00917cam a2200229 4500 1055957721 TxAuBib 20141219120000.0 020227s2002||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2002003210 9780810934931 hardcover 0810934930 hardcover KHPB566 KHP566 TxAuBib Elliott, Jock. Inventing Christmas : how our holiday came to be / Jock Elliott. New York : H.N. Abrams, 2002. 127 p. 26 cm. Includes bibliographical references. Long ago -- How our Santa Claus was invented -- Gift books and the beginning of Christmas shopping -- The first Christmas trees -- The invention of the Christmas card -- Christmas carols, old and new -- "A Christmas carol". 20021125. Christmas History.