Merry Christmas! : celebrating America's greatest holiday / Karal Ann Marling.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Marling, Karal Ann.

Contributor:

Chef Fritz Blank Culinary Archive and Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Culinary Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christmas--United States--History.

Christmas.

Christmas decorations--United States--History.

Christmas decorations.

History.

United States--Social life and customs.

United States.

Manners and customs.

Penn Provenance:

Blank, Fritz (bookplate) (donor)

Physical Description:

[2], xiii, [3], 442, [4] pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2000.

Contents:

1. Wrapping Paper Unwrapped. Holly Boxes, Tissue Paper, and Bows

2. The Christmas Business. Greenery, Lights, Ornaments, Toy Villages

3. Window Shopping. Department Store Displays, Santalands, and Macy's Big Parade

4. Olde Christmas. Dickens, Irving, and Christmas charity

5. O Tannenbaum. Indoor and Outdoor Christmas Tree Spectacles

6. Santa Claus is Comin' to Town. Store Santas, Kettle Santas, Coca-Cola Santas

7. Somebody Else's Christmas. Hot Christmas, Black Christmas, Faraway Christmas

8. Thinking of Your at Christmas. Cards or Gifts?

9. Dreaming of a White Christmas. How Bing Crosby and the Grinch Almost Stole Christmas

Postscript: A Meditation on Christmas Cookies.

Notes:

Designed by Gwen Nefsky Frankfeldt.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [365]-431) and index.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Chef Fritz Blank Culinary Archive and Library copy presented to the Penn Libraries by Fritz Blank in 2008.

Kislak copy has bookplate of Chef Fritz Blank.

Kislak copy has dust jacket retained.

ISBN:

0674003187

OCLC:

43951884