What is Myrrh Anyway?: Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Christmas

What is Myrrh Anyway?: Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Christmas

Jonathan Green
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Author:  Jonathan Green
Condition:  Used, Very Good
Format:  Paperback
Pages:  208
Publisher:  Icon Books Ltd
Year:  2008
ISBN:  9781848310278

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this book has experienced some minor shelfwear; otherwise new and unread

This is a hugely enjoyable, festive excursion through the history, science, music, culture and traditions of everyone's favourite winter holiday.Why is Christmas celebrated on 25 December? Why is turkey the traditional festive meat? Why are stockings hung up on Christmas Eve? What is figgy pudding? Who were the three kings? And did Coca-Cola really invent Father Christmas as we're all told?Just like the perfect Christmas stocking, "What is Myrrh Anyway?" contains all manner of delightful surprises and delicious morsels of information. Jonathan Green uncovers the truth behind such familiar festive traditions as carol-singing and cards, and demystifies the origins of Christmas.If you've ever wondered how to cook the perfect roast turkey, what mince pies should really taste like, or why you are forced to endure the cross-dressing antics of a traditional pantomime every year, then simply open this Christmas cracker of a book and discover the answers to all those questions you've been too afraid - or embarrassed - to ask.

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