Keeping Christmas Well

—Until (at least) January 6th

by Artemesia D'ECCA

Now in Print Edition—a Hardback Gift Book with 700 illustrations.
An Authoritative and Entertaining Question-and-Answer Guide to the Season of Christmas
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"…a very attractive seasonable title…"—Books Ireland.

"…The book is very entertaining both in its array of miscellaneous facts about the season of the Nativity, and in its wide array of illustrations, many drawing on the rich traditions left us by the Victorians. The aim of the author is to entertain and to enlighten in a gentle way—and she achieves both, making this a Christmas present which will amuse for years to come." —Peter Costello, The Irish Catholic.

Essential Facts about Christmas:

Christmas and War.

The forgotten Seasons of Christmas—the 40 days, the 20 days, the 12 (or is it 13?) days.
What is a “day” at Christmas ?

Christmas and Religion—when and where was Christmas banned?

Christmas and the Movies.

Christmas and the Industrial Revolution—a force
that almost killed it.

Christmas food and drink—from Brawn to
the Tom and Jerry.

Who really wrote “The Night Before Christmas”, and when ?

When and why did we start celebrating Christmas Day on the 25th of December ?

Hardback gift edition: 284 pages, 700 illustrations (both b+w & colour), printed endpapers, head+tail bands.
ISBN 978-1-908420-008, r.r.p. £25.00 / €29.00

A PHAETON Guide

 

 

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"… Scrooge was better than his word… it was always said of him, that he knew how to keep Christmas well… May that be truly said of us, and all of us !"
— A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens.

 

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