The Book of New Family Traditions (Revised and Updated)

The Book of New Family Traditions (Revised and Updated)
Author: Meg Cox
Publisher: Running Press Adult
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2012-05-22
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 9780762443185

Offers instructions or "recipes" for creating new family rituals or traditions, in categories such as "holidays," "family festivities and ceremonies," and "rites of passage."

African American Celebrations and Holiday Traditions

African American Celebrations and Holiday Traditions
Author: Antoinette Broussard
Publisher: Kensington Books
Total Pages: 268
Release: 2004-09-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780806526546

This dazzling collection of recipes, style advice, and decorating ideas will help every family bring grace and passion to the holiday season.

Holiday Symbols

Holiday Symbols
Author: Sue Ellen Thompson
Publisher:
Total Pages: 720
Release: 2000
Genre: Fasts and feasts
ISBN:

A guide to hundreds of symbols associated with 224 popular holidays from around the world, covering foods, places, people, legends, and other aspects.

O Christmas Tree

O Christmas Tree
Author: Jacqueline Farmer
Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing
Total Pages: 35
Release: 2010
Genre: Christmas trees
ISBN: 1580892388

Recounts the traditions and folklore surrounding the Christmas tree, including its origin, customs around the world, and the activities that take place on a Christmas tree farm.

Swedish Christmas Traditions

Swedish Christmas Traditions
Author: Ernst Kirchsteiger
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 216
Release: 2010-12-08
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 1628732989

Here readers will learn how to bring those warm traditions into their own homes, wherever they live. Included are instructions to make mulled wine, homemade peanut brittle, red candied apples, crisp pepparkakor, lightly browned Swedish meatballs, candles, wreaths, and more. Each recipe and project are accompanied by beautiful full-color photographs. From fashioning centerpieces to baking delicious cookies to hand-making Christmas tree ornaments, this book will inspire readers to rediscover the joys of a Scandinavian Christmas.

How to Celebrate Christmas!

How to Celebrate Christmas!
Author: P.K. Hallinan
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 24
Release: 2019-11-19
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1510745572

Inspire generosity and the spirit of Christmas in your child through this colorful picture book Christmas is a beautiful time of love and friendship, and it’s especially heart-warming when seen through the eyes of a child. In How to Celebrate Christmas!, author P.K. Hallinan explores the Christmas holiday from the first shopping trip of the season to spending time with friends and family on Christmas day. Throughout the story, children will learn that there is much more to Christmas than simply receiving presents. Hallinan brings the heart of Christmas alive by showing a child’s joy at wrapping gifts for loved ones, setting up the Nativity scene, and celebrating Christ’s birth with a Christmas Eve candlelight service. Simple words and bright illustrations add to the spirit of the season. Parents can depend on P.K. Hallinan to provide not only fun stories, but also teaching tools for their children. How to Celebrate Christmas! will not only get children excited for Christmas Day, but also help them more fully understand the true meaning of this most special of holidays.

Jewish Holidays and Traditions Coloring Book

Jewish Holidays and Traditions Coloring Book
Author: Chaya M. Burstein
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 52
Release: 1990-06-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780486263229

Key moments in the rituals, traditions, and celebrations associated with principal Jewish holidays, including Yom Kippur, Rosh Ha-Shana, Chanukah, Purim, and others, are depicted in 41 authentically detailed illustrations. Captions, an introduction, a holiday calendar, and a glossary offer even more educational opportunities.

The Atlas of Christmas

The Atlas of Christmas
Author: Alex Palmer
Publisher: Running Press Adult
Total Pages: 251
Release: 2020-10-06
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0762470402

Discover the fascinating (and sometimes downright odd!) ways that people and nations celebrate the holiday season and share this festive compendium's unique traditions together with family and friends. Do you know that in Guatemala there's a "Burn the Devil" tradition to kick off the Christmas season, where revelers gather to set fire to devil-piñatas? In Sweden, a popular figure in Christmas traditions is the Yule Goat, a rowdy, menacing character who demands gifts. And in Japan, a big bucket of Kentucky Fried Chicken has become the classic Christmas Day feast. These and many other global Christmas traditions are featured here in this delightful book. From decorations and activities to feasts and special treats, there's a wide range of both lovely and unusual traditions from around the globe.

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Author: Patrice Johnson
Publisher:
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2017-11-01
Genre: Cooking
ISBN: 9781681340432

From smorgasbord and St. Lucia processions to Christmas Eve gatherings with dear family and friends, Swedish Americans are linked through the generations by a legacy of meatballs and lutfisk.