The Myths That Stole Christmas

from peterwall

This book is worth reading and having around, but wasn't nearly so good as I hoped. The author, David Kyle Johnson, is an Associate Professor of Philosophy who put in a delightful appearance on the Rationally Speaking podcast to discuss this book; that probably raised my expectations too far. Th...

from ChrisWeir

Received this as an Advance Reader copy from Library Thing. Will admit that it did take me a while to finish the book as I found the type font very hard to read. That being said is a well thought out book overall. Great historical documentation is put forth on why we celebrate Christmas in the ma...

from buchowl

An interesting counterpoint to the traditional Christmas fah la la. David Kyle Johnson has some issues with Christmas; he feels the holiday has been highjacked by religious and commerical interests that have been masquerading as traditions. With scholarly precision Johnson dismantles these belief...

from koalamom

So you think you know Christmas and everything is as it always was, nothing has changed since time began. Well think again. The name Christmas isn't as old as you think and a lot of it was made up, but the concept goes back centuries and long before anyone put the Christ in Christmas and they act...

from fundevogel

This was a quick but satisfying read. I had suspected many of the misconceptions Johnson unraveled, but it was nice having things laid out and dissected in an organized and well researched way. As someone that isn't happy with many of the compulsory Christmas traditions it was nice to know that C...