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3) The atlas of Christmas: the merriest, tastiest, quirkiest holiday traditions from around the world
Author
Publisher
Running Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Do you know that in Guatemala there's a "Burn the Devil" tradition to kick off the Christmas season, where revelers gather to set fire to devil-piñatas? In Sweden, a popular figure in Christmas traditions is the Yule Goat, a rowdy, menacing character who demands gifts. And in Japan, a big bucket of Kentucky Fried Chicken has become the classic Christmas Day feast. These and many other global Christmas traditions are featured here in this delightful...
4) Baboushka
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
An old woman who was too busy to travel with the Wise Men to find the Child now searches endlessly for Him each Christmas season.
Author
Publisher
B Artes De México
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
Español
Description
La primera piñata que se rompió en una posada era muy parecida a la estrella de Navidad. En estas páginas ilustradas para niños se puede descubrir el legendario origen de una importante tradición mexicana.
The traditional Mexican legend about the first pinata which was shaped like the star of Bethlehem.
Author
Publisher
New Page Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Christmas time is truly the darkest and creepiest time of the year filled with devilish creatures lurking in the shadows waiting to get us. Best known is the Krampus who has been the subject of films and songs. There was a time in the late 1800s when people sent Krampus cards, not holiday greetings. There are other violent and dangerous monsters from all over northern climes who have been hunting naughty children for centuries. From shapeshifters...
Author
Publisher
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"When you think about Christmas, you likely picture mangers, glowing fireplaces, sweet carolers, and snow-blanketed hills. But behind all this bright magic, there’s something much darker lurking in the shadows. In The Dead of Winter, Cambridge-trained historian Sarah Clegg delves deep into the folklore of the Christmas season in Europe, detailing the way its terrifying and often debaucherous past continues to haunt and entertain us now in the twenty-first...
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