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Christmas wouldn't be the same without the "things". This book examines why the trees, cards, wrapping paper, toy villages and Macy's holiday parade play such an important role in the festivities. Through the medium of mass culture, Christmas is here primarily defined as a secular celebration.

Christmas --- Christmas decorations --- Holiday decorations --- Christmas books --- X-mas --- Xmas --- XPmas --- Xtemass --- Church year --- Fasts and feasts --- Holidays --- History. --- United States --- Social life and customs.

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But to tread those forgotten trails once more, to sample and savor the foods he loved, and to experience vicariously the sport he so enjoyed is to experience the wonder of yesteryear.

Christmas --- Christmas stories, American. --- Christmas books --- X-mas --- Xmas --- XPmas --- Xtemass --- Church year --- Fasts and feasts --- Holidays --- American Christmas stories --- American fiction

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How do we understand Christmas? What does it mean? This book is a lively introduction to the study of popular culture through one central case study. It explores the cultural, social and historical contexts of Christmas in the UK, USA and Australia, covering such topics as fiction, film, television, art, newspapers and magazines, war, popular music and carols. Chapters explore the ways in which the production of meaning is mediated by the social and cultural activities surrounding Christmas (watching Christmas films, television, listening or engaging with popular music and carols), its relationship to a set of basic values (the idealised construct of the family), social relationships (community), and the ways in which ideological discourses are used and mobilised, not least in times of conflict, terrorism and war. Key Features Offers an incisive account of the ways in which Christmas relates to social change, and how such recent events as 9/11 and the conflict in Iraq focus attention on traditional themes of community and family. Case studies include A Christmas Carol, Coca-colonisation and Santa Claus, Victorian cartoons and Christmas cards, Dr Who and 'Happy Christmas (War is Over)' Includes 18 B & W illustrations.

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Women authors, American --- Christmas --- Families --- Authors, American --- English --- Languages & Literatures --- American Literature --- Family --- Family life --- Family relationships --- Family structure --- Relationships, Family --- Structure, Family --- Social institutions --- Birth order --- Domestic relations --- Home --- Households --- Kinship --- Marriage --- Matriarchy --- Parenthood --- Patriarchy --- Christmas books --- X-mas --- Xmas --- XPmas --- Xtemass --- Church year --- Fasts and feasts --- Holidays --- American authors --- American women authors --- Social aspects --- Social conditions --- Kirkland, Elithe Hamilton --- Kirkland, Leet --- Childhood and youth. --- Texas --- Social life and customs.

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This book examines the religious, mythological and performance elements of the traditional Afro-Caribbean street festival. Using the theories of performance, political economy and symbolic analysis, this work elucidates how elements of African, European and South American cultures interact to produce a unique understanding of the colonial and post-colonial experience.

Christmas -- Saint Lucia. --- Devil -- Folklore. --- Devil -- Social aspects -- Saint Lucia. --- Festivals -- Saint Lucia. --- Saint Lucia -- Social life and customs. --- Christmas --- Festivals --- Devil --- Folklore --- Anthropology --- Social Sciences --- Manners & Customs --- Folk beliefs --- Folk-lore --- Traditions --- Ethnology --- Manners and customs --- Material culture --- Mythology --- Oral tradition --- Storytelling --- Beelzebub --- Beelzebul --- Lucifer --- Satan --- Satanael --- Satanail --- Demonology --- Days --- Anniversaries --- Fasts and feasts --- Pageants --- Processions --- Christmas books --- X-mas --- Xmas --- XPmas --- Xtemass --- Church year --- Holidays --- Social aspects --- Saint Lucia --- Social life and customs. --- Hagia Loukia --- ISenti-Lushiya --- Lùsíà Mímọ́ --- Masina Lucie --- Mutagatifu Lusiya --- Naomh Lùisia --- Noo Lucia --- Saint Lusia --- Sainte-Lucie --- San Lucia --- Sancta Lucia --- Sankta Lucio --- Sankte Lusia --- Sankti Lúsía --- Sanlusiyän --- Sant Lucia --- Sanṭ Lusiyah --- Sanṭ Lusyah --- Sant Lwsia --- Santa Lucia --- Santa-Lucie --- Santa Luċija --- Santa Lúsia --- Santa Lusiya --- Santa Lussìa --- Santa Luzia --- Santez-Lusia --- Saunt Lucia --- Seenti Luushiyaa --- Seĭnt Lusii︠a︡ --- Sen Lusia --- Sèng Lucia --- Senlu̇u̇sin Orn --- Sent Lisi --- Sent Liusėjė --- Sent-Li︠u︡si --- Sent-Li︠u︡sie --- Sent-Li︠u︡sii︠a︡ --- Sent-Lucio --- Sent Lüsii --- Sent Lusii︠a︡ --- Sent Lusija --- Sent-Lüsiya --- Senti-Lushiya --- Sentlūsija --- Sentorushia --- Sfânta Lucia --- Shën Luçia --- Sheng Luxiya --- Sint-Lusia --- St. Lucia --- St. Lusia --- Svätá Lucia --- Svatá Lucie --- Sveta Lucija --- Αγία Λουκία --- Света Луција --- Сент Лусия --- Сент-Люси --- Сент-Люсия --- Сент-Люсие --- Сент-Люсія --- Сейнт Лусия --- סנט לוסיה --- セントルシア --- 圣卢西亚 --- West Indies (Federation) --- Windward Islands (Jurisdiction)