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200 00$aChristmas$b[electronic resource] $ephilosophy for everyone : better than a lump of coal /$fedited by Scott C. Lowe ; foreword by Stephen Nissenbaum
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210   $aChichester, West Sussex, U.K. ;$aMalden, MA $cWiley-Blackwell$dc2010
215   $a1 online resource (202 p.)
225 1 $aPhilosophy for everyone
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
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320   $aIncludes bibliographical references.
327   $aIntro -- Contents -- Halftitle page -- Series page -- Title page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Foreword: Joining the Manger to the Sleigh? Stephen Nissenbaum -- Introduction Scott C. Lowe -- Part I Christmas: In the Beginning -- Chapter 1: Jesus, Mary, and Hume: On the Possibility of the Virgin Birth Zachary Jurgensen and Jason Southworth -- Chapter 2: The Virgin Birth: Authentic Christmas Magic Victor Lyons -- Chapter 3: Putting the "Yule" Back in "Yuletide" Todd Preston -- Part II Is Celebrating Christmas Really a Good Idea? -- Chapter 4: Armed for the War on Christmas Scott F. Aiken -- Chapter 5: Christmas Mythologies: Sacred and Secular Guy Bennett-Hunter -- Chapter 6: The Significance of Christmas for Liberal Multiculturalism Mark Mercer -- Chapter 7: Crummy Commercials and BB Guns: Son-of-a-Bitch Consumerism in a Christmas Classic Erin Haire and Dustin Nelson -- Part III Santa: A Deeper Look -- Chapter 8: The Mind of Santa Claus and the Metaphors He Lives By William E. Deal and S. Waller -- Chapter 9: Making a List, Checking It Twice: The Santa Claus Surveillance System Richard Hancuff and Noreen O'Connor -- Chapter 10: You'd Better Watch Out ... Will Williams -- Chapter 11: Santa's Sweatshop: Elf Exploitation for Christmas Matthew Brophy -- Part IV The Morality of Christmas -- Chapter 12: Against the Santa Claus Lie: The Truth We Should Tell Our Children David Kyle Johnson -- Chapter 13: Lying to Children about Santa: Why It's Just Not Wrong Era Gavrielides -- Chapter 14: Putting Claus Back into Christmas Steven D. Hales -- Chapter 15: Scrooge Learns it All in One Night: Happiness and the Virtues of Christmas Dane Scott -- Part V Christmas Through Others' Eyes -- Chapter 16: Holly Jolly Atheists: A Naturalistic Justification for Christmas Ruth Tallman -- Chapter 17: Heaven, Hecate, and Hallmark: Christmas in Hindsight Marion G. Mason.
327   $aChapter 18: Festivus and the Need for Seasonal Absurdity Caleb Holt -- Chapter 19: Common Claus: Santa as Cross-Cultural Connection Cindy Scheopner -- Afterword -- Notes on Contributors.
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