Merry Christmas!: Celebrating America’s Greatest HolidayHarvard University Press, 20 dic 2001 - 464 páginas It wouldn't be Christmas without the "things." How they came to mean so much, and to play such a prominent role in America's central holiday, is the tale told in this delightful and edifying book. In a style characteristically engaging and erudite, Karal Ann Marling, one of our most trenchant observers of American culture, describes the outsize spectacle that Christmas has become, showing us the provenance and significance of each of its essential parts: the decorated trees and holiday lights, the cards and gifts and wrapping papers, the toy villages and store displays and Macy's holiday parade, Bing Crosby and Santa Claus. |
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Holly Boxes Tissue Paper and Bows | 1 |
Greenery Lights Ornaments Toy Villages | 43 |
Department Store Displays Santalands and Macys Big Parade | 82 |
Dickens Irving and Christmas Charity | 121 |
Indoor and Outdoor Christmas Tree Spectacles | 160 |
Store Santas Kettle Santas CocaCola Santas | 197 |
Hot Christmas Black Christmas Faraway Christmas | 243 |
Cards or Gifts? | 284 |
How Bing Crosby and the Grinch Almost Stole Christmas | 321 |
A Meditation on Christmas Cookies | 359 |
Notes | 365 |
Acknowledgments | 433 |
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Merry Christmas! Celebrating AmericaÕs Greatest Holiday Karal Ann Marling Vista previa restringida - 2009 |