A "poignant" collection of real letters sent to Santa Claus—a town in Indiana—from the 1930s to the twenty-first century, from both children and adults ( The New York Times).For countless Christmases, children—and sometimes adults—have stuffed their dreams, wishes, and promises into envelopes. Over many decades, millions of these letters have poured into Santa Claus, Indiana.Arriving from all corners of the globe, the letters ask for toys, family reu...

“Neil Pasricha is a gift. This book would make even the grinchiest Grinch love the holidays again.”—A. J. JacobsThere’s nothing like the holidays. They bring out the best, and sometimes the worst, in everyone. Luckily, Neil Pasricha is here to remind us that not only are the holidays great, but there’s actually even more to celebrate than we realize. From Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa, to other holidays throughout the year, such as Mother’s Day and Thanksgiving,...

13 Christmas stories by Charles Dickens:A Christmas CarolA Christmas TreeWhat Christmas is as we Grow OlderThe Poor Relation's StoryThe Child's StoryThe Schoolboy's StoryNobody's StoryThe ChimesMrs. Lirriper's LegacySomebody's LuggageGoing into SocietyMrs. Lirriper's LodgingsThe Christmas Goblins

This "sweet tale" of a Vermont family's annual trek to New York City to sell trees is "a cross between It's a Wonderful Life and A Christmas Carol" ( USA Today).Every holiday season for nearly twenty years, Billy Romp, his wife, and their three children have spent nearly a month living in a tiny camper and selling Christmas trees on Jane Street in New York City. They arrive from Vermont the day after Thanksgiving and leave just in time to ...

The daily robbing, bashing, drugging, extortion and murder of foreign tourists on Thai soil, along with numerous scandals involving unsafe facilities and well established scams, has led to frequent predictions that Thailand's multi-billion dollar tourist industry will self-destruct. Instead tourist numbers more than doubled in the decade to 2014. The world might not have come to the hometowns of the many visitors fascinated by Thailand, but it certainly came to the Land of Smiles.W...

The illustrated book gives historical and cultural background of Christmas. Navigate easily to any chapter from Table of Contents or search for the words or phrases.FEATURES:- Who is Mrs. Claus? - How to make an apple pie - What are the lyrics of "O Little Town of Bethlehem" - How to take care of Christmas Cactus - Read Charles Dickens's Christmas Stories - What is Advent and how it is celebrated? - Use your down time to read about your favorite holiday - Navigate from Table of Contents or...

A heartfelt, hilarious look at the evolution of a half-trillion-dollar American holidayHank Stuever turns his unerring eye for the idiosyncrasies of modern life to Frisco, Texas, a suburb at once all-American and completely itself, to tell the story of the nation's most over-the-top celebration: Christmas. Stuever starts the narrative as so many start the Christmas season: standing in line with the people waiting to purchase flat-screen TVs on Black Friday. From th...

Good Luck Life is the first book to explain the meanings of Chinese rituals and to offer advice on when and how to plan for Chinese holidays and special occasions such as Chinese weddings, the Red Egg and Ginger party to welcome a new baby, significant birthdays, and the inevitable funeral. Packed with practical information, Good Luck Life contains an abundance of facts, legends, foods, old-village recipes, and quick planning guides for Chinese New Year, Clear Brightness,...

The illustrated book gives historical and cultural background of major holidays around the world. Introduces major world carnival, festivals and parades.FEATURES:- Where is the best time to spend February? - What nation celebrates Durga Puja in September? - What are major film festivals around the world? - Do you know what is celebrated on March 8, and where? - When is Vietnamese New Year, and how is it celebrated? - Educate yourself about world celebrations, observations, parades, carniva...

From Charles Dickens' famous A Christmas Carol to Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas, the festive season has long been closely associated with ghostly tales. In this fascinating work Darren W. Ritson looks not only at the fictional treatment of Christmas ghosts but also at a host of true-life stories from across the country.Featuring accounts of unexplained phenomena, apparitions and poltergeists from across the country, and including the...

White people of America, we know you've got it rough.Sure, black men and women have been through four hundred years of slavery, oppression, murder, and watching white college students try to dance. But now that it's hip to have black friends, white people aren't sure how to go about it. And that is a real American tragedy. Thank God Nick Adams is here to help you avoid potential racial pitfalls and successfully make the transition from white to "aiight." Now, you'l...

After years of research, interviews, on location photo shoots and travels to the remote P’urhepecha communities in Michoacan, Mexico, author Mary J. Andrade is releasing “Day of the Dead A Passion for Life” in an e-book format. Day of the Dead A Passion for Life is filled with never before seen images and text that illustrates their unique characteristics and interpretations of the Day of the Dead celebration in these secluded and untouched indigenous communities of Michoacan.&nb...