Description: Further DetailsTitle: A Christmas CornucopiaCondition: NewEAN: 9780241267738ISBN: 9780241267738Publisher: VikingFormat: HardbackRelease Date: 11/03/2016Item Height: 187mmItem Length: 120mmItem Width: 22mmItem Weight: 210gAuthor: Mark ForsythLanguage: EnglishSubtitle: The Hidden Stories Behind Our Yuletide TraditionsISBN-10: 0241267730Description: BY THE SUNDAY TIMES NO.1 BESTSELLING AUTHORThe perfect gift for anyone who has ever wondered about the unpredictable origins and etymologies of our Christmas customs! For something that happens every year of our lives, we really don't know much about Christmas. We don't know that the date we celebrate was chosen by a madman, or that Christmas, etymologically speaking, means "Go away, Christ". We're oblivious to the fact that the advent calendar was actually invented by a Munich housewife to stop her children pestering her for a Christmas countdown. And we would never have guessed that the invention of crackers was merely a way of popularising sweet wrappers. Luckily, like a gift from Santa himself, Mark Forsyth is here to unwrap this fundamentally funny gallimaufry of traditions and oddities, making it all finally make sense - in his wonderfully entertaining wordy way.'Witty and revelatory. Blooming brilliant' Raymond Briggs 'Everything we ever thought about Christmas is wrong! Great stuff' Matthew ParrisCountry/Region of Manufacture: GBGenre: HistoryRelease Year: 2016 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: A Christmas Cornucopia
Title: A Christmas Cornucopia
EAN: 9780241267738
ISBN: 9780241267738
Release Date: 11/03/2016
Release Year: 2016
Subtitle: The Hidden Stories Behind Our Yuletide Traditions
ISBN-10: 0241267730
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Book Title: Christmas Cornucopia : the Hidden Stories Behind Our Yuletide Traditions
Number of Pages: 192 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Publication Year: 2018
Item Height: 0.8 in
Topic: Social History, Holidays / Christmas & Advent, Customs & Traditions
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Religion, Social Science, History
Item Weight: 7.1 Oz
Author: Mark. Forsyth
Item Length: 7.2 in
Item Width: 4.7 in
Format: Hardcover
