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An English Christmas
Author | : John Julius Norwich |
Publsiher | : John Murray |
Total Pages | : 288 |
Release | : 2017-11-16 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9781473665941 |
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'If I could work my will,' said Scrooge indignantly, 'Every idiot who goes about with "Merry Christmas" on his lips, should be boiled with his own pudding, and buried with a stake of holly through his heart.' This year go carol-singing in the Cotswolds with Laurie Lee or attend church with a grumpy Samuel Pepys. Make plum puddings for bemused French villagers with Elizabeth David; go present shopping with Virginia Woolf or eat far too much with Agatha Christie. Celebrate Christmas at Chatsworth, in the workhouse or marooned in the ice with Shackleton ... For forty-five years, the arrival of John Julius Norwich's latest Christmas Cracker became as essential a part of the Christmas experience as holly and mistletoe. In An English Christmas the late legendary popular historian gathered all the best writing about this strangest and most memorable time of year into one book and his brilliant eye for a story is evident on every page. Vividly evoking all the good things about the festive season, this unexpected anthology is just as entertaining about its darker aspects. Eight-year-old Princess Margaret's thank-you list jostles with moving letters home from the trenches. Sherlock Holmes solves his trickiest case. George Orwell writes about indigestion; Jane Austen about reluctant socialising and Thomas Hardy about the old folk belief that all animals kneel at midnight on 24 December. There are ghost stories, games and bizarre recipes. Diary-entries, recipes and letters sit alongside poems and short stories. An English Christmas could convert any Scrooge into an instant enthusiast.
The Great British Christmas
Author | : Maria Hubert |
Publsiher | : The History Press |
Total Pages | : 176 |
Release | : 2011-09-16 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780752471068 |
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A delightful history of how Christmas has been celebrated in Britain over the past 2,000 years. From the legend of Arthur pulling the sword from the stone one Christmas day, to when the Puritan Parliament tried to 'ban' Christmas, through to Charles Dickens's vivid recollections of his boyhood celebrations, and his delight in the present of a jumping frog. Amongst the wealth of stories and personal reminiscences this book also teaches us how the traditions we now hold so dear came into being, including Mrs Beeton's recipe for the original Christmas cake (made with a horn of mead), the birth of Christmas carolling, the first ever Christmas tree to be brought to England from Germany by Prince Albert and the origins of the Christmas cracker. This is simply the perfect book with which to celebrate Christmas and all the traditions that surround it.
Ancient English Christmas Carols
Author | : Edith Rickert |
Publsiher | : Wildside Press LLC |
Total Pages | : 362 |
Release | : 2008-04-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781434467065 |
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A selection of historic Christmas carols (dating from 1400 A.D. to 1700 A.D.), collected and arranged by Edith Rickert.
Christmas in England
Author | : Cheryl L. Enderlein |
Publsiher | : Capstone |
Total Pages | : 32 |
Release | : 1997-09 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 1560656247 |
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Briefly describes the customs, songs, foods, and activities associated with the celebration of Christmas in England.
An English Christmas
Author | : Celia McInnes |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 105 |
Release | : 1986 |
Genre | : Christmas |
ISBN | : OCLC:1034668758 |
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Christmas and the British A Modern History
Author | : Martin Johnes |
Publsiher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 320 |
Release | : 2016-10-06 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781474255394 |
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The modern Christmas was made by the Victorians and rooted in their belief in commerce, family and religion. Their rituals and traditions persist to the present day but the festival has also been changed by growing affluence, shifting family structures, greater expectations of happiness and material comfort, technological developments and falling religious belief. Christmas became a battleground for arguments over consumerism, holiday entitlements, social obligations, communal behaviour and the influence of church, state and media. Even in private, it encouraged reflection on social change and the march of time. Amongst those unhappy at the state of the world or their own lives, Christmas could induce much cynicism and even loathing but for a quieter majority it was a happy time, a moment of a joy in a sometimes difficult world that made the festival more than just an integral feature of the calendar: Christmas was one of British culture's emotional high points. Moreover, it was also a testimony to the enduring importance of family, shared values and a common culture in the UK. Martin Johnes shows how Christmas and its traditions have been lived, adapted and thought about in Britain since 1914. Christmas and the British is about the festival's social, cultural and economic functions, and its often forgotten status as both the most unusual and important day of the year
Christmas in Britain
Author | : World Book Encyclopedia, inc |
Publsiher | : World Book .com |
Total Pages | : 86 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Christmas |
ISBN | : 071660874X |
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Each 80-page Christmas Around the World Book includes full narratives explaining the customs of the region covered, photography and illustrations, spe cial sections of native songs, recipes, and fun-to-do crafts.
An English Christmas
Author | : Paula Tanner Girard |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Christmas stories, American |
ISBN | : OCLC:1409470605 |
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