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It's a Wonderful Christmas: The Best of the Holidays 1940-1965
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It's a Wonderful Christmas: The Best of the Holidays 1940-1965 Hardcover - 2004

by Susan Waggoner


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Even now that we're all grown up, we can't help but look back on our childhood holidays and hope to recapture that elusive spirit of joyful anticipation. Celebrating Christmas is so often about nostalgia. With a nod and a wink to the days of Christmas past, It's a Wonderful Christmas presents classic images of the Yuletide icons of mid-20th-century America. Bubbler lights and glow-in-the-dark icicles. Catalogues crammed with toys. Norad bulletins tracking Rudolph's red nose through the nighttime sky. Along with hundreds of such quintessentially American illustrations, author Susan Waggoner stocking-stuffs her lively text with fascinating bits of information, lore, and lists. Wonder what the all-time most popular Christmas song is? How the tradition of the department store Santa got started? The answers are here. Loaded with images of vintage Christmas cards, wrapping paper, magazine ads, Lionel toy trains, and more, all in full color, this charming book will appeal to anyone who associates Christmas with home movies, "The Chipmunk Song," and Santa relaxing with an ice-cold bottle of Coca-Cola.

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  • Title It's a Wonderful Christmas: The Best of the Holidays 1940-1965
  • Author Susan Waggoner
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 104
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Harry N. Abrams, New York, New York
  • Date 2004-10
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9781584793274 / 1584793279
  • Weight 1.22 lbs (0.55 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.28 x 7.3 x 0.64 in (23.57 x 18.54 x 1.63 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects United States - Social life and customs -, Christmas - United States - History
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2004447830
  • Dewey Decimal Code 394.266

About the author

Susan Waggoner has written numerous books of fiction and nonfiction. She is the author of STC's It's a Wonderful Christmas, Under the Tree, Classic Household Hints, and, with Robert Markel, Cocktail Hour, Vintage Cocktails, and Make Mine Vodka. Waggoner lives in New York City.
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