German-language book: Holger Gerwin & Björn Ulbrich - "Die geweihten Nächte" ("Consecrated Nights")
Order number: 14.915Each of us is celebrating Christmas. With tree and jewelry and fat goose.
But who knows why we do it all? And what else could we do to make the festival come to meaning? Ulbrich and Gerwin have created a practical guide around Christmas, which should answer these questions.
This book offers on 128 richly colored pages a cornucopia of background information, customs and mythology, as well as tips and hints for contemporary nature-religious Christmas ceremonies. This begins with alternatives for decorating the Christmas tree and the Christmas wreath, continues with recipes for savory biscuits and design suggestions for the Julbogen, introduces the Julleuchter, explains the proper and ceremonial structure of a Julfeuers and gives useful hints for mystery games such as winter driving or construction from Perchtenmasken.
Paperback
throughout 4-color illustrated
Large format: 21.0 x 29.7 cm
128 pages