Christmas Miscellany: Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Christmas

by Jonathan Green and Jonathan Green

Book Overview

Wouldn't it be great to understand all our Christmas traditions? Here, Jonathan Green offers the fascinating history behind our most beloved holiday traditions. For example, myrrh is incense made from the resin of a North African bush and was a special gift during biblical times. To the Romans, mistletoe was a symbol of fertility, so today we are encouraged to kiss when it is near. The Yule log was originally used to brighten homes during the dark,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1602397570
• ISBN13: 9781602397576
• Release Date: November 2009
• Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 1.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.4"