Christmas in the South: Stories & Tales of Yuletides Past |
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Randall J. Bedwell
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Pages: 76 (Paperback)
Editor: Trent Booker
ISBN: 1889709042
Pub: Spiridon Press
Pub date: 1998-12
Reader Reviews:
Best book I've seen on Southern Christmas traditions (1/1 people found this helpful)
The evolution of Santa Claus covered in Christmas in the South is fascinating. I had no idea there were different Santas in the South based on European customs and traditions. The book covers Papa Noel (the French Santa) and, of course, Belsnickle and a a variety of other regional Santas--before our popular Santa was cannonized by Thomas Nast, an illustrator for Harper's Weekly during the Civil War.
Mr. Bedwell's research is excellent although his sentences are a little long and overly complicated. Nonetheless, for $9.95, it has everything you ever wanted to know about the traditions of Southern Christmases that have been relegated to antiquity.
There is a presentation page in the front of the book which makes it an excellent gift item.
The illustrations are great and I highly recommend it as a compliment to his other book, General Lee and Santa Claus.
Thanks, Mr. Bedwell, for another great Christmas book.
Henry Reeves, Southern Reader Magazine, Paris, TN
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