Christmas Spirit: The Joyous Stories, Carols, Feasts, and Traditions of the Season
Gregory Wilbur and George Grant
Christmas is nearly everyone's favorite time of the year because it is adorned with so many special celebrations, happy memories, delightful stories, wonderful songs, and rich recipes. A season of selfless giving and expressive love, it is a time for family togetherness, for snuggling up to the hearthside, for recalling legends and fables, and for celebrating the things that matter the most. As a result, Christmas has been the focus of some of the greatest art, music, literature, and ideas of all time.
Christmas Spirit captures the essence of the Yuletide season by gathering in one place all of those elements that contribute to the joyous spirit of Christmas. From the origins of our most cherished holiday traditions and rituals to the insights of the wisest men and women of the ages on their essential meaning and significance, Christmas Spirit emphasizes and underscores the best moments of the season.
Here are the whys and wherefores of mistletoe, plum pudding, holly and ivy, Advent wreaths, nativity scenes, caroling, sleigh rides, Christmas trees, jingle bells, Pascha, wassailing, Twelfth Night, twinkling lights, gift giving, and Saint Nick. In short, here is the joy of the season: the Christmas Spirit.
 | GEORGE GRANT is director of the King’s Meadow Study Center, editor of the Stirling Bridge newsletter, president of the Covenant Classical School Association, and professor of moral philosophy at Bannockburn College. The author or coauthor of more than fifty books, he lives in Middle Tennessee. |
| GREGORY WILBUR is an acclaimed composer and director, director of fine arts at Franklin Classical School, and professor of aesthetics at Bannockburn College in Franklin, Tennessee. He lives in Middle Tennessee. |
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ISBN-10: 1-58182-056-9 (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 978-1-58182-056-0 (Hardcover)
ISBN-10: 1-58182-204-9 (Paperback)
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