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Christmas: The Sacred to Santa
Tara Moore
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Description for Christmas: The Sacred to Santa
Paperback. From shopping malls to Hollywood film, Christmas no longer solely celebrates the birth of Christ. Christmas: The Sacred to Santa considers Christmas in its global context: from its historical origins to its modern incarnation as a global commercial event, stopping along the way to look at the controversies and traditions of the celebratory day. Num Pages: 224 pages, 85 illustrations, 50 in colour. BIC Classification: 5HC; HBG; HBTB; HRCR; JHBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 210 x 24. Weight in Grams: 504.
Black Friday. The 'War on Christmas'. Miracle on 34th Street and Elf. From shopping malls to Fox News and Hollywood film, Christmas no longer solely celebrates the birth of Christ. Christmas: The Sacred to Santa considers the holiday in its global context, journeying from its historical origins to its modern incarnation as a global commercial event and stopping along the way to look at the controversies and traditions of the celebratory day. Delving into the long story of this unifying but also divisive holiday, Tara Moore describes the evolution of Christmas and the deep traditions that bind a culture to ... Read more
Black Friday. The 'War on Christmas'. Miracle on 34th Street and Elf. From shopping malls to Fox News and Hollywood film, Christmas no longer solely celebrates the birth of Christ. Christmas: The Sacred to Santa considers the holiday in its global context, journeying from its historical origins to its modern incarnation as a global commercial event and stopping along the way to look at the controversies and traditions of the celebratory day. Delving into the long story of this unifying but also divisive holiday, Tara Moore describes the evolution of Christmas and the deep traditions that bind a culture to ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Reaktion Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
504g
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780235141
SKU
V9781780235141
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Tara Moore
Tara Moore teaches on the writing programme at Penn State York, Pennsylvania, and celebrates Christmas in central Pennsylvania.
Reviews for Christmas: The Sacred to Santa
'An informative and intriguing page-turner. If there is anything to be known about Christmas, you will find it here.' - Catholic San Francisco 'Christmas: The Sacred to Santa [is] vast in scale ... well referenced and providing plenty of fruitful channels for further investigation.' - The Tablet