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Author: Ace Collins Zondervan, Grand Rapids MI, 2001

 

Traditions of Christmas and the Stories Behind Them

Author Linda J. Beam FaithPoint Press,  2008

 

Songs of Christmas and the Stories Behind Them 

Author: Tommy & Renee’ Pierce FaithPoint Press,  2008

 

The Christmas Carol Reader

Author: William Studwell Haworth Press,  1995

 

The Battle for Christmas

Author Stephen NissenbaumVintage Books, Random House, 1996

 

The History of Christmas Carols

Author Reverend Mark Lawson-Jones, Bishop Dominic Walker The History Press

 

The Carols of Christmas

Author Andrew GantNelson Books, 2015

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Longfellow: A Rediscovered Life , pg 224 By Charles C. Calhoun Beacon Press, 2005

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Smithsonian Magazine A Civil War Cartoonist Created the Modern Image of Santa Claus as Union Propaganda
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/civil-war-cartoonist-created-modern-image-santa-claus-union-propaganda-180971074/#:~:text=Unsurprisingly%2C%20the%20drawings%20from%20the,make%20certain%20pointed%20political%20statements.

ENCYLOPEDIA.COM The Arsenal At Springfield https://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/educational-magazines/arsenal-springfield#:~:text=Henry%20Wadsworth%20Longfellow's%20%22The,Longfellow's%20most%20effective%20antiwar%20poem.&text=The%20arsenal%20is%20known%20as,Longfellow's%20depiction%20in%20the%20poem.

King and Longfellow: The Power of Words
https://www.nps.gov/articles/king-and-longfellow-power-of-words.htm

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