The Truth About Christmas
(Sprache: Englisch)
The Truth About Christmas - its traditions unravelled.Want to know the truth about Christmas? Then this beautiful gift book is for you!
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The Truth About Christmas - its traditions unravelled.Want to know the truth about Christmas? Then this beautiful gift book is for you!
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The paperback of the fact-filled, fun-packed book that provides the answers to these questions, and many others. Who decided to celebrate Jesus' birthday on 25th December . . . and why? Who exactly was Saint Nicholas ('Santa Claus')? Why do we kiss under the mistletoe? When was the first Christmas card sent? What on earth has a Yule log to do with Christmas? Did Father Christmas really used to wear green? Who invented the advent calendar? What do frankincense and myrrh look like? What do crackers have to do with Christmas? Where do the flying reindeer come from? What's all the holly and ivy for? Why are carols called carols? What exactly is a manger? Why hang Christmas wreaths to celebrate Christ's birth? Were Christmas trees really introduced to England by Prince Albert? Why have a fairy, not an angel at the top of the tree?The truth about Christmas - its traditions unravelled!Have you ever wondered:- Who decided to celebrate Jesus' birthday on 25th December . . . and why?- Who exactly was Saint Nicholas?- Why do we kiss under the mistletoe?- When was the first Christmas card sent?- What on earth has a Yule log got to do with Christmas?- Did Father Christmas really used to wear green?- Who invented the advent calendar?- What do crackers have to do with Christmas?- Where do the flying reindeer come from?- What's all the holly and ivy for?- Why are carols called carols?- What exactly is a manger?- Why have a fairy, not an angel at the top of the tree?The answers to these and many other festive questions can be found within the covers of this delightful little book!
Autoren-Porträt von Philip Ardagh
Der englische Kinder- und Jugendbuchautor Philip Ardagh hat unter verschiedenen Namen über vierzig Bücher für Kinder veröffentlicht, darunter einige zum Thema Ägypten. Die Bandbreite seines schriftstellerischen Schaffens ist immens und reicht von historischen Jugendromanen bis zu Gruselgeschichten. Seine Bücher wurden bislang in neun Sprachen übersetzt. Er lebt mit seiner Frau und zwei Katzen in einem kleinen Küstenort in England.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Philip Ardagh
- Altersempfehlung: 12 - 15 Jahre
- 2003, Main Market Ed., 96 Seiten, mit Abbildungen, Maße: 14,6 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Macmillan Publishers International
- ISBN-10: 0330398938
- ISBN-13: 9780330398930
Sprache:
Englisch
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