Eve, Esme:

The Christmas Book.

London, Chatto & Windus, 1977 H/B red cloth bds, Good, faded in places, labels to spine, ex-school lib., stamps, writing, docket holder on front pastedown and ffep, stamp to half-title and title, contents nice and bright, b/w and red illust.s, small blue pencil line at btm of pge 9. Includes chapters on Christmas Round the World; Christmas Customs in Britain; Christmas Entertainments; Christmas Legends and Beliefs; Christmas Fare.

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Book number: 7156

Catalogue: Celebrations

Keywords: Christmas world customs Great Britain entertainment legend beliefs fare poetry history King Wenceslas Shemuel Glastonbury Thorn daisy holly Christmas Rose Fire Flower bees robin crow crane wren 0701103418