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The Truth About Christmas: It's Traditions Unravelled

The Truth About Christmas: It's Traditions Unravelled

by PhilipArdagh (Author)

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    Unabridged 2012

    $4.26
Synopsis

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!

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Format: Unabridged
 Pages: 96
 Edition: Unabridged
 Publisher: Macmillan Children's Books
Published: 11 Oct 2012
ISBN 10: 1447201671
ISBN 13: 9781447201670
Children’s book age: 9-11 Years
 Book Overview: Author of the amazingly successful AWFUL END and DREADFUL ACTS - the anarchic and hilarious adventures of Eddie Dickens. ' [This] is a neat little book full of facts about those crazy things we do at Christmas. Philip Ardagh is one of life's fact-finders. ' Scotsman Counterpacked with Christmas Poems chosen by Gaby Morgan.

Author Bio
Described as 'a national treasure' by the Independent and as 'one of life's fact-finders' by the Scotsman, Philip Ardagh has written books on subjects ranging from archaeology to space flight, and has still found time to write the bestselling Eddie Dickens children's novels, now translated into over thirty languages, to review children's books for the Guardian ('on a regularly irregular basis') and to appear at events and festivals around the world. He won the Roald Dahl Funny Prize in 2009. He is married with one son.