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001			ocm07287585
003			OCoLC
005			20160907192059.0
008			810330s1981 nyua 001 0 eng d
020			_a0865050015
020			_a0865050031 (pbk.)
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100	1		_aKalman, Bobbie, _d1947- _922051
245	1	0	_aEarly Christmas /
250			_a1st ed.
260			_aToronto ; _aNew York : _bCrabtree Pub., _c1981.
300			_a63 p. : _bill. ; _c29 cm.
440		0	_aEarly settler life series _919213
505	0		_aOur 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.
520			_aEarly 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.
650		8	_aChristmas _xHistory. _922052
651		8	_aFrontier and pioneer life. _922053
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