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A holiday celebration of diversity!
From Ethiopian fringed umbrellas and star-shaped Filipino parol lanterns to candlelit Swedish St. Lucia crowns, Christmas Around the World brings together Christmas traditions from twelve different lands, like decorations on a splendid tree.
"A visually attractive and thoughtful presentation for those seasonal school assignments," praised ...more
From Ethiopian fringed umbrellas and star-shaped Filipino parol lanterns to candlelit Swedish St. Lucia crowns, Christmas Around the World brings together Christmas traditions from twelve different lands, like decorations on a splendid tree.
"A visually attractive and thoughtful presentation for those seasonal school assignments," praised ...more
Paperback, 48 pages
Published
October 19th 1998
by Collins
(first published October 1st 1995)
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While the general set-up of Mary D. Lankford's Christmas Around the World sure does look tempting enough and actually even massively so (twelve featured countries from diverse areas of the world, accompanied by Karen Dugan's colourfully enchanting full page illustrative spreads, and with back materials that include a section by Irene Norman on a number of Christmas-based crafts, as well as glossaries, pronunciation guides and a nicely detailed bibliography), I am sorry, but the rather annoying n
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We started this book too late & the amount of information in it stopped us from finishing it this year but I'll plan to check it out again in the future. It is fun and interesting to read about the different winter holidays/christmas traditions in different countries around the world!

This is a book for older children. I thought it was perfect to read with my 8-year-old to teach him about Christmas around the world.
It begins with a brief "Christmas Chronology" that starts with 6 BC being the approximate date for the birth of Jesus and ends with 1962 when the first Christmas postage stamp was issued.
It talks about the traditions in the following countries: Australia, Canada, Ethiopia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Guatemala, Italy, Mexico, Philippines, and Sweden. It also ta ...more
It begins with a brief "Christmas Chronology" that starts with 6 BC being the approximate date for the birth of Jesus and ends with 1962 when the first Christmas postage stamp was issued.
It talks about the traditions in the following countries: Australia, Canada, Ethiopia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Guatemala, Italy, Mexico, Philippines, and Sweden. It also ta ...more

“Christmas Around the World” by Mary D. Lankford and illustrated by Karen Dugan and Irene Norman is a classroom staple during Christmas time. The authors and illustrators did a terrific job of compiling the Christmas stories and going through the traditions that most families observe in many countries and putting them into one book. The book begins with a Christmas timeline which gives a basic overview the history of Christmas and some important Christmas-related events that have become a part o
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Oct 26, 2014
Latifa Awad
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it was amazing
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review of another edition
Shelves:
multicultural-text-set
Genre: Informational, Non- fiction
Christmas around the World begins by explaining the beginning of Christmas and the way it celebrated around the world. The different countries described in the book include: Australia, Canada, Ethiopia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Guatemala, Italy, Mexico, Philippines, and Sweden. Displaying such a variety of countries and cultures revolving around the same Holiday, makes this book a great source for teaching about multicultural and celebrations around the ...more
Christmas around the World begins by explaining the beginning of Christmas and the way it celebrated around the world. The different countries described in the book include: Australia, Canada, Ethiopia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Guatemala, Italy, Mexico, Philippines, and Sweden. Displaying such a variety of countries and cultures revolving around the same Holiday, makes this book a great source for teaching about multicultural and celebrations around the ...more

Christmas Around the World looks at the Christmas traditions in 12 countries all over the world. This book would be considered non-fiction.
This book gives a good, short overview of the Christmas traditions for each country. It is very appropriate. The book can be read a country at a time. The book includes vocabulary, crafts and song the children can use during the unit.
The author included symbols, greetings, and weather for each country. It will be easy for the children to compare different Chr ...more
This book gives a good, short overview of the Christmas traditions for each country. It is very appropriate. The book can be read a country at a time. The book includes vocabulary, crafts and song the children can use during the unit.
The author included symbols, greetings, and weather for each country. It will be easy for the children to compare different Chr ...more

I wanted to get this one even though Julie [librarian] said it might be too hard, and she was right. It WAS too hard with more words than anything. But when Mama read it to me it had good facts. Like all the stuff about Christmas in Australia which is where they have kangaroos and bandicoots. But they didn't have anything about them in here because this is a Christmas book, not an animal book.
I couldn't read it so I need to get it out again when I'm in seventh grade.
I couldn't read it so I need to get it out again when I'm in seventh grade.

Apr 23, 2015
Natalie Flanagan
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I had the opportunity to read this book to a 5th grade classroom and they seem to love this book! I love how you were able to learn about 12 other centuries Christmas traditions. It was very interesting to be able to see how others celebrate Christmas.
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