Christmas: Its Origin and Associations / Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries
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bringing in the yule log. Frontispiece.
MEMORABLE CELEBRATIONS, STATELY MEETINGS OF EARLY KINGS,
REMARKABLE EVENTS, ROMANTIC EPISODES, BRAVE DEEDS,
PICTURESQUE CUSTOMS, TIME-HONOURED SPORTS,
ROYAL CHRISTMASES, CORONATIONS AND ROYAL MARRIAGES,
CHIVALRIC FEATS, COURT BANQUETINGS AND REVELLINGS,
CHRISTMAS AT THE COLLEGES AND THE INNS OF COURT,
POPULAR FESTIVITIES, AND CHRISTMAS-KEEPING
IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE WORLD,
DERIVED FROM THE MOST AUTHENTIC
W. F. Dawson
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CHRISTMAS:
DEPICTING, BY PEN AND PENCIL,
W. F. DAWSON.
PREFACE.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
THE ORIGIN AND ASSOCIATIONS OF CHRISTMAS.
THE EARLIER CELEBRATIONS OF THE FESTIVAL.
EARLY CHRISTMAS CELEBRATIONS IN BRITAIN.
CHRISTMAS, FROM THE NORMAN CONQUEST TO MAGNA CHARTA.
CHRISTMAS, FROM MAGNA CHARTA TO THE END OF THE WARS OF THE ROSES.
CHRISTMAS UNDER HENRY VII. AND HENRY VIII.
CHRISTMAS UNDER EDWARD VI., MARY, AND ELIZABETH.
CHRISTMAS UNDER JAMES I.
CHRISTMAS UNDER CHARLES I. AND THE COMMONWEALTH.
CHRISTMAS FROM THE RESTORATION TO THE DEATH OF GEORGE II.
MODERN CHRISTMASES AT HOME.
MODERN CHRISTMASES ABROAD.
CONCLUDING CAROL SERVICE OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY.
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