Inventing Christmas: How Our Holiday Came to Be

Name: Inventing Christmas: How Our Holiday Came to Be
Brand: Abrams Books
SKU: ByrdShop_0810934930
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hardcover – October 1, 2002

by Elliott, Jock

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ISBN-13: 9780810934931 ISBN-10: 0810934930

Publisher

Abrams Books

Binding

hardcover

Published

October 1, 2002

Weight

1.8 lbs

Dimensions

26.00×1.60×24.10 cm

About this book

Inventing Christmas: How Our Holiday Came to Be by Elliott, Jock. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780810934931.

Looks at the nineteenth-century origins of modern-day Christmas traditions, which evolved over a twenty-five year period, beginning in 1823 with the publication of Clement Clarke Moores "A Visit from St. Nicholas" to 1848, in a volume that features an array of vintage illustrations by Thomas Nast, Everett Shinn, Arthur Rackham, and others. 10,000 first printing.