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02510aam a2200289 a 4500 001 12D6CB7CC92F11E88539171297128E48 003 SILO 005 20181006010511 008 930615s1993 nyua b 000 0 eng 010 $a 93011491 020 $a 9780879758486 (acid-free paper) 020 $a 0879758481 (acid-free paper) 035 $a (OCoLC)28424104 040 $a DLC $c DLC $d OCLCQ $d BAKER $d BTCTA $d YDXCP $d OCLCG $d HALAN $d UIB $d SILO 082 00 $a 394.2/663/0973 $2 20 100 1 $a Flynn, Tom, $d 1955- 245 14 $a The trouble with Christmas / $c Tom Flynn. 260 $a Buffalo, N.Y. : $b Prometheus Books, $c 1993. 300 $a 244 p. : $b ill. ; $c 23 cm. 505 2 $a Preface: Humbug Indeed! -- Pt. 1. The Trouble with Christmas Past and Present. 1. A Feast of Trouble. 2. Confessions of an Anti-Claus. 3. The Age Before Christmas. 4. Trick or Tree. 5. The Babe and the Bathwater. 6. A Nick in Time. 7. Christians versus Christmas. 8. Back From the Dead. 9. He Knows When You Are Sleeping. 10. Ho Ho Ho? No No No! -- Pt. 2. The Trouble with Christmas Present and Yet to Come -- Introduction: Trouble Ahead. 11. Christmas and the Old Outsiders: The Jews. 12. Christmas and the Old Outsiders: The Infidels. 13. Christmas and the New Outsiders. 14. Confrontation in the Classroom. 15. A Word to Infidels -- Epilogue: Don't Worry, Be Merry! 520 $a In The Trouble with Christmas Tom Flynn challenges America's most popular sacred cow. Alternately outrageous, satirical, and thoughtful, this rollicking critique calls Christmas to account. How many holiday traditions are authentically Christian? (Next to none.). Does the contemporary Christmas holiday have ancient roots? (Hardly. It was largely invented by six eminent Victorians.). Is the Santa Claus myth unhealthy for children? (Yes, Virginia.). Are Christmas critics. 520 $a discriminated against? (Is "Scrooge" an insult?). What is the future of Christmas as America becomes a multicultural, multifaith society? (Educators should start sweating now.). The Trouble with Christmas is not only for curmudgeons, but for citizens, parents, teachers, and freethinkers of every stripe. Anyone curious about the origins and future of one of the Western world's most celebrated holidays will find something of interest in this provocative book. 650 0 $a Christmas $z United States. 941 $a 1 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20181006062826.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=12D6CB7CC92F11E88539171297128E48 994 $a C0 $b UIBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search