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  Title

  The battle for Christmas 1st ed.

  Author

  Nissenbaum, Stephen.  

  Publisher:

  Alfred A. Knopf,

  Pub date:

  1996.

  Pages:

  xiii, 381 p. :

  ISBN:

  0679412239

  Item info:

  1 copy available at New York State Library.
  

  • Holdings			Change Display
    New York State Library
    	Copy	Material	Location
    394.2663 N726 97-9227	1	BOOK	C-STACKS

• MARC Record

  The battle for Christmas 1st ed.
  Nissenbaum, Stephen.
  

  Control number:

  ocm34886023

  ISBN:

  0679412239

  Call number:

  394.2663 N726 97-9227

  Author:

  Nissenbaum, Stephen.

  Title:

  The battle for Christmas / Stephen Nissenbaum.

  Edition:

  1st ed.

  Imprint:

  New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1996.

  Physical description:

  xiii, 381 p. : ill., maps, ports., music ; 25 cm.

  Note:

  Includes bibliographical references (p. 321-367) and index.

  Contents:

  New England's war on Christmas -- Revisiting "A visit from St. Nicholas" -- The parlor and the street -- Affection's gift : toward a history of Christmas presents -- Under the Christmas tree : a battle of generations -- Tiny Tim and other charity cases -- Wassiling across the color line : Christmas in the antebellum South -- Epilogue : The ghosts of Christmas past.

  Held by:

  NYSL

  Held by:

  NYSL

  Subject:

  Christmas--United States--History.