@article{1478580, author = {Marling, Karal Ann, }, url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1478580}, title = {Merry Christmas! /}, abstract = {It wouldn't be Christmas without the "things." How they came to mean so much, and to play such a prominent role in America's central holiday, is the tale told in this delightful and edifying book. In a style characteristically engaging and erudite, Karal Ann Marling, one of our most trenchant observers of American culture, describes the outsize spectacle that Christmas has become.}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674040625}, recid = {1478580}, pages = {1 online resource (460 p.)}, }