Description A critically acclaimed New York Times bestselling author explores the Christmas holiday, from the original festival through present day traditions.
By 1616, the playwright Ben Jonson was nostalgically remembering t.
Or has it? Thirty years after the first recorded Christmas, one archbishop was already complaining that his flock was spending the day, not in worship, but in dancing and feasting to excess.
Christmas has always been a magical time.
Description A critically acclaimed New York Times bestselling author explores the Christmas holiday, from the original festival through present day traditions