The Everything Family Christmas Book (76 page)

Honduras, 314

The Honeymooner’s First Christmas (television program), 247

Hoover, Herbert, 287

Hopkins, John Henry, Jr., 228

Hopkins, William, 281

Horsley, John Calcott, 54

The House without a Christmas Tree
(television program), 242

How I Met Your Mother
(television program), 251

How the Grinch Stole Christmas
(television program), 249

Iceland, 36

I’ll Be Home for Christmas (television program), 249

India, 318

Iraq, 318

Ireland, 46, 306–7

Irish, Marie, 191, 193

Irving, Washington, 18, 28

“I Saw Three Ships” (carol), 214

Islam, 317, 330

Israel, 317

Italy, 26, 39, 303–4

“It Came Upon a Midnight Clear” (carol), 215

It Happened One Christmas
(television program), 242

It’s a Wonderful Life
(film), 234–36, 237, 243, 246, 339 Ivy, 42, 53

Jack Frost
(television program), 250

James I, King, 11

Japan, 319

The Jeffersons
(television program), 241

Jeslicky,
39, 313

Jesus, birth of, 2–5

“Jingle Bells” (carol), 216

Jinnah, 318

John Paul II, Pope, 297–98

“Jolly Old Saint Nicholas” (carol), 217

Joyeux Noël: A Cajun Christmas (television program), 244

The Joy of Christmas
(television program), 241

“Joy to the World” (carol), 218

J.T.
(television program), 240

Judaism, 317, 324–27

Julesvenn, 27, 310

Julia
(television program), 239

Julian calendar, 9, 312, 318

Julius I, Pope, 6

Julmond festival, 9

Julnisse, 309

Jultomten, 27, 311

Justinian, Emperor, 8, 37

Karenga, Maulana, 327

Kepler, Johannes, 38

Kissing bough, 54

Knut IV, King, 310

Kolyada, 311

Korea, 320

Kwanzaa, 327–29

La Befana, 37, 304

The Lawrence Welk Show (television program), 238

Lebanon, 317

“A Letter from Santa Claus” (Twain), 180–83

Lewis, Michael, 296

Liberia, 317 Lights, 41, 348–49

Lilienfeld, Robert, 299

“The Little Match Girl” (Andersen), 83–85

The Little Match Girl (television program), 246

Little Orphan Annie (comic strip character), 287

“The Little Women’s Christmas” (Alcott), 74–82

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 194, 195

Lord of Misrule, 18, 40, 45–46

Lorraine (France), 302

Louise, Queen, 55

The Love Boat
(television program), 243

Lucas, George, 66

Lucia, St., 310

Luther, Martin, 12, 47, 48

The Magic Flute
(television program), 244

Magnin, Joseph, 66

The Man in the Santa Claus Suit (television program), 243

The Man Who Saved Christmas (television program), 250

Marcus Ward & Co., 55 Marks, Johnny, 19

Mary, mother of Jesus, 2–3, 5, 37, 40, 302, 314, 317

Mass of the Rooster (Miso de Gallo), 35, 305, 313, 315

May, Robert L., 19

Medieval era, 10–11, 53

Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 212

“Merry Christmas” (Irish), 191

“Merry Christmas, Everyone!” (poem), 185

“The Merry Day” (Irish), 192

Mexico, 51, 313–14

Michtom, Morris and Rosie, 63

Mickey’s Twice Upon a Christmas
(television program), 250

Middle East, 317–18

Midnight Mass, 35, 303, 305, 312, 313, 314, 315, 320

Miracle on 34th Street (film), 250

The Miracles of Christmas (television program), 240

Mistletoe, 16, 42, 53–54, 344, 352

“Mistletoe” (De La Mare), 186

Mithraic religion, 7, 8

Mohr, Joseph, 225, 308

Montgomery Ward, 19, 280

Moore, Clement C., 19, 22, 28–29, 30, 196, 198

Moran, Elizabeth, 296

Morgan, J. Pierpont, 280–81

Movies and television specials, 233–77

Mrs. Santa Claus
(television program), 248

Mummers, 11, 46

A Muppet Family Christmas (television program), 245

The Muppet Movie
(television program), 243

Music Hall
(television program), 239

Nacimiento,
39, 304–5, 315

Nast, Thomas, 19, 29, 31

National Football League Playoffs
(television program), 247

The Nativity
(television program), 243

Nativity scenes, 38–39, 308, 313, 314, 315–16, 320, 350.
See also
Crèches

Neale, John Mason, 211, 221

Neiman Marcus, 66, 300

Newfoundland (Canada), 46

The New Visions Christmas Special
(television program), 245

New Year (ancient Rome), 60

New Year (Chinese), 319

New Year’s Day, 16, 60, 61, 279, 303, 318

New Year’s Eve, 307

Nicaragua, 314

Nicholas, St., 18, 21–31, 39, 41, 62, 303, 308, 312.
See also
St. Nicholas’s Day interpreting, 27 story of, 23–27

Nigeria, 317

The Night Before Christmas (television program), 246

The Night They Saved Christmas
(television program), 244

Nikolai Chudovorits, 27

Nineteen-eighties, 67, 295–96

Nineteen-fifties, 64–65, 290–91

Nineteen-forties, 288–90

Nineteen-hundreds, 280–82

Nineteen-nineties, 67–68, 297–98

Nineteen-seventies, 66, 293–95

Nineteen-sixties, 65–66, 292–93

Nineteen-tens, 282–83

Nineteen-thirties, 286–88

Nineteen-twenties, 284–86

Norway, 10, 27, 36, 48, 49, 55, 310

Nova Scotia (Canada), 49

The Nutcracker
(television program), 242

“O, Tannenbaum“/”Oh, Christmas Tree” (carol), 15, 48, 219

“O Come, All Ye Faithful“/”Adeste Fidelis” (carol), 220

“O Come, O Come, Emmanuel” (carol), 221

The Odd Couple
(television program), 240

“O Holy Night” (carol), 222

“O Little Town of Bethlehem” (carol), 223

One Special Night (television program), 249

“One Young Laddie’s Christmas” (Patch), 175–79

Oplatek,
312

Oprah! (television program), 244–45

The Oral Roberts Christmas Special (television program), 241

Orthodox churches, 8, 35, 37, 311, 317, 320

Outlawing Christmas, 11–13, 17

“The Oxen” (Hardy), 190

Pakistan, 318 Panama, 314

Paradise Tree (Paradeisbaum), 48–49

Pasterka (Mass of the Shepherds), 35, 312, 313

Patch, Kate Whiting, 175, 179

Peck’s Bad Boy
(Peck), 280

Pelznicken, 27

Père Noël, 21, 26, 302, 303

Peru, 315

Pesebre, 39, 315–16

Petticoat Junction (television program), 237

Pierce, Franklin, 50

Pierpont, John, 216

Piñatas, 353

Pinocchio’s Christmas (television program), 243

A Plea (poem), 283

A Poem Suitable for the Season (Hopkins), 281

Poinsett, Joel Roberts, 51

Poinsettias, 51, 314, 344, 352

Poland, 35, 312

The Polar Express
(television program), 251

Pomanders, 354

Portugal, 36

Posadas,
308, 313–14, 315

Postwar era, 64–65

Prang, Louis, 55

Presepio,
39, 303–4

Protestantism, 8, 35

Protestant Reformation, 12, 17, 25, 307

Puerto Rico, 315

Puritans, 12–13, 17, 28, 46

Quebec (Canada), 36

Ramadan, 330 Reading, John, 220

Real People
(television program), 242

Recess Christmas: Miracle on Third Street
(television program), 250

Red and green (traditional colors), 44

Redner, Lewis H., 223

The Red Skelton Hour (television program), 237