Christmas: a Very Peculiar History Quiz Book
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Christmas
Title | Christmas PDF eBook |
Author | Fiona Macdonald |
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Release | 2012 |
Genre | Children's questions and answers |
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A Very Peculiar History: Christmas Quiz Book
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Christmas Quiz Book
Title | Christmas Quiz Book PDF eBook |
Author | Fiona MacDonald |
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Pages | 96 |
Release | 2012-08 |
Genre | Children's questions and answers |
ISBN | 9781908759924 |
Why is Santa's outfit red and white? Where do we get Christmas trees from? What's the snow in a snowglobe made of? What's Boxing Day all about? All these questions and many, many more are answered in Christmas, A Very Peculiar History Quiz Book. Test your knowledge of Christmas traditions, yuletide customs and festive stories from around the world in this very peculiar quiz book. Featuring quotes, quirky stories and detailed answers, have fun with this wide selection of Christmas-themed brainteasers.
Christmas, A Very Peculiar History
Title | Christmas, A Very Peculiar History PDF eBook |
Author | Fiona Macdonald |
Publisher | Andrews UK Limited |
Pages | 109 |
Release | 2012-02-03 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 190875902X |
Just when you thought it was safe to take a sneak peek into your stocking, it's 'Christmas: A Very Peculiar History'. Taking an unbiased view of the myth and mystery surrounding the origins of the yuletide season, this book introduces mindbending facts about the holiday season and shatters the myths surrounding some of Christmas' most treasured and well-known facets: When exactly was Jesus born? Why is Santa's outfit red and white? Where do we get Christmas trees from? What's the snow in a snowglobe made of? What's Boxing Day all about? 'Christmas: A Very Peculiar History' takes a sideways look at bizarre yuletide customs and stories from around the world, such as Santa's evil sidekick, the terrifying Krampus, and the Scandinavian celebration of Saint Lucy. So leave the mince pies on the mantlepiece if you've been good and block up your chimneys if you've been bad, because 'Christmas: A Very Peculiar History' is here.
Christmas, A Very Peculiar History
Title | Christmas, A Very Peculiar History PDF eBook |
Author | Fiona Macdonald |
Publisher | Andrews UK Limited |
Pages | 188 |
Release | 2012-02-03 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1908759038 |
Just when you thought it was safe to take a sneak peek into your stocking, it's 'Christmas: A Very Peculiar History'. Taking an unbiased view of the myth and mystery surrounding the origins of the yuletide season, this book introduces mindbending facts about the holiday season and shatters the myths surrounding some of Christmas' most treasured and well-known facets: When exactly was Jesus born? Why is Santa's outfit red and white? Where do we get Christmas trees from? What's the snow in a snowglobe made of? What's Boxing Day all about? 'Christmas: A Very Peculiar History' takes a sideways look at bizarre yuletide customs and stories from around the world, such as Santa's evil sidekick, the terrifying Krampus, and the Scandinavian celebration of Saint Lucy. So leave the mince pies on the mantlepiece if you've been good and block up your chimneys if you've been bad, because 'Christmas: A Very Peculiar History' is here.
Peculiar Questions and Practical Answers
Title | Peculiar Questions and Practical Answers PDF eBook |
Author | New York Public Library |
Publisher | St. Martin's Griffin |
Pages | 192 |
Release | 2019-10-22 |
Genre | Humor |
ISBN | 1250203635 |
The New York Public Library staff answers questions remarkable and preposterous, with illustrations by Barry Blitt. Have you’ve ever wondered if you can keep an octopus in a private home? Do you spend your time thinking about how much Napoleon’s brain weighed? If so, Peculiar Questions and Practical Answers is the book for you. The New York Public Library has been fielding questions like these ever since it was founded in 1895. Of course, some of the questions have left the librarians scratching their heads... “In what occupations may one be barefooted?” “What time does a bluebird sing?” “What does it mean when you’re being chased by an elephant?” “What kind of apple did Eve eat?” “How many neurotic people are there in the U.S.?” In Peculiar Questions and Practical Answers, the staff of the NYPL has dug through the archives to find thoughtful and often witty answers to over one hundred of the oddest, funniest, and most whimsical questions the library has received since it began record-keeping over seventy-five years ago. One of The New Yorker’s best-known and beloved illustrators, Barry Blitt, has created watercolors that bring many of the questions hilariously to life in a book that answers, among others, the question “Does anyone have a copyright on the Bible?”