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Marling, Karal Ann, author.

Merry Christmas! : celebrating America's greatest holiday / Karal Ann Marling.

Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : Harvard University Press, 2000.

xiii, 442 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Describes the outsize spectacle that Christmas has become, showing 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. Includes information on Dayton department stores' Santabear.

Christmas -- United States -- History.

Christmas decorations -- United States -- History.

Harvard University. Press, publisher.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Wrapping paper unwrapped : holly boxes, tissue paper, and bows -- The Christmas business : greenery, lights, ornaments, toy villages -- Window shopping : department store displays, Santalands, and Macy's big parade -- Olde Christmas : Dickens, Irving, and Christmas charity -- O Tannenbaum : indoor and outdoor Christmas tree spectacles -- Santa Claus is comin' to town : store Santas, kettle Santas, Coca-Cola Santas -- Somebody else's Christmas : hot Christmas, black Christmas, faraway Christmas -- Thinking of you at Christmas : cards or gifts? -- Dreaming of a white Christmas : how Bing Crosby and the Grinch almost stole Christmas -- Postscript : a meditation on Christmas cookies.

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