Gerry Bowler: 3 books
Christmas in the Crosshairs
Two Thousand Years of Denouncing and Defending the World's Most Celebrated Holiday
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2016
An Anglican priest hands out brass knuckles to his congregation, preparing to battle anti-Christmas fanatics. Fascists insist that the Winter Solstice is the real Christmas, while Communists stage atheist musicals outside of churches on Christmas Eve. Activists vandalize shops that start touting the...
Santa Claus
A Biography
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2011
An entertaining, often surprising look at the life of the world’s most influential fictional character.
He is the embodiment of charity and generosity, a creation of mythology, a tool of clever capitalists. The very idea of him is enduring and powerful.
Santa Claus was born in early-nineteenth-century...
by Gerry Bowler
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2012
At last, a truly comprehensive look at Christmas and all of its customs with its long history around the world. The World Encyclopedia of Christmas contains articles on the history of Christmas baking, drinking, and merrymaking, and Christmas dramas, music, literature, art, and films. It includes...