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Christmas Eve is getting closer. All the decorations on the Christmas tree are rehearsing for the big show. When the ballerina bumps into the nutcracker on Christmas Eve, a fight breaks out. Not even a chance for a peaceful evening! How will they stop fighting in time for Christmas? With its empowering message and colorfully whimsical illustrations, Hustle Bustle Around Christmas is a family book that can be read on Christmas Eve. The story becomes real the moment kids recognize everyday situations and human feelings behind them. Excellent resource for parents to talk about respect, responsibility or the consequences of a fight - everything wrapped in the magical light of Christmas.
Film plays a vital role in the celebration of Christmas. For decades, it has taught audiences about what the celebration of the season looks like – from the decorations to the costumes and to the expected snowy weather – as well as mirrors our own festivities back to us. Films like It’s a Wonderful Life and Home Alone have come to play key roles in real-life domestic celebrations: watching such titles has become, for many families, every bit as important as tree-trimming and leaving cookies out for Santa. These films have exported the American take on the holiday far and wide and helped us conjure an image of the perfect holiday. Rather than settling the ‘what is a Christmas film?’ debate – indeed, Die Hard and Lethal Weapon are discussed within – Analyzing Christmas in Film: Santa to the Supernatural focuses on the how Christmas is presented on the deluge of occasions when it appears. While most Christmas films are secular, religion makes many cameos, appearing through Nativity references, storylines involving spiritual rebirth, the framing of Santa as a Christ-like figure and the all-importance of family, be it the Holy family or just those gathered around the dining table. Also explored are popular narratives involving battles with stress and melancholy, single parents and Christmas martyrs, visits from ghosts and angels, big cities and small towns, break-ups and make-ups and the ticking clock of mortality. Nearly 1000 films are analyzed in this volume to determine what the portrayal of Christmas reveals about culture, society and faith as well as sex roles, consumerism, aesthetics and aspiration.
Whose birthday is it anyway? Have you ever wanted more from the Christmas Season? The Twelve Days of Christmas is more than just another Christmas book. It is a way to recapture what has been lost in the hustle and bustle of Christmas so that this year it can be different. This inspiring book will help you discover that Christmas Day is the jumping point for the real celebration, not the final affair. The twelve-day adventure begins on December 26. Authors Linda Coates and Leslie S. Kelly shed new light on the hidden meanings in the old classic Christmas song and take us on a journey through the Twelve Days of Christmas. Learn more about the tenants of our faith through wonderful stories, meaningful activities, and create new traditions to last a lifetime. The Twelve Days of Christmas is a beautiful way to finish one year and begin the next and to celebrate Christ's birth by giving our gifts to the One who has given us the greatest gift of all.
Christmas is Holly’s favorite holiday. She goes all out, even volunteering as one of Santa’s elves’ at the department store she works at. Santa Claus’s only son, Nicholas, has to find a wife before the stroke of midnight on Christmas Eve. Every city he goes to, no one seems to fit the bill. Until he meets Holly, a sexy little elf at the department store. She’s sweet, loves Christmas and is perfect to stand by his side as he takes his father’s place. When Holly meets Nicholas Saint, she’s in awe. He’s sexy, jolly and full of fun. When she dreams about going to the very place she’s always wanted to go, the North Pole, she thinks it’s only that, a dream. Until Nicholas tells her the truth, and she has to decide whether or not to believe him. The chemistry between them is magical and he’s everything she’s ever looked for in a man. Could he really be the son of Santa Clause? With a little faith, a lot of heart and destiny, she’ll find out what she really wants for Christmas is love.
"Reeling from the trials and tribulations of surviving a time shift and an enemy temporal attack during America's Revolutionary War; Nik, Sid, and John contemplate their lives moving forward in Americas past. They had long ceased thinking of home as the place in the year 2010 where they prospered with their wives, loved their children, and enjoyed the modern amenities that life in the twenty-first century afforded them ... Invading temporal forces present a complex puzzle for the three friends to discover, decipher, and solve as America's time runs out. Desperation and unusual circumstances force Nik, Sid, and John to use extreme measures, and some modern-day tactics, to defend their nation's freedom and history. Will the temporal contamination and evil disrupt America's historical timelines as it fights to maintain its borders, its liberty, and its very sovereignty?"--Amazon
Winner of the 2022 Chicago Folklore Prize For many, December 26 is more than the day after Christmas. Boxing Day is one of the world’s most celebrated cultural holidays. As a legacy of British colonialism, Boxing Day is observed throughout Africa and parts of the African diaspora, but, unlike Trinidadian Carnival and Mardi Gras, fewer know of Bermuda’s Gombey dancers, Bahamian Junkanoo, Dangriga’s Jankunú and Charikanari, St. Croix’s Crucian Christmas Festival, and St. Kitts’s Sugar Mas. One Grand Noise: Boxing Day in the Anglicized Caribbean World delivers a highly detailed, thought-provoking examination of the use of spectacular vernacular to metaphorically dramatize such tropes as “one grand noise,” “foreday morning,” and from “back o’ town.” In cultural solidarity and an obvious critique of Western values and norms, revelers engage in celebratory sounds, often donning masks, cross-dressing, and dancing with abandon along thoroughfares usually deemed anathema to them. Folklorist Jerrilyn McGregory demonstrates how the cultural producers in various island locations ritualize Boxing Day as a part of their struggles over identity, class, and gender relations in accordance with time and space. Based on ethnographic study undertaken by McGregory, One Grand Noise explores Boxing Day as part of a creolization process from slavery into the twenty-first century. McGregory traces the holiday from its Egyptian origins to today and includes chapters on the Gombey dancers of Bermuda, the evolution of Junkanoo/Jankunú in The Bahamas and Belize, and J'ouvert traditions in St. Croix and St. Kitts. Through her exploration of the holiday, McGregory negotiates the ways in which Boxing Day has expanded from small communal traditions into a common history of colonialism that keeps alive a collective spirit of resistance.
Vols. for 1955-62 include: Mining guidebook and buying directory.
This book provides an overview of the history, culture, and society of Namibia, a country on which little information in English exists. Namibia is a sizeable and significant country in southern Africa that is little known to the outside world. A vast country of startling beauty with a storied history, including one of the world's worst genocides and a war of independence that lasted nearly a quarter century, this "land between two deserts" is a fascinating result of its African, German, and English influences. Culture and Customs of Namibia is one of very few English language works written about Namibia's history, culture, and society. The book reveals details about Namibian daily life, gender relations, modern youth culture, and the influence of traditional cultures that allow readers to appreciate this country's unique character. A section on tourism explains how Namibia—an extremely arid country with an immense number and diversity of wildlife—is on the cutting edge of ecotourism.
Easy recipes for chefs of all levels and fans of the true star of the fall season: the sweet potato! Sweet potatoes have always been part of our country’s history. While they quickly became a beloved part of the diet of United States Southerners, they weren’t always appreciated by the rest of us. In recent years, we’ve all come to our senses and promoted these root vegetables to the rock star status they deserve. In addition to their versatility and taste, sweet potatoes are a powerhouse of nutrition and have been named one of the ten most important vegetables globally. Sweet Potatoes: 60 Recipes for Every Season contains more than sixty sweet and savory recipes with emphasis on seasonal ingredients. Along with several variations of sweet potato pie, you’ll find creative recipes for tasty dishes such as: sweet potato cornbread pulled pork tacos with sweet potato slaw apple brined chicken and sweet potato skillet dinner maple sweet potato granola sweet potato apple butter and more! Whether you’re a vegetarian, athlete, picky eater, or cast-iron enthusiast, you’ll discover recipes that will easily become staples in your meal rotation. It can fit into the nutrition plan for every lifestyle and taste preference across the country. Alongside these delicious sweet and savory recipes, author Jackie Garvin also provides a narrative with full-color photographs explaining the life, from harvest to shipment, of the sweet potato.