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Inventing Christmas

Inventing Christmas How Our Holiday Came to Be

Hardback (14 Oct 2002)

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Publisher's Synopsis

With vintage illustrations by artists such as Thomas Nast and Arthur Rackham, 'Inventing Christmas' explains how most of America's Christmas traditions evolved between 1822 and 1848, and how Santa, the Christmas tree, gift-giving and Scrooge all came to signify this holiday.

Book information

ISBN: 9780810934931
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
Imprint: Harry N. Abrams
Pub date:
DEWEY: 394.26630973
DEWEY edition: 21
Number of pages: 128
Weight: 820g
Height: 254mm
Width: 227mm
Spine width: 19mm