Christmas Customs and Traditions : their history and significance / by Clement A. Miles.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Miles, Clement A.

Contributor:

Nancy Klavans Cookery Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Culinary Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christmas.

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Penn Provenance:

Klavans, Nancy (donor)

Physical Description:

399, [18] pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Other Title:

Christmas in Ritual and Tradition

Place of Publication:

New York : Dover Publications, Inc., 1976.

Contents:

1. Introduction.

Part 1. The Christian feast. 2. Christmas poetry (1).

3. Christmas poetry (2).

4. Christmas liturgy and popular devotion.

5. Christmas drama.

Postscript.

Part 2. Pagan survivals. 6. Pre-Christian winter festivals.

7. All Hallow tide to Martinmas.

8. St. Clement to St. Thomas.

9. Christmas Eve and the twelve days.

10. The Yule log.

11. The Christmas-tree, decorations, and gifts.

12. Christmas feasting and sacrificial survivals.

13. Masking, the mummers' play, the feast of fools, and the boy bishop.

14. St. Stephen's, St. John's, and Holy Innocents' days.

15. New Year's day.

16. Epiphany to Candlemas.

Conclusion.

Notes:

Reprint of the 1912 edition published by T.Fisher Unwin, London under title: Christmas in ritual and tradition, Christian and pagan. "The frontispiece and the illustrations facing pages 31, 70 and 154 were reproduced in full color in the original edition."

Cover Design by Edmund V. Gillon, Jr.

Publisher's advertisements: [14] pages at end.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-387) and index.

Local Notes:

Klavans Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries by Nancy Klavans in 2016.

ISBN:

0486233545 :

9780486233543

OCLC:

2464515

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