02748nam 2200601Ia 450 991045890010332120200520144314.01-4696-0494-90-8078-9941-0(CKB)2670000000058468(EBL)605929(OCoLC)691088382(SSID)ssj0000414043(PQKBManifestationID)11302302(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000414043(PQKBWorkID)10386267(PQKB)11165072(StDuBDS)EDZ0000245687(MiAaPQ)EBC605929(OCoLC)676698064(MdBmJHUP)muse23484(Au-PeEL)EBL605929(CaPaEBR)ebr10425445(CaONFJC)MIL929248(EXLCZ)99267000000005846820100318d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrChristmas in Germany[electronic resource] a cultural history /Joe PerryChapel Hill University of North Carolina Pressc20101 online resource (416 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4696-2213-0 0-8078-3364-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Germany's Favorite Holiday; CHAPTER ONE: Scripting a National Holiday; CHAPTER TWO: Contradictions in the Christmas Mood; CHAPTER THREE: Christmas in Enemy Territory; CHAPTER FOUR: Under the Sign of Kauflust; CHAPTER FIVE: Christmas in the Third Reich; CHAPTER SIX: Ghosts of Christmas Past; Conclusion: The Nation around the Christmas Tree; Notes; Bibliography; IndexFor poets, priests, and politicians--and especially ordinary Germans--in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the image of the loving nuclear family gathered around the Christmas tree symbolized the unity of the nation at large. German Christmas was supposedly organic, a product of the winter solstice rituals of pagan ""Teutonic"" tribes, the celebration of the birth of Jesus, and the age-old customs that defined German character. Yet, as Joe Perry argues, Germans also used these annual celebrations to contest the deepest values that held the German community together: faith, family, and loChristmasGermanyHistoryGermanySocial life and customsElectronic books.ChristmasHistory.394.26630943Perry Joe1027975MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910458900103321Christmas in Germany2443772UNINA