4000 Years of Christmas: A Gift from the Ages
4000 Years of Christmas: A Gift from the Ages
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Book Description
This modern holiday classic carries the reader around the globe and through the millennia. Beginning 2,000 years before Christ, it explains traditions like exchanging gifts for 12 days (it started in Babylon), decking the halls (part of the Roman Saturnalia festival), and believing in Saint Nick. "A wonderful way to express the meaning of Christmas to a child." - New York Daily News
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4000 Years of Christmas: A Gift from the Ages,Earl W. Count,Alice Lawson Count,Dan Wakefield,Ulysses Press,1569750874,Christmas,Customs & Traditions,History,History - General History,Holidays - Christmas,Religion,World - General
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