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The White Christmas Inn

2019-10-29
The White Christmas Inn

Author: Colleen Wright

Publisher: Pocket Books

ISBN: 9781982122317

Category: Fiction

Page: 352

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In this heartwarming, feel-good novel, a snowstorm brings a cast of very different characters together at a sleepy New England inn, just in time for Christmas—and maybe even in time for a Christmas miracle. A New England inn seems like the picture-perfect place to spend the holidays. But when a snowstorm shuts the roads and keeps them all inside, the guests find themselves worrying that this Christmas may not be exactly what they dreamed of. Molly just needs to keep her head down and finish her latest book, but her writer’s block is crippling. The arrival of Marcus, a handsome widower with two young girls, is exactly the distraction she doesn’t need. Hannah was hoping for a picturesque winter wedding, but her plans come crashing down when her fiancé calls everything off. She reconnects with her childhood friend, Luke, when he comes to check on his grandmother before the storm. Jeanne and Tim don’t know how they’re going to keep the inn open another year—or how to bridge the distance between them in their marriage. With a flurry of unexpected guests, they’ll have to work together to fix all the problems that crop up. But will it be enough to rekindle their relationship? With faith, and a little bit of Christmas magic, the inn—and its inhabitants—might just make it through the holidays after all in this “beautiful story about strangers becoming friends…and having an unexpectedly joyous time” (Publishers Weekly).

White Christmas

2004
White Christmas

Author: Irving Berlin

Publisher: Rutledge Hill Press

ISBN: 1401601928

Category: White Christmas (Motion picture : 1954)

Page: 70

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Celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of the film White Christmas, this Notebook not only pays tribute to the classic film, but is also a book containing everything you could want to know about snow. The CD in the back of the book includes Bing Crosby's classic version of White Christmas, as well as two other versions by Louis Armstrong and Vince Gill. Biographical information about the film's cast, behind-the-scene stories about making the film, and the story of its success commemorate a holiday classic. A portion of the book will focus on snow with recipes for snow cream, how to find out the most likely place in America to enjoy a white Christmas, how to make snow angels, facts about snowflakes, and how to make the perfect snowball.

Christmas Unwrapped

2001-08
Christmas Unwrapped

Author: Richard A. Horsley

Publisher: Trinity Press International

ISBN: IND:30000079187146

Category: Social Science

Page: 248

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Fascinating critique of the American Christmas from the perspectives of cultural studies, theology, & biblical studies.

The Christmas Encyclopedia

2001
The Christmas Encyclopedia

Author: William D. Crump

Publisher:

ISBN: STANFORD:36105110383473

Category: Christmas

Page: 360

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Christmas is special for many people around the world, and over the many centuries that people have been celebrating the holiday, it has changed with the times. This reference work presents a tremendous amount of information about the Christmas holiday from its inception around A.D. 350 to the present day. Covering not only Christmas day but the entire season from Advent through Epiphany, over 340 entries provide details on historical events that have shaped Christmas; St. Nicholas, Santa Claus, and other mythical beings that spread gifts around the world; symbols such as the Yule log, Christmas tree, holly, and mistletoe; sacred and popular carols and other music; and customs in the United States and around the world. Unique to this work is its emphasis on Christmas as depicted in the popular media, with entries on literary works, motion pictures, and television specials expressing holiday themes.

Encyclopedia of Christmas and New Year's Celebrations

2003
Encyclopedia of Christmas and New Year's Celebrations

Author: Tanya Gulevich

Publisher:

ISBN: UCSC:32106017273225

Category: Christmas

Page: 1014

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Over 240 alphabetically arranged entries covering Christmas, New Year's, and related days of observance, including folk and religious customs, history, legends, and symbols from around the world.

Best Songs of the Movies

2005-07-14
Best Songs of the Movies

Author: John Funnell

Publisher: McFarland

ISBN: UOM:39015057533211

Category: Performing Arts

Page: 328

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"Thanks for the Memory." "Swinging on a Star." "The Way You Look Tonight." Three great and popular standards of the American songbook--and all three won Oscars for best song. But who wrote these songs? What movies were they written for? Which stars introduced them? In the 25 years covered by this book, 160 songs were nominated for Academy Awards. Some are well known, but many are nearly forgotten. They deserve more lasting recognition. Best Songs of the Movies tells the stories behind all these songs, year by year. After announcing the nominated songs, the text describes the way each song was presented and performed, critiques the lyrics and melody, and provides appropriate historical and biographical insights. One appendix presents brief biographies of all the lyricists and composers responsible for these songs; another lists the Oscar-nominated and winning songs from 1959 through 2003. A bibliography and index complete the volume.

Hit Songs, 1900-1955

2007-04-02
Hit Songs, 1900-1955

Author: Don Tyler

Publisher: McFarland

ISBN: UOM:39015069328089

Category: Music

Page: 564

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"The top hits for each year are described, including song origin, artist(s), and chart information. The author includes any web/library holdings of sheet music covers, musical scores, and free listenable audio files. Biographical sketches follow, providing performing credits, relevant professional awards, and brief biographies for hundreds of the era's most popular performers, lyricists, and composers"--Provided by publisher.

Merry Christmas!

2000
Merry Christmas!

Author: Karal Ann Marling

Publisher:

ISBN: UOM:39015049543500

Category: Art

Page: 474

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It wouldn't be Christmas without the "things." How they came to mean so much, and to play such a prominent role in America's central holiday, is the tale told in this delightful and edifying book. In a style characteristically engaging and erudite, Karal Ann Marling, one of our most trenchant observers of American culture, describes the outsize spectacle that Christmas has become, showing us the provenance and significance of each of its essential parts: the decorated trees and holiday lights, the cards and gifts and wrapping papers, the toy villages and store displays and Macy's holiday parade, Bing Crosby and Santa Claus. Viewing Christmas through the media of mass culture--engravings and lithographs, magazine fiction, pictorial ads, news photos, cards, and movies--Marling tells us how the beloved Christmas tree grew out of a much-reprinted image of Queen Victoria and her family gathered around a decorated fir; how Santa Claus lost his provincial Dutch character and turned into the jolly old soul we know; how Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol borrowed from Washington Irving's imaginings of what Christmas must have been like in Merrie Olde England; and how the holiday, balancing between the private and public realms, conferred a central and defining role on women. A celebration of the visual culture of the season, Merry Christmas! offers captivating evidence that Christmas in America is primarily a secular celebration of abundance, goodwill, and familial identity, expressed in a multitude of material ways.