Weird and Wonderful Christmas

Weird and Wonderful Christmas Curious and Crazy Customs and Coincidences from Around the World

Paperback (01 Nov 2012)

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Publisher's Synopsis

Holiday trivia from best-selling author of the arcane, Joey Green, who has been called "a connoisseur of unconventionality." Priced and sized to fit perfectly in a stocking. The perfect gift for the Christmas-obsessedChristmas compiles the mishaps, the mayhem, the hideous sweaters and inedible fruitcakes, the momentous births and untimely deaths, and the crimes and catastrophes that have taken place on Christmas. Where else would you learn that Werner Erhard send out 62,824 personal greeting cards? Or that 5,000 people dressed as Santa Claus descended on the town of Porto, Portugal to break a world record? Chapters detail all things weird, from traditions to trees, festivities to tidings. The quirky design is illustrated by the Tim Burton-esqe artwork of Lisa K. Weber.In Christmas, Joey Green has unearthed stockings-full of juicy holiday curiosities for an offbeat look at a heartfelt tradition-and a one-size-fits-all Christmas present no one will ever return!

About the Publisher

Black Dog & Leventhal

Little, Brown is the literary hardback imprint that feeds into our Abacus paperback list. We publish across a wide range of areas, including fiction, history, memoir, science and travel, but within this diverse list the vast majority of books have in common a strong narrative and a distinctive voice.

Book information

ISBN: 9781579129248
Publisher: Little, Brown
Imprint: Black Dog & Leventhal
Pub date:
DEWEY: 394.266302
DEWEY edition: 23
Number of pages: 208
Weight: 296g
Height: 178mm
Width: 180mm
Spine width: 16mm