Synopsis
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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Synopsis
Carrying the reader around the globe, this book tells how exchanging gifts for the "12 days" of Christmas started in Babylon, decking the halls was originally part of a Roman festival, and believing in Saint Nicholas began with the story of a kind old man who saved three children from slavery.
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4,000 Years of Christmas
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Ulysses Press, Seastone, 2000
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ISBN 13: 9781569752357
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4,000 Years of Christmas
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