Christmas and Christmas Lore
Thomas G. Crippen
Leído por LibriVox Volunteers
For above forty years I have been a diligent collector of history, tradition, legend, custom, or folklore, whether from familiar or unfamiliar sources, relating to the festival of the Holy Nativity. Moreover, I have gathered copiously from scarce pamphlets of the 17th and 18th centuries, from old chapbooks, newspaper paragraphs, and magazine articles old and new, and from contact with rustics in several counties. The fruits of my gathering are briefly summarized in the following pages, in the hope that they may conduce to that "joy and pious mirth" wherewith we ought, all of us, to commemorate the best and greatest Gift of God to man. - Summary by from the Preface (7 hr 23 min)
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| Preface and Introduction | 4:13 | Leído por TriciaG |
| Origin of Christmas | 13:41 | Leído por Julie Burks |
| Coincident Festivals | 5:23 | Leído por Julie Burks |
| Names of Christmas | 3:07 | Leído por Julie Burks |
| Use of Evergreens | 3:44 | Leído por Jane Bennett |
| Holly and Ivy | 8:16 | Leído por Jane Bennett |
| Laurel, Rosemary, Fir, etc. | 4:55 | Leído por Jane Bennett |
| Mistletoe | 10:53 | Leído por Jane Bennett |
| Placing and Removing Evergreens | 5:18 | Leído por Jane Bennett |
| Christmas Ghosts | 5:20 | Leído por Maeve |
| Christmas Tales | 8:19 | Leído por John |
| Christmas Music - The Waits | 3:45 | Leído por John |
| Old Christmas Hymns | 10:39 | Leído por Lynda Marie Neilson |
| Christmas Carols | 6:53 | Leído por Lynda Marie Neilson |
| Origin of Carols | 13:39 | Leído por Lynda Marie Neilson |
| The Oldest English Carols | 11:45 | Leído por Lynda Marie Neilson |
| Legendary, Mystical, and Modern Carols | 15:47 | Leído por Lynda Marie Neilson |
| Use of Carols | 10:27 | Leído por Lynda Marie Neilson |
| Church Observances - Advent | 4:47 | Leído por KevinS |
| Church Observances - Christmas Bells | 4:49 | Leído por KevinS |
| Church Observances - Midnight Mass | 6:23 | Leído por KevinS |
| Nativity Plays | 9:27 | Leído por John |
| The Praesepio | 7:23 | Leído por John |
| Cradle-Rocking: The Posada, etc. | 6:53 | Leído por John |
| The Children's Christmas | 8:01 | Leído por John |
| Puritan Hostility to Christmas | 14:13 | Leído por John |
| Mumming | 6:26 | Leído por KevinS |
| Hodening, Schimmel, etc. | 4:23 | Leído por Jaimiechurch95 |
| Wassailing | 8:33 | Leído por Jaimiechurch95 |
| Christmas Eve | 7:41 | Leído por Jaimiechurch95 |
| The Yule Log | 10:51 | Leído por BettyB |
| Christmas Candles | 4:47 | Leído por Garth Burton |
| The Christmas Feast | 20:57 | Leído por TriciaG |
| The Boar's Head | 7:03 | Leído por John |
| Christmas Sports | 7:19 | Leído por BettyB |
| Masking | 3:38 | Leído por Chris Bloom |
| The Lord of Misrule | 11:51 | Leído por KevinS |
| Yule-Firth: ''Unthrifty Folk'' | 3:04 | Leído por TriciaG |
| Christmas Gifts - Santa Claus, etc. | 10:18 | Leído por BettyB |
| The Christmas Sheaf | 2:20 | Leído por Ruth Logrono |
| The Christmas Tree | 9:14 | Leído por Ruth Logrono |
| The Christmas Ship | 3:29 | Leído por John |
| Christmas Boxes | 6:15 | Leído por BettyB |
| Christmas Cards, etc. | 4:53 | Leído por TriciaG |
| Family Reunions - The Children's Day | 4:02 | Leído por John |
| Miscellaneous Christmas Superstitions, etc. | 11:30 | Leído por TriciaG |
| Yule-tide in Thule | 7:02 | Leído por TriciaG |
| Subsidiary Festivals | 14:15 | Leído por Lynette Caulkins |
| New Year's Eve - Hagmena | 12:53 | Leído por Jane Bennett |
| Old Christmas Eve: Wassailing Trees | 6:41 | Leído por Jane Bennett |
| Epiphany | 9:52 | Leído por Jane Bennett |
| Twelfth Night | 9:03 | Leído por Jane Bennett |
| Feast of Fools, or of The Ass | 6:39 | Leído por Lynda Marie Neilson |
| Plough Monday, etc. | 3:27 | Leído por Lynda Marie Neilson |
| Candlemas | 12:42 | Leído por Lynda Marie Neilson |
| Epilogue | 4:34 | Leído por Lynda Marie Neilson |
Reseñas
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Fascinating summary of European Christmas traditions and beliefs from the first centuries into the early twentieth. Variety of readers with a variety of skill levels. Touches on many languages and word origins and a little brush up on a chapters’ tricky words would have helped. Overall I am very grateful for this recording as Crippen’s book helps put Christmas and its traditions into a wider context and creates a greater appreciation for same.