Christmas: Its Origin and Associations / Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries

by W. F. Dawson

CENTURIES:

DEPICTING, BY PEN AND PENCIL,

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,