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Tables of Contents for Christmas Unwrapped
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Introduction
1
8
James Tracy
Part 1: THE FORMATIVE HISTORY OF AMERICAN CHRISTMAS
The Armistice over Christmas: Consuming in the Twentieth Century
9
10
James Tracy
Christmas in the Sixties
19
20
Elizabeth Pleck
Part 2: THE CULTURE OF AMERICAN CHRISTMAS
Christmas on Celluloid: Hollywood Helps Construct the American Christmas
39
16
Max A. Myers
Still Dreaming: War, Memory, and Nostalgia in the American Christmas
55
29
Kathleen M. Sands
The Holy Days and the Wholly Dazed: Christmas and the ``Spirit of Giving''
84
29
A. P. Simonds
Part 3: SAVIORS AND MESSIAHS, BIBLICAL AND OTHER
The Gospel of the Savior's Birth
113
26
Richard Horsley
Messiah, Magi, and Model Imperial King
139
26
Richard Horsley
Part 4: THEORETICAL AND THEOLOGICAL REFLECTIONS
Christmas: The Religion of Consumer Capitalism
165
23
Richard Horsley
Santa Claus as an Icon of Grace
188
11
Max A. Myers
What Child Is This? Lynch v. Donnelly and the Celebration of Christmas in the United States
199
20
Paula M. Cooey
Epilogue
219
6
Richard Horsley
Contributors
225
1
Index
226