Keeping Christmas: Yuletide Traditions in Norway and the New Land
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| Rating | : | 4.46 (700 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0873513908 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 379 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-12-04 |
| Language | : | English |
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. She is the author of Folklore Fights the Nazis: Humor in Occupied Norway, 1941-45. Kathleen Stokker is a professor of Norwegian at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa
About the Author Kathleen Stokker is a professor of Norwegian at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa. She is the author of Folklore Fights the Nazis: Humor in Occupied Norway, 1941-45.
Norwegian immigrants carried with them the folk traditions, developed over centuries, that shaped their identities, and they held those practices especially dear at Christmas time, remembering family members left behind. It is the time to carry on customs whose origins have been lost in the past.Kathleen Stokker's Keeping Christmas: Yuletide Traditions in Norway and the New Land brings home the stories of Christmas customs in both countries. Stokker describes and traces the development of folkways on both sides of the ocean, from their origins to their practice today.With fascinating details, with scores of accounts of ancient and modern Christmases, with recipes and photog
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