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The Curious World of Christmas: Celebrating All That Is Weird, Wonderful, and Festive
by Edworthy, Niall
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- ISBN 10
- 0399534571
- ISBN 13
- 9780399534577
- Seller
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Binghamton, New York, United States
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About This Item
Perigee Books, 2008. Hardcover. good. 5x1x8. Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE NEW boxes Religion; Good hardcover with dust jacket, nicked, ribbon attached to book, tips bumped, and prompt shipping with tracking.
Synopsis
A fascinating miscellany that celebrates all things Christmas from the author of The Curious Gardener’s Almanac.Drawing from more than two thousand years of history and culture, this collection of anecdotes, customs, tips, and recipes features more than 1,000 entries honoring one of the world’s most celebrated holidays. This unpredictable, addictive gem weaves in famous quotations, traditional sayings, verses, and wisdom to create a book that will be enjoyed long after the Christmas tree is down and the turkey leftovers finished off. Each page yields tidbits on everything from the real reason why December 25th was chosen as the celebratory day and a 19th-century turkey recipe to the origins of kissing under mistletoe and statistics showing why Christmas is proven to be more stressful than divorce or burglary. Chapter topics include:• Farting Dwarves and Peacock Pie (or, How Our Ancestors Celebrated Christmas)• Will the Real Father Christmas Please Stand Up (or, The Origins of Santa Claus)• Happy Reunions, Terrible Tantrums (or, Christmas and the Family)• Reindeer Sausages and Minced Coffins (or, Christmas Food and Drink)• And much moreWith enough curiosities to intrigue, amuse, and enlighten even the grumpiest Scrooge, this is the perfect gift book for anyone who counts down the months until their favorite holiday.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Robinson Street Books, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- Boiler112psd124
- Title
- The Curious World of Christmas: Celebrating All That Is Weird, Wonderful, and Festive
- Author
- Edworthy, Niall
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0399534571
- ISBN 13
- 9780399534577
- Publisher
- Perigee Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2008
- Size
- 5x1x8
- Keywords
- Christmas--Miscella~
- X weight
- 10 oz
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About the Seller
Robinson Street Books, IOBA
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Binghamton, New York
About Robinson Street Books, IOBA
We have been selling books for over 30 years via catalog and lists, as well as open shops. We closed our last open shop in 2003 and now operate out of our warehouse, which contains 500,000 books, journals, periodicals from the 16th Century to the present. We sell on-line as well as via lists and catalogs. We buy collections, accumulations, excess unneeded donations/duplicates, from Museums and Libraries for cash or credit. We have one of the largest collections of offprints in zoology, Botany, Molecular biology available for sale in the world
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