Lucky readers are in for a wild countdown!'--From page 4 of cover