You are buying this edition of Christmas in Pennsylvania I have posted in my Ebay Store
It is hard cover and has it’s dust jacket.
It has are no writing or markings inside. Both the book and jacket are in great condition.
This is the 40th Anniversary edition by Stackpole Press. It was compiled and written by Alfred L. Shoemaker with new foreword & afterword by Don Yoder.
Christmas in Pennsylvania examines the origins of Christmas in Pennsylvania. It has interviews, newspaper reports, recording holiday traditions from the 18th through early 20th century.
Topics include:
Philadelphia mummers
barring out schoolmasters
Christ-Kindel to Kris Kringle
Christmas trees
Trimming trees
Belsnickels
carnival of horns
cookies
taffies and treats
recipes
Moravian pyramids and putzes
firecracker celebrations and more.