The Book of Christmas: Everything We Once Knew and Loved about Christmastime

by Jane Struthers

- What is the significance of holly at Christmas?
- When should you make your figgy pudding?
- Why was the Old Lad's Passing Bell rung on Christmas Eve?
- And who was Good King Wenceslas?

Did you know that, long before turkey arrived on our shores, it was traditional to serve a roasted wild boar's head at Christmas? Or that our Christmases were once so cold that Frost Fairs were held on the River Thames?

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0091947294
• ISBN13: 9780091947293
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: Ebury Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.4" x 7.9"