The Little Book of Christmas

by Dominique Foufelle

A collection of the stories, legends, and rituals surrounding Christmas, featuring colorfully illustrated lithographs.This festive follow-up to The Little Book of Saints and The Little Book of Angels explores the wonderful rituals and rich history surrounding Christmas. From the story of the nativity to the legends that have inspired beloved holiday traditions (like why Father Christmas arrives through the chimney), this collection includes Christmas customs from around the world. Beautifully illustrated with color lithographs taken from missals and prayer books, this joyful little book is a Christmas treasure for the whole family to gather around year after year.

Genres: Christmas, Nonfiction, Holiday

171 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 3, 2017

Reviews

[Elizabeth]

Funny thing. I was reading this and all of the sudden I thought, this book must be translated from French. Sure enough, I popped on to Goodreads and it's originally in French. It's a delightful little compendium of the origins of various traditions of Christmas.

[Tisha (IG: Bluestocking629)]

Physically a most beautiful book. Looks great set out with Christmas decorations.

I rather enjoyed reading this book of Christmas history. I’m sad that the majority is France and not worldwide. Nonetheless I’m glad to have read it.

[Barbara Mahoney]

A little gem of a book! It's about Christmas and it's traditions around the world.

It's a small beautifully designed book. It would be perfect for a gift. The edges of the papers are gold, it contains a beautiful red ribbon page marker, and the cover is soft plush and attractively designed. I don't often comment on how a book looks - but this book is physically beautiful. I bought my copy at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

I recommend this book to anyone interested in learning about Christmas traditions. I also recommend it as a gift.

I read and enjoyed the other "little book" series: "Little Book of Saints" and "Little Book of Angels."

[Roberta]

I received this beautiful book as a hostess gift from my sister at Christmas. The cover is padded and nicely illustrated. The pages are thick and the edges are gilded in gold. There is nice red ribbon to hold your place. Each even-numbered page has a short article about something associated with Christmas (holly, candles, Mary, Joseph, etc.). The facing page illustrates the topic. My only criticism is that the "Santa Coca Cola" item is illustrated by a generic vintage Santa. Why not use an actual Coca Cola ad to illustrate it? Maybe the author couldn't get the rights.

[Helene]

Quite a few mistakes in the book. But still enjoyable.

[Andy Kristensen]

Bit too surface-level for myself. Doesn’t really go into too much detail about the different customs.

[Claudie.cloudia]

Un voyage à lui seul ! Toute la collection me tente à présent ! Ça se lit facilement et format pratique.

[Sandy]

Not quite what I thought but I loved all the illustrations. And I loved how it was set up.