Christmas in Germany: A Cultural History

by Joe Perry

Book Overview

For poets, priests, and politicians--and especially ordinary Germans--in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the image of the loving nuclear family gathered around the Christmas tree symbolized the unity of the nation at large. German Christmas was supposedly organic, a product of the winter solstice rituals of pagan "Teutonic" tribes, the celebration of the birth of Jesus, and the age-old customs that defined German character. Yet, as Joe Perry...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807833649
• ISBN13: 9780807833643
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.5" x 9.5"