The Everything Family Christmas Book (74 page)

The Ten Commandments

Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends—Thomas’s Christmas Wonderland

The 12 Dogs of Christmas

White Christmas

Winnie the Pooh and Christmas Too

The Wizard of Oz

The Year without a Santa Claus

Yogi’s First Christmas

Index

Adam, Adolph Charles, 222

Advent, 8, 34–35, 40, 311

Advent calendars, 307, 334

“The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle” (Doyle), 148–66

Advent wreaths, 35, 307, 334

Africa, 316–17

Albert, Prince, 15, 305

Alcott, Louisa May, 74, 82

Alfred the Great, 9

Algiers, 316

Amahl and the Night Visitors (television program), 242

America, 16–20, 55–56

Christmas trees in, 18, 49–50

gift giving in, 61–62

national Christmas trees, 19, 49

outlawing Christmas in, 17

return of Christmas in, 17–19

Santa Claus in, 27–28, 62

An American Christmas in Words and Music
(television program), 240

Andersen, Hans Christian, 83, 85

And on Earth, Peace
(television program), 238

Angel in the Family
(television program), 251

Angel of Pennsylvania Avenue (television program), 248

“Angels We Have Heard on High” (carol), 204

Armenia, 317, 318

Arthur, King, 10

“As Joseph Was A-Walking” (carol), 205

Aurelian, Emperor, 7

Australia, 51, 321

Austria, 34, 48, 308

“Away In a Manger” (carol), 206

Babbo Natale, 26, 304

Babushka, 37, 311

Baker, Russell, 294

Baking, 338–39

Banks, Norman, 321

Barbie doll, 64, 65

Beethoven’s Birthday (television program), 240

Belgium, 303

Bells and other noisemakers, 44, 308

Bennett, James Gordon, Jr., 57

The Berenstein Bears’ Christmas Tree
(television program), 251

A Bicentennial Christmas
(television program), 241

Bill Cosby Salutes Alvin Ailey (television program), 245

Bing Crosby’s Hollywood Palace
Christmas Special
(television program), 238

The Bing Crosby Show
(television program), 237

“Bird of Dawning” (Shakespeare), 39, 201

Bird’s Christmas Tree/Sheaf of Grain, 52, 310

Bissell, Emily, 55, 56

Black Nativity
(television program), 237

Black Peter, 26, 309

The Black Stallion
(television program), 244

Boar’s head, 9, 44, 45

“The Boar’s Head Carol,” 11

Bodhi Day, 331

Boniface, St., 47

Boughs of Holly
(television program), 239

Boxing Day, 36, 56, 306, 354

Boy Bishop, 23, 27, 39–40, 45

Bradley, Edward, 54

Bradymania
(Moran), 296

Brazil, 39, 316

Brooks, Phillips, 223

Bryson, Bill, 71

Buddhism, 331

Bugs Bunny’s Looney Christmas Tales (television program), 244

The Burke Family Singers
(television program), 237

Cagney and Lacey
(television program), 244

Calends, 8

Caligula, Emperor, 60

Camel of Jesus, 39, 318

Canada, 36, 46, 56, 320–21

Candlemas Day, 37, 51

Candles, 40–41, 350

Candy canes, 50

Cantiones, Piae, 211

Capra, Frank, 234, 235, 237

Central America, 313–15