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The History of Christmas From Bethlehem to the Big Box Store: A Chronicle of Faith, Folklore, and Commerce

The History of Christmas From Bethlehem to the Big Box Store: A Chronicle of Faith, Folklore, and Commerce

Geissler, Robert

Paperback

Investing & FinanceGeneral Christianity

ISBN13: 9798189652844
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jul 28 2026
Pages: 110
Weight: 0.35
Height: 0.23 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

Every December, the same question resurfaces in living rooms, pulpits, and shopping mall parking lots across America: what happened to the real Christmas?

The answer, this book argues, is more surprising than either side of that argument usually admits. There was never a single, pure Christmas to lose. From a fourth-century Church quietly absorbing a Roman sun-god festival, to Puritans who banned the holiday outright as unbiblical excess, to a handful of nineteenth-century writers and illustrators who invented Santa Claus, the Christmas tree, and the modern greeting card almost from scratch - Christmas has always been rebuilt by whatever era got hold of it.

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