Read The Everything Family Christmas Book Online
Authors: Yvonne Jeffrey
The Ten Commandments
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends—Thomas’s Christmas Wonderland
The 12 Dogs of Christmas
White Christmas
Winnie the Pooh and Christmas Too
The Wizard of Oz
The Year without a Santa Claus
Yogi’s First Christmas
Index
Adam, Adolph Charles, 222
Advent, 8, 34–35, 40, 311
Advent calendars, 307, 334
“The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle” (Doyle), 148–66
Advent wreaths, 35, 307, 334
Africa, 316–17
Albert, Prince, 15, 305
Alcott, Louisa May, 74, 82
Alfred the Great, 9
Algiers, 316
Amahl and the Night Visitors (television program), 242
America, 16–20, 55–56
Christmas trees in, 18, 49–50
gift giving in, 61–62
national Christmas trees, 19, 49
outlawing Christmas in, 17
return of Christmas in, 17–19
Santa Claus in, 27–28, 62
An American Christmas in Words and Music
(television program), 240
Andersen, Hans Christian, 83, 85
And on Earth, Peace
(television program), 238
Angel in the Family
(television program), 251
Angel of Pennsylvania Avenue (television program), 248
“Angels We Have Heard on High” (carol), 204
Armenia, 317, 318
Arthur, King, 10
“As Joseph Was A-Walking” (carol), 205
Aurelian, Emperor, 7
Australia, 51, 321
Austria, 34, 48, 308
“Away In a Manger” (carol), 206
Babbo Natale, 26, 304
Babushka, 37, 311
Baker, Russell, 294
Baking, 338–39
Banks, Norman, 321
Barbie doll, 64, 65
Beethoven’s Birthday (television program), 240
Belgium, 303
Bells and other noisemakers, 44, 308
Bennett, James Gordon, Jr., 57
The Berenstein Bears’ Christmas Tree
(television program), 251
A Bicentennial Christmas
(television program), 241
Bill Cosby Salutes Alvin Ailey (television program), 245
Bing Crosby’s Hollywood Palace
Christmas Special
(television program), 238
The Bing Crosby Show
(television program), 237
“Bird of Dawning” (Shakespeare), 39, 201
Bird’s Christmas Tree/Sheaf of Grain, 52, 310
Bissell, Emily, 55, 56
Black Nativity
(television program), 237
Black Peter, 26, 309
The Black Stallion
(television program), 244
Boar’s head, 9, 44, 45
“The Boar’s Head Carol,” 11
Bodhi Day, 331
Boniface, St., 47
Boughs of Holly
(television program), 239
Boxing Day, 36, 56, 306, 354
Boy Bishop, 23, 27, 39–40, 45
Bradley, Edward, 54
Bradymania
(Moran), 296
Brazil, 39, 316
Brooks, Phillips, 223
Bryson, Bill, 71
Buddhism, 331
Bugs Bunny’s Looney Christmas Tales (television program), 244
The Burke Family Singers
(television program), 237
Cagney and Lacey
(television program), 244
Calends, 8
Caligula, Emperor, 60
Camel of Jesus, 39, 318
Canada, 36, 46, 56, 320–21
Candlemas Day, 37, 51
Candles, 40–41, 350
Candy canes, 50
Cantiones, Piae, 211
Capra, Frank, 234, 235, 237
Central America, 313–15