{"product_id":"9780241267738-christmas-cornucopia-a","title":"A Christmas Cornucopia","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Hidden Stories Behind Our Yuletide Traditions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBY THE \u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e NO.1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe perfect gift for anyone \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ewho has ever wondered about the unpredictable origins and etymologies of our Christmas customs!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e For something that happens every year of our lives, we really don't know much about Christmas.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e We don't know that the date we celebrate was chosen by a madman, or that Christmas, etymologically speaking, means \"Go away, Christ\". We're oblivious to the fact that the advent calendar was actually invented by a Munich housewife to stop her children pestering her for a Christmas countdown. And we would never have guessed that the invention of crackers was merely a way of popularising sweet wrappers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Luckily, like a gift from Santa himself, Mark Forsyth is here to unwrap this fundamentally funny gallimaufry of traditions and oddities, making it all finally make sense - in his wonderfully entertaining wordy way.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Witty and revelatory. Blooming brilliant' Raymond Briggs\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Everything we ever thought about Christmas is wrong! Great stuff' Matthew Parris\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40942996455521,"sku":"9780241267738","price":10.77,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_32381798.jpg?v=1737209319","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780241267738-christmas-cornucopia-a","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}