A Christmas Cornucopia : The Hidden Stories Behind Our Yuletide Traditions (9780241267738)

BY THE SUNDAY TIMES NO.1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR

The perfect gift for anyone who has ever wondered about the unpredictable origins and etymologies of our Christmas customs!

For something that happens every year of our lives, we really don't know much about Christmas.

We don't know that the date we celebrate was chosen by a madman, or that Christmas, etymologically speaking, means "Go away, Christ". We're oblivious to the fact that the advent calendar was actually invented by a Munich housewife to stop her children pestering her for a Christmas countdown. And we would never have guessed that the invention of crackers was merely a way of popularising sweet wrappers.

Luckily, like a gift from Santa himself, Mark Forsyth is here to unwrap this fundamentally funny gallimaufry of traditions and oddities, making it all finally make sense - in his wonderfully entertaining wordy way.

'Witty and revelatory. Blooming brilliant' Raymond Briggs

'Everything we ever thought about Christmas is wrong! Great stuff' Matthew Parris

Product details

• Format Hardback | 192 pages
• Dimensions 120 x 187 x 22mm | 210g
• Publication date 01 Aug 2018
• Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
• Imprint Viking
• Publication City/Country London, United Kingdom
• Language English
• Edition Statement UK ed.
• ISBN10 0241267730
• ISBN13 9780241267738
• Bestsellers rank 17,979

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