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The Christmas Almanack | 
 enlarge | Author: Patricia Del Re
Publisher: Gramercy
Category: Book
This item is no longer available
Avg. Customer Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 7189441
Format: Import
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 416
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.7
ISBN: 0517230593
Dewey Decimal Number: 031
EAN: 9780517230596
ASIN: 0517230593
Publication Date: June 3, 2008
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“At the top of my list…a thoroughly delightful treasury of Yuletide lore and legend.”
–Los Angeles Times
“A compendium of useful information on all aspects of Christmas. Recommended!”
–Library Journal
For anyone who loves Christmas, this heartwarming compendium will bring yearly joy. THE CHRISTMAS ALMANACK covers all things Christmas, from movies and music to recipes and decorations, including symbols and traditions from around the world. It’s a treasure trove of all things Christmas, a gorgeous compendium that you and your family will treasure for years to come. Included in this heartwarming, beautiful book are:
Christmas recipes from around the world, including Spiced Pork, Ensalada de Navidad (Mexican Christmas Salad), Aardappel Kroketjes (Belgian Potato Croquettes), Buche de Noel, Sugarplums, Finnish Christmas Gloegg, and Angel Punch
Sheet music for Christmas classics such as “Away in a Manger,” “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing,” “O Come, All Ye Faithful,” Haensel and Gretel, and the Christmas Oratorio
Christmas stories and poems from Hans Christian Anderson, Dylan Thomas, Charles Dickens, Edgar Allen Poe, Christina Rossetti, and others
The history of many popular Christmas decorations, like Advent Calendars, Ribbon Ball Ornaments, and Christmas Macaroni Garlands, as well as instructions for creating your own
History and trivia of nearly 200 Christmas symbols, celebrations, and traditions from all over the world, including candles, Fete de Rois, Greek Cross Day, holly, Jack Horner pie, Krampus, mince pie, stockings, wassail, the Yule log, and so much more!
A section on “Our Family’s Christmas,” where you can write in your own wonderful traditions and celebrations to treasure from year to year
THE CHRISTMAS ALMANACK is the perfect companion to any Christmas season. Containing an almost endless supply of Christmas trivia, customs, facts, and fun, this is a book that was meant to be used again and again, making your family’s Christmas ever more special year after year.
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| Customer Reviews:
 Updated version still replaces facts with fiction January 3, 2006
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have the first edition of this book and expected the updated version to correct errors that were published in the first edition. Unfortunately the authors didn't do their homework.
When looking at a book that claims to provide accurate information about Christmas traditions, I start with "Silent Night." If they tell you that Joseph Mohr wrote the words in 1816 and Franz Xaver Gruber added the music two years later, you can figure that they researched the subject.
Regarding "Silent Night," it would take a lot of space to list all the errors in the "Christmas Almanack" version so I'll mention the fact that Joseph Mohr didn't write it on Christmas Eve in 1818, he wrote six stanzas and not three as mentioned in the book, and Mohr played his guitar for the first performance of the carol; not Gruber as is told in the book.
The second place to check on the accuracy of such a Christmas book is to see if they relate the real story of the connection between St. Francis of Assisi and a manger (feeding trough). "The Christmas Almanack" states, "So, in 1223 or 1225, Greccio, Italy, he constructed a life-sized manger scene with live animals." A life-sized manger scene sounds impressive but certainly exaggerates the fact that Francis merely had a feeding trough filled with hay, an ox, and an ass. That was all. The feeding trough served as an altar for Christmas Mass.
The two animals were life-sized and it was a real feeding trough, all wonderful in their simplicity, but the description of "life-sized manger scene" tells of much more if you don't give a further description of what was really seen by the followers of Francis at Greccio in 1223 (not 1225).
There is a lot of information packed into this book. It's difficult to estimate how much of it may be accurate. For that reason, I'm very disappointed and don't feel that it should be recommended to anyone.
The red type on cream-colored pages is difficult to read.
 Get ready for Christmas December 15, 2002
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
The Almanack is a wonderful collection of Christmas legends, traditions, customs, etc. which, once you look through it, will be brought out every year. Nostalgic and even helpful, this little tome will give you a warm feeling and allow you to enter into the past where many good memories reside. I especially like "Some Christmas Suggestions" on page 358. Highly recommended!
Christmas Almanack Presents Christmas Around the World November 26, 2000
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
The Christmas Almanack presents an amazingly thorough picture of Christmas around the world throughout history. It contains something for everyone who enjoys the Christmas season: stories, legends, words to holiday songs, recipes, and more. The Christmas season wouldn't be complete in our home without a copy of this book to browse and savor and share with guests. We discovered this book in 1979 and enjoy it every year.
Christmas Almanack Presents Christmas Around the World November 26, 2000
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
The Christmas Almanack presents an amazingly thorough picture of Christmas around the world throughout history. It contains something for everyone who enjoys the Christmas season: stories, legends, words to holiday songs, recipes, and more. The Christmas season wouldn't be complete in our home without a copy of this book to browse and savor and share with guests. We discovered this book in 1979 and enjoy it every year.
Christmas Almanack Presents Christmas Around the World November 26, 2000
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
The Christmas Almanack presents an amazingly thorough picture of Christmas around the world throughout history. It contains something for everyone who enjoys the Christmas season: stories, legends, words to holiday songs, recipes, and more. The Christmas season wouldn't be complete in our home without a copy of this book to browse and savor and share with guests. We discovered this book in 1979 and enjoy it every year.
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