Holiday Symbols and Customs: A Guide to the Legend and Lore Behind the People, Places, Food, Animals, and Other Symbols and Customs Associated With Holidays ... and Customs) (Holiday Symbols and Customs)
by Sue Ellen Thompson
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Author: Sue Ellen ThompsonEdition: Library Binding
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2003-04-01
ISBN: 0780805011
Number of pages: 750
Publisher: Omnigraphics, Inc.
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Book Review: A superbly categorized and presented reference
Summary: 5 Stars
Now in an updated and expanded third edition, Holiday Symbols And Customs is an exhaustive, 895-page, information resource spanning centuries of religious and secular seasonal celebrations from all across the globe. Exhaustively compiled and expertly edited by Sue Ellen Thompson, Holiday Symbols And Customs is packed from cover to cover with an immense repository of detail specifically organized to be a quick and easy reference consult for basic information concerning holiday origins, their dates of observation, where they celebrated, their symbols and customs, any related celebrations, and so much more. A superbly categorized and presented reference, Holiday Symbols And Customs is an essential, fundamental, core addition to any school or community library reference book collection.
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