Long Lost Christmas Book Finally Available to the Public

Dear Christmas Shopper,

I know how crazy this time of the year is so I'll make this brief.

Two months ago my grand-mother passed away. I inherited her book collection. One of the books, from 1951, was: The Complete Christmas Book.

I just couldn't believe it. My grand-mother never knew I had a Christmas website, but here I was holding this masterpiece of 349 pages filled with all the information you'll ever need about Christmas.

Here's the Table of Contents of the book: 

1. WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT CHRISTMAS?

• The Birth of Jesus From the Gospels According To St. Luke and St. Matthew 
• Is There a Santa Claus? 
• Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh
• Where Does Christmas Happen?
• Inasmuch
• Christmas Without Price
• Amahl and the Night Visitors

2. CHRISTMAS GIFTS

• The Happy Art of Christmas Giving
• Christmas Comes But Half the Year 
• Giving To Children 
• Give a Child a Collection of Related Gifts
• Make a Child Feel Very Grown Up
• Too Many Toys? Or Not the Right Ones?
• Gifts to Make For Children 
• Token Gifts 
• Personalizing Your Gifts: Gifts from Children; Give a Gift That Reflects an Interest or a Hobby; Little Gifts for Dad; Gifts To Make; Gifts for Children To Make 
• Add Your Own Touch 
• Giving to the People Who Have Everything
• Tipping at Christmas 
• How To Give Books

 3. CHRISTMAS PACKAGES

• Wrapping and Mailing
• Wrap It Right 
• Wrap a Gift with Imagination 
• Packages for Food Gifts 
• If Your Gift Must Travel

4. CHRISTMAS CARDS

• Your Own Christmas Cards 
• Good Manners in Christmas Cards

5. CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS TO MAKE

• Decorate the Outside and All Through the House 
• Decorate With Christmas Balls 
• Decorate With Greeting Cards
• Decorate With Living Plants
• Decorate With Candles 
• Decorations With a Tradition 
• Have the Fun of Stockings
• Decorating the Table Itself 
• Make a Tree 
• Christmas in a Child's Room 
• Decorations for the Children To Make
• The Tree Itself 
• How To Treat a Christmas Tree

6. CHRISTMAS COOKING

• Christmas Dinner
• Twenty-four for Christmas Dinner 
• Christmas Feast on Fewest Calories
• Christmas Baking 
• Short-cut Baking 
• Swedish Baking
• Food That the Children Will Love To Make 
• Christmas Candy 
• Party Fare

7. CHRISTMAS FOR OTHERS

• General Suggestions for Helping These Folk
• Projects and Entertainments
• A Typical Program Lineup

8. CHILDREN'S CHRISTMAS PARTIES

• Children's Party Games
• Costumes
• Party Decorations

9. FESTIVALS AND CUSTOMS

• What Is the Meaning of Gift-giving at Christmas?
• Why Do We Give to the Less Fortunate Especially at Christmas?
• Where Did the Use of Christmas Seals Originate?
• What Is the Story of the Christmas Tree?
• Why Do We Decorate with Holly?
• How Did Kissing Under the Mistletoe Originate?
• How Does the Poinsettia Come To Be the Flower of Christmas?
• What Do Candles in the Window Mean?
• Why Do We Burn a Yule Log?
• Why Are Mince Pie and Plum Pudding Traditional Christmas Desserts?
• Why Do We Ring Bells at Christmas?
• What Are the Origins of Carols?
• What Is the History of Sending Christmas Cards?
• Why Are Ships Used So Often as a Motif On Christmas Cards?
• Why Are Cattle Thought Blessed on Christmas Eve?

10. CHRISTMAS ON RECORDS

• Music by Individual Composers
• Miscellaneous

11. CHRISTMAS IN AMERICA

• The Christmas Tree Ship
• The Night We Talked to Santa Claus
• Once on Christmas
• Christmas in Maine
• Hoofbeats on a Bridge
• A Miserable Merry Christmas
• Now It Has Come
• When Christmas Went Outdoors
• My First Christmas Tree
• Christmas at Orchard House

12. STORIES FOR THE CHRISTMAS SEASON

• Three Young Kings, by George Sumner Albee
• As Ye Sow, by Dorothy Canfield Fisher
• The Festival of Saint Nicholas, by Mary Mapes Dodge
• The Mouse That Didn't Believe in Santa Claus, by Eugene Field
• Do You Believe in Miracles? by Lois T. Henderson
• When Father Christmas Was Young, by Coningsby Dawson
• The State Versus Santa Claus, by Arthur Stringer
• Why Santa Claus Chose the Reindeer, by Estella Hitchcock Lane
• Christmas With Mr. Pickwick, by Charles Dickens 
• Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens
• A Merry, Scary Christmas, by Dick Ashbaugh
• Let Nothing You Dismay, by Ruth Harnden
• The Gift of the Magi, by O. Henry
• Christmas Every Day, by W. D. Howells
• Perfume Is a Man's Best Friend, by Harrison Kinney
• How I Spent My Million, by Edgar J. Park
• Merry Christmas in Ten Pieces, by Robert M. Yoder
• The Little Match Girl, by Hans Christian Andersen
• The Fir Tree, by Hans Christian Andersen

13. CHRISTMAS IN THE FUTURE

• The Christmas of the Future
• The Year There Was No Christmas

14. CHRISTMAS VERSE

• Week Before Christmas
• A Christmas Carol
• Prayer
• Gates and Doors
• A Visit From Saint Nicholas
• Christmas in Olden Time
• Christmas and New Year Bells
• The Mahogany Tree
• Yuletide Fires
• The Three Kings
• Christmas Everywhere

As you can see, although this book was written in 1951 it is still as relevant today as it was then. In fact, that's why I bought the rights to sell the book.

I know we can all benefit from its 349 pages of pure content, gift ideas, classic recipes, homemade Christmas card ideas and decorations, and much much more.