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Author:

Stokker, Kathleen, 1946-

Title:

Keeping Christmas : Yuletide traditions in Norway and the new land / Kathleen Stokker.

Publisher:

Minnesota Historical Society Press,

Copyright Date:

c2000

Description:

xxiii, 355 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Christmas--Norway--History.
Christmas--United States--History.
Norwegian Americans--Social life and customs.
Norway--Social life and customs.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 339-346) and index.

Contents:

11. From stagnation to revival : weathering the twentieth century. 1. Roman and Viking roots : how the Norwegian Christmas began -- 2. Advent : preparing the way -- 3. Christmas Eve : the focus of the feast -- 4. Christmas Day and romjul : taking time for family and friends -- 5. From New Year's Eve to Epiphany : new beginnings as Christmas ends -- pt. 2. The Norwegian American Christmas -- 6. Pioneers : Christmas on the prairie, 1850-1900 -- 7. The new American Christmas : twentieth-century changes -- 8. Jul i vesterheimen : mirroring the Norwegian American experience -- 9. Julebukking : Christmas masquerading Norwegian style -- 10. Lutefisk, lefse, rømmergrøot : the culinary emblems of ethnicity -- 11. From stagnation to revival : weathering the twentieth century.

ISBN:

9780873513906 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0873513908 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780873513890 (cloth : alk. paper)
0873513894 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)44461971

LCCN:

00056085

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

VXPE964 -- Decorah Public Library (Decorah)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

VFPB334 -- Elgin Public Library (Elgin)

NPPA983 -- Kinney Memorial Library (Hanlontown)

MGPD463 -- Humboldt Public Library (Humboldt)

NTPC983 -- Northwood Public Library (Northwood)

VZPB964 -- Ossian Public Library (Ossian)

BXPC851 -- Roland Public Library (Roland)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)