BY THE SUNDAY TIMES NO.1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR The perfect gift for
anyone who has ever wondered about the unpredictable origins and
etymologies of our Christmas customs! For something that happens
every year of our lives, we really don't know much about Christmas.
We don't know that the date we celebrate was chosen by a madman, or
that Christmas, etymologically speaking, means "Go away, Christ".
We're oblivious to the fact that the advent calendar was actually
invented by a Munich housewife to stop her children pestering her
for a Christmas countdown. And we would never have guessed that the
invention of crackers was merely a way of popularising sweet
wrappers. Luckily, like a gift from Santa himself, Mark Forsyth is
here to unwrap this fundamentally funny gallimaufry of traditions
and oddities, making it all finally make sense - in his wonderfully
entertaining wordy way. 'Witty and revelatory. Blooming brilliant'
Raymond Briggs 'Everything we ever thought about Christmas is
wrong! Great stuff' Matthew Parris
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