Christmas A to Z: Abridged and Revised Edition

By Tanya Gulevich and Eoin Colfer

Christmas is the most widely celebrated Christian holiday in the world. With its great cultural prominence, Christmas in increasingly celebrated by members of other religions and has great implications in the secular world in terms of its influence on arts, culture, retail, and business.

This reference work includes more than 200 alphabetically arranged entries, covering Christmas, New Year's, and related days of observance around the world. It also includes discussions of folk and religious customs, history, legends, and symbols related to these holidays. Christmas A to Z is beautifully illustrated and is rounded out with a guide to further reading. "The entries are uniformly readable and well documented. . . . Highly recommended."--Choice

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0780812441
• ISBN13: 9780780812444
• Release Date: September 2011
• Publisher: Kws Publishers
• Length: 600 Pages
• Weight: 2.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.3" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7 and higher