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Sun Faded Dust Cover minor Damage to Dust Cover. The book itself is in excellent condition.
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A Christmas garland: A New Zealand Christmas album, 1642-1900 : in twelve parts
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A Christmas Garland: A New Zealand Christmas Album, 1642-1900 is a non-fiction book by Shirley Maddock, co-authored with Michael Easther and published in 1980. The book offers a nostalgic and historical look at how Christmas has been celebrated in New Zealand from the time of Abel Tasman's first shipboard festivities in 1642 to the end...
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- Published 1980
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A Christmas Garland: A New Zealand Christmas Album, 1642-1900 is a non-fiction book by Shirley Maddock, co-authored with Michael Easther and published in 1980. The book offers a nostalgic and historical look at how Christmas has been celebrated in New Zealand from the time of Abel Tasman's first shipboard festivities in 1642 to the end of the 19th century.
The book is a collection of first-person accounts, historical documents, and newspaper clippings that illustrate the experience of celebrating Christmas in a land where the holiday falls during the hot summer. It explores the challenges and adaptations faced by early European settlers who were accustomed to a winter Christmas, and how they created new traditions suited to the Antipodean environment. The book is also richly illustrated with historical photos, drawings, and paintings.
In essence, A Christmas Garland provides a charming and often humorous social history of Christmas in New Zealand, offering a glimpse into the customs and sentiments of a bygone era.
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