Everything you ever wanted to know about Christmas, plus a few things you didn't know you wanted to know. Phaidon's T...
Description
Everything you ever wanted to know about Christmas, plus a few things you didn't know you wanted to know. Phaidon's The Christmas Book is a richly illustrated celebration of the holiday, from its religious beginnings to the trees, carols, films, and wonderfully odd traditions people around the world hold dear.
Details
Hardcover
Topics include Advent and the nativity, the Christmas tree and decorations, gift giving, carol singing, classic Christmas films, and festive music
Covers holiday traditions from cultures around the world
Product Overview
Since the early 20th century Christmas has also grown into a secular holiday with endless decorations, rituals, and themes. This book traces it all in pictures, from the nativity to holiday blockbusters, and follows the season around the globe. It's the kind of book that lives on the coffee table from Thanksgiving to New Year's and gets picked up by every guest. It also makes an easy gift for the person who already owns every ornament.
What Makes It Special
Christmas looks very different depending on where you wake up. In Japan, fried chicken is a popular Christmas dinner. In Australia, Santa is known to swap his sleigh for a surfboard. In the Netherlands, children leave shoes filled with carrots by the fireplace for Sinterklaas's horse. Read a page aloud after dinner and you've got instant conversation for the whole table.
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