Canadian Christmas Traditions

Canadian Christmas Traditions
Author: Mandryk, DeeAnn
Publisher: James Lorimer & Company
Total Pages: 363
Release: 2013-09-15
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1459405609

Included in this book are 28 traditional recipes by Chef Jeff O'Neill, showcasing Canada's multicultural heritage, plus a special section of 18 Christmas recipes from across the country, highlighting Canada's regional diversity. The origin of a Canadian Christmas is a fascinating blend of different traditions and festivities. The stories behind the celebration originate from around the world, and paint a wonderful picture of a season of joy, faith, superstition, and celebration stretching back over thousands of years.

Acadian Christmas Traditions

Acadian Christmas Traditions
Author: Georges Arsenault
Publisher:
Total Pages: 160
Release: 2007
Genre: Acadians
ISBN: 9781894838269

Based on written sources and interviews with Acadians throughout the Maritimes, Acadian Christmas Traditions offers a fascinating look at the evolution of Christmas. This very readable book shows how customs, both spiritual and secular, take hold in families, in villages, and in a culture as a whole. Georges Arsenault, the well-known historian and folklorist, examines all the aspects of the feast of Christmas, from midnight mass to holiday foods. As he chronicles the cultural changes that have taken place over the centuries, he proves that Acadian Christmas today is the result of a wonderful blending of old, new, and borrowed traditions.

The Twelve Days of Christmas in Canada

The Twelve Days of Christmas in Canada
Author: Ellen Warwick
Publisher: Twelve Days of Christmas in Am
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2016-10-04
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9781454920564

O Canada, in Christmastime! Take a holiday trip across the country, all the way from Prince Edward Island and Vieux-Québec to Winnipeg and Vancouver. The really fun Canadian gifts for each day include everything from 8 bears a-swimming and 6 Mounties marching to a loon in a maple tree!

Cultural Traditions in Canada

Cultural Traditions in Canada
Author: Molly Aloian
Publisher: Cultural Traditions in My Worl
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2014
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780778702979

This wonderful book describes the different traditions and festivals celebrated in Canada today. Young readers will also learn how the Canadian people celebrate family occasions.

The Christmas Nisse

The Christmas Nisse
Author: Rikke Melgaard Liffiton
Publisher: FriesenPress
Total Pages: 38
Release: 2021-09-02
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1525578367

A delightful Christmas story for families. The Christmas Nisse presents a Danish Christmas tradition about the magical little Nisse. These mischievous creatures live at the North pole with Santa. On the last night of November, they roam through the cold to find their way to your home. You know they have arrived when their little door appears. The Christmas Nisse is on a mission to create and collect Christmas Joy to make Santa's sleigh fly. How do you help the Nisse, you ask? Bring this beautiful tradition into your home and find out.

Stories Behind the Great Traditions of Christmas

Stories Behind the Great Traditions of Christmas
Author: Ace Collins
Publisher: Zondervan
Total Pages: 181
Release: 2010-05-04
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0310873886

Ever wonder where some of our unique and meaningful Christmas traditions come from? Why are red and green popular colors of the season? Why is exchanging gifts a family tradition? Stories Behind the Great Traditions of Christmas reveals the people, places, and events that shaped the best-loved customs of this merriest of holidays and how they all point to Christ. Stories Behind the Great Traditions of Christmas includes insights about: Gift giving Christmas trees Caroling Nativity scenes Yule logs Stockings Advent wreaths Mistletoe Holly, and more! This is the perfect gift to infuse your celebration with spiritual insights, true-life tales, and captivating legends to intrigue you and your family. Bring new luster and depth to your modern traditions while you celebrate Jesus' birth. The traditions of Christmas lend beauty, awe, and hope to the holiday, causing people all over the world to anticipate it with joy. Warm your heart as you rediscover the true and eternal significance of Christmas.

Christmas in Canada

Christmas in Canada
Author: World Book, Inc. Staff
Publisher:
Total Pages: 84
Release: 1994
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780716608943

Describes the customs, traditions, food and music of a Canadian Christmas.

Encyclopaedia Britannica

Encyclopaedia Britannica
Author: Hugh Chisholm
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1090
Release: 1910
Genre: Encyclopedias and dictionaries
ISBN:

This eleventh edition was developed during the encyclopaedia's transition from a British to an American publication. Some of its articles were written by the best-known scholars of the time and it is considered to be a landmark encyclopaedia for scholarship and literary style.

Christmas Around the World

Christmas Around the World
Author: Mary D. Lankford
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 52
Release: 1998-10-19
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0688163238

Ethiopian fringed umbrellas; star-shaped Filipino parol lanterns;candlelit Swedish St. Lucia crowns-Mary Lankford bringstogether Christmas traditions from twelve different lands,like decorations on a splendid tree.