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Type: BOOK - Published: 1994-10 - Publisher: NYU Press
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Language: en
Pages: 240
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Type: BOOK - Published: 1996-12-05 - Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Language: en
Pages: 291
Pages: 291
Type: BOOK - Published: 1994-10-01 - Publisher: NYU Press
In days of old, Christmas was defined by the custom of exchanging simple handmade gifts. Today, it has become a multi-billion industry, synonymous with commerci
Language: en
Pages: 425
Pages: 425
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-10-18 - Publisher: The Countryman Press
A celebration of Christmas in the 1950s and '60s Midcentury America was a wonderland of department stores, suburban cul-de-sacs, and Tupperware parties. Every k
Language: en
Pages: 470
Pages: 470
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-06-30 - Publisher: Harvard University Press
It wouldn't be Christmas without the "things." How they came to mean so much, and to play such a prominent role in America's central holiday, is the tale told i
