A Christmas cornucopia : the hidden stories behind our Yuletide traditions /: the hidden stories behind our Yuletide traditions. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Mark Forsyth.
• Authors: Forsyth, Mark
• Contents: Preface -- 1. Why 25 December? -- 2. The Christmas tree -- 3. Advent -- 4. Christmas carols -- 5. Santa Claus: the biography -- 6. Christmas dinner -- 7. Boxing Day -- Epilogue -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgements -- Index.
• Publisher Details: [London] UK : Viking, an imprint of Penguin Books
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (xviii, 171 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 394.2663; REFERENCE / Curiosities & Wonders; Christmas -- Miscellanea; Christmas; REFERENCE / Almanacs; HISTORY / Social History; REFERENCE / Trivia; Trivia & Quiz Question Books; Social & Cultural History; Miscellanea; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780241977552
• Related ISBNs: 024197755X; 9780241267738; 0241267730
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-163) and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.