Dimensions
110 x 146 x 5mm
This is a fact-filled, fun-packed book that provides the answers to these questions, and many others:
- Who decided to celebrate Jesus' birthday on 25th December . . . and why?
- Who exactly was Saint Nicholas ("Santa Claus")?
- Why do we kiss under the mistletoe?
- When was the first Christmas card sent?
- What on earth has a Yule log to do with Christmas?
- Did Father Christmas really used to wear green?
- Who invented the advent calendar?
- What do frankincense and myrrh look like?
- What do crackers have to do with Christmas?
- Where do the flying reindeer come from?
- What's all the holly and ivy for?
- Why are carols called carols?
- What exactly is a manger?
- Why hang Christmas wreaths to celebrate Christ's birth?
- Were Christmas trees really introduced to England by Prince Albert?
- Why have a fairy, not an angel at the top of the tree?