In the period between 1200 and 1500 in western Europe, a number of religious women gained widespread veneration and even canonization as saints for their extraordinary devotion to the Christian eucharist, supernatural multiplications of ...

Halloween, Valentine's Day, Christmas, Thanksgiving, New Year's Day - these are but a handful of modern holidays descended from the red-letter days, seasonal celebrations we have invented and reinvented over more than five millennia to meet ...

From a bestselling social commentator and cultural historian comes a fascinating exploration of one of humanity's oldest traditions: the celebration of communal joy expressed in ecstatic revels of feasting, costuming, and dancing.

Here is the whole story from the beginning—including the pre-Santas like Sinterklaas, Father Christmas, and of course, St. Nicholas.

Original Scholarly Monograph

This book collects some 60 printed meditations along with, on two disks, the complete musical performance and an analysis of how Haydn's work embodies the emotion of Christ's passion.

Arranged to follow the school year, each section of the book contains at least one story explaining the holiday's history and customs.

This book of daily readings for the month of December by best-selling author Paul David Tripp will help you slow down, prepare your heart, and focus on what matters most: adoring our Savior, Jesus.

Jam-packed with more than 60 spells, invocations, and rituals, "Yule" guides readers through the magic of the season, as they discover the origin of the eight tiny reindeer, brew up some Yuletide coffee, and learn ways to create their own ...

With more than two hundred illustrations and a special section of the best snowman cartoons, The History of the Snowman is a truly original winter classic -- smart, surprisingly enlightening, and quite simply the coolest book ever.