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PAP. Condición: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condición: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condición: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condición: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condición: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. Why do we bring a tree into the house every December? Why do we kiss beneath mistletoe, pull crackers over Christmas dinner and leave stockings for Father Christmas? And how did a small British bird, a man made from snow and a chocolate cake shaped like a log become part of Christmas?The History of Christmas in 20 Objects takes twenty familiar parts of the festive season and uncovers the strange, surprising and often forgotten stories behind them.From the Christmas tree and the bauble to mince pies, pudding, cards, crackers, stockings, presents, bells, ghosts, Father Christmas and toys, each chapter begins with something instantly recognisable and follows its journey through centuries of religion, folklore, trade, invention, fashion and family tradition. Along the way, discover some rather less familiar pieces of Christmas history: - In Brussels in 1511, people created more than a hundred snow sculptures across the city, including political satire, comic figures and subjects far too indecent for the average Christmas card.- Victorian Christmas cards were not always cosy. Some featured dead birds, sinister insects, dancing frogs and other images that would look distinctly alarming on a modern mantelpiece.- The familiar Christmas robin may owe part of its seasonal career to Victorian postmen, who were nicknamed "robins" or "redbreasts" because of their red uniforms.- The authorship of A Visit from St Nicholas, the poem that helped give Santa his sleigh, reindeer and chimney entrance, has been disputed for generations.- In 1966, American television turned the Yule log into a broadcast event by showing a fireplace burning on screen for viewers who did not have one of their own.Beyond the oddities and surprises, the book traces how religion, industry, trade, literature, advertising, and family life shaped familiar Christmas traditions. It follows the journey from handmade ornaments and early seasonal customs to department stores, mass-produced toys and the modern Christmas morning.Meet St Nicholas before he became Santa Claus, discover why snowmen somehow became Christmassy despite having nothing to do with Christmas, find out how the Christmas cracker began with confectionery, and follow Father Christmas from an old English personification of feasting and good cheer to the red-coated gift giver recognised around the world.Written and illustrated in a lively, witty and accessible style, The History of Christmas in 20 Objects reveals that the Christmas we know today was never invented by one person or created at one moment. It accumulated piece by piece over centuries, borrowing from religion, commerce, folklore, family habits and more than a few historical accidents.By the time you finish, the Christmas tree, the cracker beside your plate, and even the robin outside the window may never look quite the same again. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

PAP. Condición: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condición: New. New Book. Delivered from our UK warehouse in 4 to 14 business days. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condición: New. New Book. Delivered from our UK warehouse in 4 to 14 business days. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condición: New. New Book. Delivered from our UK warehouse in 4 to 14 business days. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condición: New. New Book. Delivered from our UK warehouse in 4 to 14 business days. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condición: New. New Book. Delivered from our UK warehouse in 4 to 14 business days. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condición: New. New Book. Delivered from our UK warehouse in 4 to 14 business days. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. Spirits of the Season: The Forgotten Folklore, Ghosts and Legends of Christmas.Long before Christmas became a season of bright lights, presents and family gatherings, it belonged to ghosts.Across Britain and Europe, the darkest weeks of the year were once believed to be filled with wandering spirits, prophetic dreams, dangerous visitors and supernatural creatures. The dead returned to their former homes. Ghostly riders crossed the winter sky. Animals spoke at midnight, witches roamed abroad and strange masked figures demanded entry at the door.Spirits of the Season uncovers the forgotten folklore that once made Christmas the most mysterious and unsettling time of the year.Journey through the haunted Twelve Nights and discover the terrifying Wild Hunt, the skeletal Mari Lwyd, the monstrous Krampus, the Yule Cat, Christmas witches, phantom church services and the spirits believed to gather around the festive fire. Explore the rituals used to predict future marriages, protect the household, welcome the dead and guard against whatever might be waiting beyond the lighted windows.From cattle whispering of death in their midnight stalls to spectral congregations assembling in deserted churches, these were not merely stories told for amusement. They reflected a world in which Christmas stood outside ordinary time, when the boundary between the natural and supernatural was thought to grow dangerously thin.Rich in folklore, strange customs and dark winter legends, Spirits of the Season reveals the older Christmas concealed beneath the modern celebration.The fires may burn brighter now, but the longest nights have never entirely surrendered their ghosts. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. Christmas was not always about cosy fires, cheerful songs and pretending to enjoy a family board game.For generations, it was also a time for gathering after dark, lowering the lamps and telling stories about haunted houses, restless dead, mysterious strangers and scholars who ignored perfectly sensible warnings.In The Ghosts of Christmas Past, Michael White traces the strange and enduring history of the Christmas ghost story, from old winter fireside tales and Victorian magazine annuals to Dickens, Elizabeth Gaskell, M. R. James and the BBC's celebrated A Ghost Story for Christmas.Along the way, the book explores why ghost stories became such a natural part of the festive season, how publishers discovered that Christmas readers enjoyed being frightened, and why so many fictional antiquarians insist on opening sealed rooms, reading forbidden manuscripts and spending the night in houses that local people have already advised them to avoid.Warm, witty and atmospheric, this is the story of how Christmas became haunted, how some of the greatest writers in the English language helped keep it that way, and why the darkest nights of the year still seem to demand a ghost beside the fire.Perfect for readers of literary history, Victorian fiction, classic ghost stories and the darker side of Christmas, The Ghosts of Christmas Past makes an ideal festive gift for anyone who prefers their seasonal entertainment with cold footsteps in the corridor. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. Christmas did not always begin at the start of September and end halfway through Boxing Day.For centuries, Christmas Day marked the beginning of a twelve-day season of feasting, saints' days, games, disguises, wassailing, gambling, dancing, temporary rulers and decisions involving open flames that would now invalidate most home-insurance policies.In The Twelve Days of Christmas, Sam Westborn uncovers the forgotten history of Britain's longest festive season, from medieval banquets and Lords of Misrule to mummers, orchard wassails, Twelfth Night kings and the gradual disappearance of Christmas after Christmas Day.Along the way, the book investigates the famous song itself. Where did it come from? What were colly birds? Were the five gold rings actually jewellery? Was the song really a secret Catholic code? And what practical difficulties arise when somebody sends you 184 birds, forty milkmaids, thirty leaping lords and no clear instructions about where to put them?Written with warmth, wit and a healthy suspicion of overly tidy folklore, this lively history separates fact from festive fiction while showing just how strange, noisy and complicated Christmas once was.The book also includes twelve specially created black-and-white illustrations, one for each day of Christmas, following the accumulating gifts as they turn a simple seasonal offering into a full-scale domestic emergency.in earlyPerfect for readers of British history, folklore and Christmas traditions, and an ideal stocking filler or festive gift for anyone who has ever wondered why a partridge was placed in a pear tree in the first place. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. Step into the world that created the Christmas we know today.The Victorians did not invent Christmas, but they transformed it. During the nineteenth century, older customs were gathered, reshaped and spread through royal example, Dickensian storytelling, industrial production, railway travel, mass publishing and the growing power of the family home.A Victorian Christmas explores how the festive season became centred upon children, presents, Christmas trees, cards, crackers, elaborate meals, carols, charity and public entertainment. From candlelit royal drawing rooms and crowded toy shops to servants' halls, bustling markets and spectacular pantomime stages, this richly detailed history reveals both the warmth of Victorian Christmas and the labour, commerce and inequality hidden beneath its polished image.Accompanied by a specially created series of black-and-white engravings, the book brings key moments of the Victorian festive world vividly to life, including royal celebrations, Dickensian readings, crowded shops, lively inns and theatrical spectacle.Discover: - How Victoria and Albert helped popularise the family Christmas- Why Dickens changed the emotional meaning of the season- How Christmas cards, crackers and toy shops created new traditions- What Victorians really ate at Christmas- How servants, street sellers and shop workers made the celebration possible- Why pantomimes, ghost stories and charitable appeals became seasonal essentials- How Victorian customs developed into the modern Christmas Lively, accessible and filled with vivid detail, A Victorian Christmas tells the story of how one extraordinary century took an old and varied festival and turned it into the celebration we still recognise today. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. …

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. Every Christmas, Charles Dickens returns.His most famous festive story appears on stage, on television, and in film. His characters fill shop windows, Christmas cards and family traditions. Even people who have never read A Christmas Carol know Ebenezer Scrooge, Tiny Tim and the warning cry of "Bah! Humbug!"But did Dickens really invent Christmas?The Man Who Saved Christmas explores how one short book helped transform the way the modern world understands the festive season. Beginning with the noisy feasts, wassailing, mumming and religious customs of medieval Christmas, it follows the festival through Puritan suppression, industrialisation and the rapid social changes of nineteenth-century Britain.At the centre of the story stands Charles Dickens himself: a celebrated novelist haunted by childhood poverty, driven by financial pressure and determined to awaken public sympathy for the poor. Written in only six weeks, A Christmas Carol became an immediate sensation. Its message of family, generosity, memory and redemption helped give the changing Victorian Christmas a powerful new emotional meaning.This richly illustrated history examines the book's writing and publication, its extraordinary reception, Dickens's dramatic public readings, and the countless stage, film, and television adaptations that followed. It also includes an image of Dickens's original handwritten manuscript and a specially created montage featuring all eight original illustrations from the first edition of A Christmas Carol.Along the way, it separates fact from legend, revealing which Christmas traditions Dickens inherited, which he helped popularise and why the claim that he "saved Christmas" has endured for more than 180 years.Warm, lively, and packed with fascinating detail, The Man Who Saved Christmas tells how Charles Dickens turned a ghost story into one of the most influential Christmas traditions of them all. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. …

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Christmas did not always begin at the start of September and end halfway through Boxing Day.For centuries, Christmas Day marked the beginning of a twelve-day season of feasting, saints' days, games, disguises, wassailing, gambling, dancing, temporary rulers and decisions involving open flames that would now invalidate most home-insurance policies.In The Twelve Days of Christmas, Sam Westborn uncovers the forgotten history of Britain's longest festive season, from medieval banquets and Lords of Misrule to mummers, orchard wassails, Twelfth Night kings and the gradual disappearance of Christmas after Christmas Day.Along the way, the book investigates the famous song itself. Where did it come from What were colly birds Were the five gold rings actually jewellery Was the song really a secret Catholic code And what practical difficulties arise when somebody sends you 184 birds, forty milkmaids, thirty leaping lords and no clear instructions about where to put them Written with warmth, wit and a healthy suspicion of overly tidy folklore, this lively history separates fact from festive fiction while showing just how strange, noisy and complicated Christmas once was.The book also includes twelve specially created black-and-white illustrations, one for each day of Christmas, following the accumulating gifts as they turn a simple seasonal offering into a full-scale domestic emergency.in earlyPerfect for readers of British history, folklore and Christmas traditions, and an ideal stocking filler or festive gift for anyone who has ever wondered why a partridge was placed in a pear tree in the first place. …

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Step into the world that created the Christmas we know today.The Victorians did not invent Christmas, but they transformed it. During the nineteenth century, older customs were gathered, reshaped and spread through royal example, Dickensian storytelling, industrial production, railway travel, mass publishing and the growing power of the family home.A Victorian Christmas explores how the festive season became centred upon children, presents, Christmas trees, cards, crackers, elaborate meals, carols, charity and public entertainment. From candlelit royal drawing rooms and crowded toy shops to servants' halls, bustling markets and spectacular pantomime stages, this richly detailed history reveals both the warmth of Victorian Christmas and the labour, commerce and inequality hidden beneath its polished image.Accompanied by a specially created series of black-and-white engravings, the book brings key moments of the Victorian festive world vividly to life, including royal celebrations, Dickensian readings, crowded shops, lively inns and theatrical spectacle.Discover:¿ How Victoria and Albert helped popularise the family Christmas¿ Why Dickens changed the emotional meaning of the season¿ How Christmas cards, crackers and toy shops created new traditions¿ What Victorians really ate at Christmas¿ How servants, street sellers and shop workers made the celebration possible¿ Why pantomimes, ghost stories and charitable appeals became seasonal essentials¿ How Victorian customs developed into the modern Christmas Lively, accessible and filled with vivid detail, A Victorian Christmas tells the story of how one extraordinary century took an old and varied festival and turned it into the celebration we still recognise today.…

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. Christmas was not always about cosy fires, cheerful songs and pretending to enjoy a family board game.For generations, it was also a time for gathering after dark, lowering the lamps and telling stories about haunted houses, restless dead, mysterious strangers and scholars who ignored perfectly sensible warnings.In The Ghosts of Christmas Past, Michael White traces the strange and enduring history of the Christmas ghost story, from old winter fireside tales and Victorian magazine annuals to Dickens, Elizabeth Gaskell, M. R. James and the BBC's celebrated A Ghost Story for Christmas.Along the way, the book explores why ghost stories became such a natural part of the festive season, how publishers discovered that Christmas readers enjoyed being frightened, and why so many fictional antiquarians insist on opening sealed rooms, reading forbidden manuscripts and spending the night in houses that local people have already advised them to avoid.Warm, witty and atmospheric, this is the story of how Christmas became haunted, how some of the greatest writers in the English language helped keep it that way, and why the darkest nights of the year still seem to demand a ghost beside the fire.Perfect for readers of literary history, Victorian fiction, classic ghost stories and the darker side of Christmas, The Ghosts of Christmas Past makes an ideal festive gift for anyone who prefers their seasonal entertainment with cold footsteps in the corridor. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. Christmas did not always begin at the start of September and end halfway through Boxing Day.For centuries, Christmas Day marked the beginning of a twelve-day season of feasting, saints' days, games, disguises, wassailing, gambling, dancing, temporary rulers and decisions involving open flames that would now invalidate most home-insurance policies.In The Twelve Days of Christmas, Sam Westborn uncovers the forgotten history of Britain's longest festive season, from medieval banquets and Lords of Misrule to mummers, orchard wassails, Twelfth Night kings and the gradual disappearance of Christmas after Christmas Day.Along the way, the book investigates the famous song itself. Where did it come from? What were colly birds? Were the five gold rings actually jewellery? Was the song really a secret Catholic code? And what practical difficulties arise when somebody sends you 184 birds, forty milkmaids, thirty leaping lords and no clear instructions about where to put them?Written with warmth, wit and a healthy suspicion of overly tidy folklore, this lively history separates fact from festive fiction while showing just how strange, noisy and complicated Christmas once was.The book also includes twelve specially created black-and-white illustrations, one for each day of Christmas, following the accumulating gifts as they turn a simple seasonal offering into a full-scale domestic emergency.in earlyPerfect for readers of British history, folklore and Christmas traditions, and an ideal stocking filler or festive gift for anyone who has ever wondered why a partridge was placed in a pear tree in the first place. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Spirits of the Season: The Forgotten Folklore, Ghosts and Legends of Christmas.Long before Christmas became a season of bright lights, presents and family gatherings, it belonged to ghosts.Across Britain and Europe, the darkest weeks of the year were once believed to be filled with wandering spirits, prophetic dreams, dangerous visitors and supernatural creatures. The dead returned to their former homes. Ghostly riders crossed the winter sky. Animals spoke at midnight, witches roamed abroad and strange masked figures demanded entry at the door.Spirits of the Season uncovers the forgotten folklore that once made Christmas the most mysterious and unsettling time of the year.Journey through the haunted Twelve Nights and discover the terrifying Wild Hunt, the skeletal Mari Lwyd, the monstrous Krampus, the Yule Cat, Christmas witches, phantom church services and the spirits believed to gather around the festive fire. Explore the rituals used to predict future marriages, protect the household, welcome the dead and guard against whatever might be waiting beyond the lighted windows.From cattle whispering of death in their midnight stalls to spectral congregations assembling in deserted churches, these were not merely stories told for amusement. They reflected a world in which Christmas stood outside ordinary time, when the boundary between the natural and supernatural was thought to grow dangerously thin.Rich in folklore, strange customs and dark winter legends, Spirits of the Season reveals the older Christmas concealed beneath the modern celebration.The fires may burn brighter now, but the longest nights have never entirely surrendered their ghosts.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Christmas was not always about cosy fires, cheerful songs and pretending to enjoy a family board game.For generations, it was also a time for gathering after dark, lowering the lamps and telling stories about haunted houses, restless dead, mysterious strangers and scholars who ignored perfectly sensible warnings.In The Ghosts of Christmas Past, Michael White traces the strange and enduring history of the Christmas ghost story, from old winter fireside tales and Victorian magazine annuals to Dickens, Elizabeth Gaskell, M. R. James and the BBC's celebrated A Ghost Story for Christmas.Along the way, the book explores why ghost stories became such a natural part of the festive season, how publishers discovered that Christmas readers enjoyed being frightened, and why so many fictional antiquarians insist on opening sealed rooms, reading forbidden manuscripts and spending the night in houses that local people have already advised them to avoid.Warm, witty and atmospheric, this is the story of how Christmas became haunted, how some of the greatest writers in the English language helped keep it that way, and why the darkest nights of the year still seem to demand a ghost beside the fire.Perfect for readers of literary history, Victorian fiction, classic ghost stories and the darker side of Christmas, The Ghosts of Christmas Past makes an ideal festive gift for anyone who prefers their seasonal entertainment with cold footsteps in the corridor.…

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. Every Christmas, Charles Dickens returns.His most famous festive story appears on stage, on television, and in film. His characters fill shop windows, Christmas cards and family traditions. Even people who have never read A Christmas Carol know Ebenezer Scrooge, Tiny Tim and the warning cry of "Bah! Humbug!"But did Dickens really invent Christmas?The Man Who Saved Christmas explores how one short book helped transform the way the modern world understands the festive season. Beginning with the noisy feasts, wassailing, mumming and religious customs of medieval Christmas, it follows the festival through Puritan suppression, industrialisation and the rapid social changes of nineteenth-century Britain.At the centre of the story stands Charles Dickens himself: a celebrated novelist haunted by childhood poverty, driven by financial pressure and determined to awaken public sympathy for the poor. Written in only six weeks, A Christmas Carol became an immediate sensation. Its message of family, generosity, memory and redemption helped give the changing Victorian Christmas a powerful new emotional meaning.This richly illustrated history examines the book's writing and publication, its extraordinary reception, Dickens's dramatic public readings, and the countless stage, film, and television adaptations that followed. It also includes an image of Dickens's original handwritten manuscript and a specially created montage featuring all eight original illustrations from the first edition of A Christmas Carol.Along the way, it separates fact from legend, revealing which Christmas traditions Dickens inherited, which he helped popularise and why the claim that he "saved Christmas" has endured for more than 180 years.Warm, lively, and packed with fascinating detail, The Man Who Saved Christmas tells how Charles Dickens turned a ghost story into one of the most influential Christmas traditions of them all. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability. …

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. Spirits of the Season: The Forgotten Folklore, Ghosts and Legends of Christmas.Long before Christmas became a season of bright lights, presents and family gatherings, it belonged to ghosts.Across Britain and Europe, the darkest weeks of the year were once believed to be filled with wandering spirits, prophetic dreams, dangerous visitors and supernatural creatures. The dead returned to their former homes. Ghostly riders crossed the winter sky. Animals spoke at midnight, witches roamed abroad and strange masked figures demanded entry at the door.Spirits of the Season uncovers the forgotten folklore that once made Christmas the most mysterious and unsettling time of the year.Journey through the haunted Twelve Nights and discover the terrifying Wild Hunt, the skeletal Mari Lwyd, the monstrous Krampus, the Yule Cat, Christmas witches, phantom church services and the spirits believed to gather around the festive fire. Explore the rituals used to predict future marriages, protect the household, welcome the dead and guard against whatever might be waiting beyond the lighted windows.From cattle whispering of death in their midnight stalls to spectral congregations assembling in deserted churches, these were not merely stories told for amusement. They reflected a world in which Christmas stood outside ordinary time, when the boundary between the natural and supernatural was thought to grow dangerously thin.Rich in folklore, strange customs and dark winter legends, Spirits of the Season reveals the older Christmas concealed beneath the modern celebration.The fires may burn brighter now, but the longest nights have never entirely surrendered their ghosts. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…