Libro A Christmas Cornucopia: The Hidden Stories Behind our Yuletide Traditions De Forsyth, Mark

portada A Christmas Cornucopia: The Hidden Stories Behind our Yuletide Traditions

Formato

Libro Físico

Autor

Mark Forsyth

Editorial

Penguin UK

Año

2016

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

192

Encuadernación

Tapa Dura

Dimensiones

18.3 x 11.4 x 1.8 cm

Peso

0.79 kg.

ISBN13

9780241267738

Categorías

Navidad
Lingüística histórica
Historia social y cultural
Festivales religiosos

A Christmas Cornucopia: The Hidden Stories Behind our Yuletide Traditions

Mark Forsyth (Autor) · Penguin UK · Tapa Dura

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Reseña del libro "A Christmas Cornucopia: The Hidden Stories Behind our Yuletide Traditions"

For something that happens every year of our lives, we really don't know much about Christmas. We don't know that the date we celebrate was chosen by a madman, or that Christmas, etymologically speaking, means "Go away, Christ." Nor do we know that Christmas was first celebrated in 243 AD on March 28--and only moved to December 25 in 354 AD. We're oblivious to the fact that the advent calendar was actually invented by a Munich housewife to stop her children pestering her for a Christmas countdown. And we would never have guessed that the invention of Christmas crackers was merely a way of popularizing sweet wrappers. Luckily, Mark Forsyth is here to unwrap this fundamentally funny gallimaufry of traditions and oddities, making it all finally make sense--in his wonderfully entertaining wordy way.