Merry Christmas! Celebrating AmericaÕs Greatest Holiday

Merry Christmas! Celebrating AmericaÕs Greatest Holiday
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Publisher : Harvard University Press
Total Pages : 470
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ISBN-10 : 0674040627
ISBN-13 : 9780674040625
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Book Synopsis Merry Christmas! Celebrating AmericaÕs Greatest Holiday by : Karal Ann Marling

Download or read book Merry Christmas! Celebrating AmericaÕs Greatest Holiday written by Karal Ann Marling and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2009-06-30 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It wouldn't be Christmas without the "things." How they came to mean so much, and to play such a prominent role in America's central holiday, is the tale told in this delightful and edifying book. In a style characteristically engaging and erudite, Karal Ann Marling, one of our most trenchant observers of American culture, describes the outsize spectacle that Christmas has become.


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