Winter Celebrations

by World Book (Contributor)

Describes some of the religious and national holidays and other observances celebrated in different countries and by different cultures around the world.

46 pages, Hardcover

First published February 1, 2003

About the author

As a leader in education publishing for over 100 years, World Book’s mission continues to focus on developing a collaborative digital learning platform that is backed by editorial excellence, invaluable resources, and effective tools that support personalized teaching and learning—serving over 100 million students across 65+ countries.

Reviews

[Dana · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book has photos and facts about many different winter celebrations around the world. It does not cover Christmas or New Years because those holidays each have their own books. It tells about a wide variety of winter celebrations including Dongzhi - the Chinese Winter Solstice, the Sapporo Snow Festival in Japan,Hanukkah, bathing festivals in India, St. Lucia Day, President's Day and The Quebec Winter Carnival and more.

[Andrew · Rating 4 out of 5]

For such a short Non Fiction Book, it sure packs in a lot (from the Scandanavian Yule, Japanese Bathing Festival, Chinese New Year, and many Many Saints (Lucia, Patrick, Joseph, Nicholas to name a few)...The book features celebrations from almost every major country in the world (Christmas and New Year's aren't really featured because World Book has their own, since its celebrated many ways throughout the world)...Really fascinating read!

[Lexi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very informative, but I'm confused as to why only the Western holidays had craft projects/recipes associated with them. Were they afraid of offending?