Holidays

Delicious Appetizers - 31 Easy Recipes For The Holidays
Are you looking for delicious APPETIZER RECIPES for the holiday season?Are you very busy and want EASY RECIPES that are easy to prepare?Would you like to provide delicious, appealing snacks without adding to the many tempting fat producing appetizers available during the season of entertaining?Then this book is exactly what you are looking for! These very EASY RECIPES are quick to prepare and many can be made ahead and some even frozen for later

Consumer Rites: The Buying & Selling of American Holidays
In this scholarly account, Schmidt (Holy Fairs) traces how the union of commerce and religion in the celebration of U.S. holidays was established. Early Protestant reformers frowned on festive observances, and it was not until the mid-1800s that holidays became associated with feasting and gift-giving by the new culture of merchandising.

The Accidental Gourmet Weekends and Holidays
Paired up again for their second Accidental Gourmet title, Sondheim and Sloan expand on their attempt to make home-cooked meals accessible to all, focusing on special dinners for weekends and holidays. This volume lays out 127 meals, each with at least three components: a main dish, sides and dessert.

Holidays in Heck
Holidays in Heck takes the reader on a globe-trotting journey to far-reaching places including China, Kyrgyzstan, Afghanistan and the Galapagos Islands. The collection begins after the Iraq War, when P.J. retired from being a war correspondent because he was "too old to keep being scared stiff and too stiff to keep sleeping on the ground.

The Good Life: Entertainment Companion
Entertaining isn't just for the holidays, and thanks to this two-book set, you'll always be ready to treat your guests to wonderful food and fun. Packaged in a handy slipcase, The Good Life Volume 1: Entertainment Companion features two .For Dummies® titles that are sure to make you the perfect host: Gourmet Cooking For Dummies™ and Entertaining For Dummies™.

@ home for the holidays
Like its predecessor, Sahm I Am, this charming holiday novel tracks the e-mail correspondence of a group of stay-at-home moms. As Christmas approaches, their stress levels increase exponentially, but they have friendship and much laughter to sustain them.

Chase's Calendar of Events 2009
The world's datebook for more than 50 years Chase's Calendar of Events 2009, is your authoritativeguide to special occurrences, holidays, anniversaries,celebrity birthdates, religious observances, sporting events, and more from around the world. Librarians, marketers, journalists, and other professionals have come to rely on it to find out what's going on that day, in a week, or even a year ahead.

That Reminds Me
In her unique book, Eittreim outlines the importance of family storytelling and then suggests ways to tell faith stories for: Holy Days, Holidays, Special Days (Christmas, birthdays, deaths); Special Times (bedtime, meal-times, sickness); Special People (parents, best friends, teachers); Special Places (home, school, summer camp); Faith (prayer, pictures of God, miracles).

Scenes from a Holiday
Just in time for the holidays, Red Dress Ink offers a compilation of three holiday-themed novellas revolving around Hanukkah, Christmas, and New Year's Eve. Nikki Heller, the heroine of Laurie Graff's tale, is reluctant to marry her devoted boyfriend, Mark, until a knock on the head puts her in a coma, and she finds herself dating some truly bad men and getting to the heart of her fear of committing.

The American Flag
A simple introduction to the American flag, including its design, modifications through the years, uses on holidays, and importance as a symbol of the United States.

The Book of Holidays Around the World
Presents chronologically an event to celebrate each day of the year, e.g. January 3, Birthday of J.R.R. Tolkien; May 12, the Cat Festival in Belgium; and October 24, United Nations Day.