Description
Christmas Day was first celebrated on 25 December in the fourth century CE. But when should our Christmas decorations come down - Twelfth Day, Twelfth Night ...or Candlemas? And why? Packed with fascinating facts about ancient religious customs and traditional feasts, instructions for Victorian parlour games and the stories behind our favourite carols, this is a captivating volume about our Christmas past.
Details
- Author: Struthers, Jane
- Publisher: Penguin Random House Books Ltd
- Format: Hardback
- Publication Date: 04/10/2012
- ISBN: 9780091947293
- B-Code: B005370
- Illustrated:
- Pages: 288
- Dimensions: 208x140mm
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