129 results for "Christmas In America" between $5.00 and $50.00

Pages: 240, Hardcover, Oxford University Press, USA

Pages: 176, Edition: Second Edition, Hardcover, Skyhorse Publishing

Pages: 272, Paperback, NYU Press

Release Date: 2009-10-27, Audio CD, Collectables

With stunning images and illuminating text, award-winning photographer Guttman offers a dazzling overview of the wintry landscapes, traditions, ceremonies, spectacles, and pastimes of the holiday season throughout the United States. 176 pp. 15,000 print.

Social Science Customs & Traditions Religion Holidays Christmas & Advent

Join Sligo county fiddler Oisin Mac Diarmada and bodhran player Tristan Rosenstock of the famed traditional Irish band, Téada, in celebrating the season at a very special Christmas performance! In addition to the lively music of this masterful young duo, the program of seasonal Irish culture features renowned Kerry singer/accordion player Seamus Begley, youthful dancer Brian Cunningham, Irish harpist Grainne Hambly, and uilleann piper Tommy Martin. An atmospheric journey through outstanding Irish...

A musical "Currier and Ives" painting of how the holiday season should be for all of us in America created by Berta and Sonja Poorman. Add a sentimental touch to any holiday program with this lovely choral work.

Product DetailsDescription: "CHRISTMAS IN AMERICA” is a family album of America's holiday season photographed by one hundred of the nation's foremost photojournalists. From Thanksgiving to Epiphany, they were scattered across the nation to document how America prepares for, celebrates, survives and cleans up after Christmas. Published by Collins Publishers, San Francisco, CA 1988, this volume is in like new condition. Featuring a crimson red cloth-covered hardcover binding, its boards show no wear...

"These volumes showcase major holidays and festivals. The first book describes the different ways that carnival is observed and briefly touches on the celebration in the United States. The author gives a brief history of the events, tying their origins to early Christian Europe. The rest of the text describes the sights and sounds of the modern celebrations: the parades, costumes, dancing, drumming, fireworks, beads, and confetti. The second book discusses the significance and history of Hispanic...

Christmas in the 1700’s and 1800’s begins with a description of the first settlers to arrive in what is now the United States and their religious beliefs. The book introduces the Pilgrims and the Puritans, the Dutch and the Germans, and describes the contributions these and other early groups made to the celebration of Christmas. From wassail and the Yule log to Sinterklaas (Santa Claus) and the KristKindlein (Christ Child), the traditions of many nations influenced the way we celebrate Christmas...

Pages: 32, Hardcover, Sterling

An eye-catching, colorful survey of sleigh rides, cozy inns, trees and holiday traditions across these United States by the exuberant Peter Guttman. (USA187, $24.95)

Get in the Christmas mood with this soon to become American Christmas classic, Christmas In America. Take a journey into the different meanings of what Christmas is in America ending with the true meaning, Jesus.