Holger Gerwin & Björn Ulbrich - "The Holy Nights"

Holger Gerwin & Björn Ulbrich - "The Holy Nights"

We all celebrate Christmas. With a tree, decorations, and a big roast goose.

But who still knows why we do all this? And what we could do differently to make the holiday meaningful again? Ulbrich and Gerwin have created a practical guide to Christmas that aims to answer these questions.

This book, with its 128 richly and colorfully illustrated pages, offers a cornucopia of background information, customs, and mythology, as well as tips and suggestions for contemporary nature-based Christmas ceremonies. It begins with alternatives for decorating the Christmas tree and Advent wreath, continues with recipes for symbolic pastries and design suggestions for the Yule arch, introduces the Yule candlestick, explains the proper and ceremonial construction of a Yule fire, and provides useful information for mystery plays such as driving out winter or making Perchten masks.

• Paperback
• Fully illustrated in 4-color
• Large format: 21.0 x 29.7 cm
• 128 pages