Christmas Unwrapped
Facts Behind the Myths and Magic of Christmas
Published on 15. October 2012
Book
Hardback
256 pages
978-1-84358-034-8 (ISBN)
Description
An account of all things Christmassy from the Gospels to mistletoe to Rudolph and the other reindeer, to shopping and the Star in the East. An exploration of all the myths, customs, confusions, rituals and icons presented in an informative way suitable for all the family.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Blake Publishing Ltd
Illustrations
8pp colour illustrations, b&w line drawings
Dimensions
Height: 225 mm
Width: 144 mm
Weight
408 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84358-034-8 (9781843580348)
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Person
Patrick Harding is the author of many books including How to Identify Edible Mushrooms and How to Identify Trees. For the last ten years he has been running courses and seminars around the country on Christmas and it's traditions and has appeared on the Today programme, Radio 4, and an hour long Ch5 programme to be shown Christmas 2001. He has been asked so frequently - 'Is there a book on the talk?' that he decided to write one. He is married to Jean Binney, a botanical artist, and they have two children, Martin and Bryony - who know that Patrick's beard is real! Patrick lives in Sheffield in a house with two chimneys.
Content
The Ones I Used to Know 1,500 British Christmases Santa Claus is Coming to Town Christmas Customs The Goose is Getting Fat Other Christmas Quirks and Queries