Holiday Symbols: Guide to the Legend and Lore Behind the People, Places, Food, Animals, and Other Symbols Associated With Holidays and Holy Days, Feasts and Fasts, and (Holidays Symbols, 2nd ed)

By Sue Ellen Thompson

Book Overview

This guide explores the origins of more than 750 well-known symbols associated with the 200 most popular holidays in the United States and worldwide. It describes each symbol's traditional,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0780805011
• ISBN13: 9780780805019
• Release Date: April 2003
• Publisher: Omnigraphics
• Length: 912 Pages
• Weight: 2.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.2" x 6.4" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 9 years and up

Customer Reviews

A CELEBRATION IN PRINT!

A great reference for anyone who wants to add some depth to any holiday topic they are doing. Plus there are some celebrations that most of us don't even know about. The information is presented in informative and understandable style for older children to adults. I've used a few of the topics as additional information for some of my holiday cartoons on my website. One thing I thought a bit odd, it did not include Mardi Gras. Hmm? :)

Surveys over 900 symbols associated with over 200 holidays

This new edition of Sue Ellen Thompson's Holiday Symbols informatively surveys over 900 symbols associated with over 200 holidays around the world, providing an important reference to the origins, customs, traditions and histories of each and explaining the basics of each holiday.