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Wikipedia:WikiProject Holidays/Christmas task force/Prospectus

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This page contains listings of articles relevant to Christmas which are found in some specialist reference books related to that topic.

Encyclopedia of Christmas and New Year's Celebrations edit

Encyclopedia of Christmas and New Year's Celebrations, 2nd edition, by Tanya Gulevich, Omnigraphics, 2003, ISBN 0-7808-0625-5.

Significant articles edit

3 paragraphs, or over ½ page (20 lines), to 2 pages

Minor articles edit

under ½ page or 19 lines or less

Redirects edit

Subarticles edit

Holidays, Festivals, and Celebrations of the World Dictionary edit

Holidays, Festivals, and Celebrations of the World Dictionary, 3rd edition, ed. Helene Henderson;

Advent edit

Holidays and Festivals Index edit

Holidays and Festivals Index

Places edit

Music edit

  • Messiah or Messiah (Handel); – Composition of Messiah; First Performance of Messiah; Later Performances of Messiah; Handel's Personality and Legacy – Handel's Death;
  • The Nutcracker; – The Tales and the Making of the Ballet; The Story as Told in the Ballet; Tchaikovsky's Score; First Performances – International Fame;
  • Ceremony of Lessons and Carols;

Carols edit

  • Christmas Carol or Noël or Villancico; – The Reformation and Beyond; The Nineteenth-Century Revival; Twentieth-Century America – Earliest Christian Songs; Medieval Christmas Carols;
  • Boar's Head; – Origins; History; Queen's College;

Songs edit

  • Auld Lang Syne; – Words to the Song; “Auld Lang Syne” Becomes an American New Year's Song – Robert Burns's Restoration;
  • White Christmas; – Holiday Inn – The Composer; “White Christmas,” the Song; White Christmas, the Movie;
  • Christmas Island (song)

Literature edit

  • A Christmas Carol; – Life and Times of Charles Dickens; The Writing of A Christmas Carol; Public Readings; The Carol as Personal History; The Carol as Christmas Philosophy; Other Christmas Works – The Carol as a Ghost Story;

Movies edit

  • Miracle on 34th Street – The Actors; Facts about the Film – The Author of the Book; The Director and Screenwriter; Remakes;
  • It's a Wonderful Life – The Greatest Gift; The Script Becomes a Film; It's a Wonderful Life; Looking Back;

Television shows edit

Food and drink edit

Gospel Accounts of Christmas edit

Legends edit

Greenery edit

  • Mistletoe– Other Customs and Beliefs; Norse Mythology; Kissing under the Mistletoe – Evergreens in Ancient Times; Mistletoe as an Emblem of Good Will;
  • Holly – Christianity and the Significance of Holly; folklore and Customs – Ancient Beliefs and Customs;
  • Ivy – Ancient Beliefs and Customs; Medieval Beliefs and Customs; Later Beliefs and Customs, The Green Branch as a Symbol;
  • Rosemary;
  • Bay leaf;
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