Christmas: A Biography

by Judith Flanders

Book Overview

A critically acclaimed New York Times bestselling author explores the Christmas holiday, from the original festival through present day traditions.

Christmas has always been a magical time. Or has it? Thirty years after the first recorded Christmas, one archbishop was already complaining that his flock was spending the day, not in worship, but in dancing and feasting to excess. By 1616, the playwright Ben Jonson was nostalgically...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1250118344
• ISBN13: 9781250118349
• Release Date: October 2017
• Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.4"