Christmas in America: A History

Christmas in America: A History

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 1-230

  Restad, Penne Lee ^a  

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Author keywords

Christmas; Clement Clarke Moore; Colonial Christmas; Dutch colony; National holiday; Netherlands; New England; New York; Puritan; Virginia

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EID: 84939805697     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195109801.001.0001     Document Type: Book

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