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• Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
• Restad, Penne L.
• Christmas in America : a history / Penne L. Restad.
• p. cm.
• Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN 0–19–509300–3
• ISBN 0–19–510980–5 (Pbk.)
• 1. Christmas–United States – History.
• 2. United States–Social life and customs.
• I. Title.
• GT4986.AIR47 1995 394.2′663′09—dc20 94–42357

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