Absolutely brilliant! My brother got me this for Christmas and it goes through the history and reasons behind so many things about our traditions at Christmas. From carols, to boxing day, to the life story of Santa Claus (who is a different person to Father Christmas), there was SO much to interest! I had to stop myself reading out every other paragraph to anyone who’d listen!
It even dispels the urban myth that Santa didn’t wear red and white until Coca Cola got involved. In fact it rubbishes various theories you often hear about many things, including why we celebrate on 25th December. I even learnt about why we shouldn’t ever be singing the words or tune we currently do for Hark the Herald, which made me sad.
I won’t spoil any more of it for you, but the tone is very light-hearted, and at only about 150 pages, it’s a lovely little read for this time of year – highly recommended!
ineke.co.uk 
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