A nearly infallible history of ChristmasWhy is Christmas the way it is? How did we get from the birth of Jesus to everyone pushing their credit card and their belts to their maximum extent? Starting with the events surrounding Jesus' birth, this book takes us through centuries of commemoration, celebration and over consumption. Along the way we'll find out why we eat turkey, how an obscure Turkish saint turned into a man flying a sleigh, and why that tree in your house should really contain

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searching for the past that underlies the city's arrestingly visible present

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bring into our lives the Zen that Steve Jobs learned from a Japanese master

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