Great British Christmas

Nonfiction, History, British
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Author: Maria Hubert ISBN: 9780752471068
Publisher: The History Press Publication: September 16, 2011
Imprint: The History Press Language: English
Author: Maria Hubert
ISBN: 9780752471068
Publisher: The History Press
Publication: September 16, 2011
Imprint: The History Press
Language: English

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 caroling, 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.

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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 caroling, 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.

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