Encyclopedia of Christmas: Nearly 200 Alphabetically Arranged Entries Covering All Aspects of Christmas, Including Folk Customs, Religious Obsrevances, History, Legends, symbols

"Like sparkling lights and colorful ornaments on a holiday tree Encyclopedia of Christmas offers myriad facts all in one place. The subtitle says it all: Nearly 200 alphabetically arranged entries covering all aspects of Christmas including folk customs religious observances history legends symbols and related days from Europe America and around the world. The Encyclopedias strong point is its international coverage reflected in the 20 or so entries devoted to Christmas in specific countries or regions all over the world and the multicultural flavor of its articles. Web sites are offered for countries Christmas trees customs and Christmas movies. Fact- and fun-filled this is a resource for everyone."--"Outstanding reference sources 2000" American Libraries May 2000. Comp. by the Reference Sources Committee RUSA ALA.Entries range from Advent to mincemeat pies to Yule logs