Christmas in Pennsylvania
Subtitle: A Folk-Cultural Study
Contributors: Don Yoder (Foreword)
Edition: 40 Anv edition
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Published: October 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 162
ISBN-13: 9780811703284
Subjects: Christian festivals; Folklore; Myths & mythology; Social Science; Folklore & Mythology - Folklore; Sociology; Social life and customs; Holidays - Christmas & Advent; Folklore & Mythology; Christmas; Pennsylvania
First sentence: Of all the holidays in the year, Christmas, more than any other, evokes memories of home ties, kitchen memories, many of them: memories of one's mother (or grandmother, perhaps) busily engaged readying the Christmas dinner, and, oh, what aromas of roasting turkeys, sizzling chestnut filling, and rum-drenched mince pies-all emanating from memory's old-time woodstoves.