| Christmas on the Home Front Contributor(s): Brown, Mike (Author) |
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ISBN: 0750954655 ISBN-13: 9780750954655 Publisher: History Press OUR PRICE: $22.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Holidays (non Religious) - History | Military - World War Ii |
| Dewey: 394.26 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 4.9" W x 7.7" (0.50 lbs) 208 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1940's |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The outbreak of war in 1939 saw the disappearance of many traditional British celebrations. Guy Fawkes Night went immediately gunpowder production was needed for the war effort and bonfires contravened the blackout. Summer holidays became a thing of the past and Easter all but disappeared as chocolate and even real eggs went "on the ration." In spite of this the nation remained determined to celebrate Christmas as a time of family and community; a time when war could be set aside, if only for a day. Drawing upon personal recollections, contemporary Mass Observation reports, newspaper articles, advertisements, and personal and archive photographs, Mike Brown looks at each wartime Christmas on the British Home Front, from 1939 to 1944." |