Christmas in Switzerland (Christmas Around the World) (Christmas Around the World Series)
Gr. 4^-6. Every fall, World Book publishes a book focusing on Christmas as it is celebrated in one country, illustrated with clear, full-color photographs. This one introduces Swiss Christmas customs and the traditions of several other winter holidays, emphasizing the many-faceted nature of those events, which are often celebrated differently in city, country, and the home and by people of various ethnic backgrounds--in this case, French, German, and Italian. Children will come away with a clear notion of the country's cultural complexity as well as information about customs, which have sprung from pre-Christian rituals as well as Catholic and Protestant faiths, and about the celebration of such particular events as Christmas and Epiphany. A selection of crafts projects and traditional recipes rounds out the presentation.Carolyn Phelan