Title: Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries Author: William Francis Dawson Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 CHRISTMAS:ITS ORIGIN AND ASSOCIATIONS,TOGETHER WITHITS HISTORICAL EVENTS AND FESTIVECELEBRATIONS DURING NINETEENCENTURIES:DEPICTING, BY PEN AND PENCIL,MEMORABLE CELEBRATIONS, STATELY MEETINGS OF EARLY KINGS, REMARKABLE EVENTS, ROMANTIC EPISODES, BRAVE DEEDS, PICTURESQUE CUSTOMS, TIME-HONOURED SPORTS, ROYAL CHRISTMASES, CORONATIONS AND ROYAL MARRIAGES, CHIVALRIC FEATS, COURT BANQUETINGS AND REVELLINGS, CHRISTMAS AT THE COLLEGES AND THE INNS OF COURT, POPULAR FESTIVITIES, AND CHRISTMAS-KEEPING IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE WORLD, DERIVED FROM THE MOST AUTHENTIC SOURCES, AND ARRANGED CHRONOLOGICALLY. BY |