Early Christmas /
Kalman, Bobbie, 1947-
Early Christmas / - 1st ed. - Toronto ; New York : Crabtree Pub., 1981. - 63 p. : ill. ; 29 cm. - Early settler life series .
Our Christmas has changed over the years -- Christmas in the wilderness -- Christmas at a fur trading post -- Jolly Christmas load -- Settler's first Christmas -- Jesus Christ was born on Christmas Day! -- Christmas in an early town -- Christmas fun in a pioneer village -- Before the Christmas tree -- Christmas was a family time -- Parlor games, pantomimes and spooks! -- Proud and hardy settlers love the snow and ice -- Love and Marriage, Christmas style! -- Hard preparations for happy celebrations -- Feast to remember all year! -- Buy, bag or shoot your dinner -- Pudding filled with Christmas spirit -- Change for children -- Changing faces of Santa Claus -- Bright and beautiful tree -- Gifts for all! -- Christmas cards, a new custom -- Customs of different settlers.
Early Christmas is a wonderful historical odyssey taking young readers back to the early days of this country when Christmas traditions were made. Children will read about the special ways the settlers celebrated the most popular holiday of the year. Early Christmas is part of the The Early Settler Life Series, Bobbie Kalman's best-selling books. Illustrated with sepia-colored photographs & etchings, The Early Settler Life Series allows young readers the opportunity to experience 19th century etchings & photographs that are found only in archival collections.
0865050015 0865050031 (pbk.)
Christmas--History.
Frontier and pioneer life.
Early Christmas / - 1st ed. - Toronto ; New York : Crabtree Pub., 1981. - 63 p. : ill. ; 29 cm. - Early settler life series .
Our Christmas has changed over the years -- Christmas in the wilderness -- Christmas at a fur trading post -- Jolly Christmas load -- Settler's first Christmas -- Jesus Christ was born on Christmas Day! -- Christmas in an early town -- Christmas fun in a pioneer village -- Before the Christmas tree -- Christmas was a family time -- Parlor games, pantomimes and spooks! -- Proud and hardy settlers love the snow and ice -- Love and Marriage, Christmas style! -- Hard preparations for happy celebrations -- Feast to remember all year! -- Buy, bag or shoot your dinner -- Pudding filled with Christmas spirit -- Change for children -- Changing faces of Santa Claus -- Bright and beautiful tree -- Gifts for all! -- Christmas cards, a new custom -- Customs of different settlers.
Early Christmas is a wonderful historical odyssey taking young readers back to the early days of this country when Christmas traditions were made. Children will read about the special ways the settlers celebrated the most popular holiday of the year. Early Christmas is part of the The Early Settler Life Series, Bobbie Kalman's best-selling books. Illustrated with sepia-colored photographs & etchings, The Early Settler Life Series allows young readers the opportunity to experience 19th century etchings & photographs that are found only in archival collections.
0865050015 0865050031 (pbk.)
Christmas--History.
Frontier and pioneer life.