Christmas Tales
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Nombre de saisons : 1
Durée moyenne d'un épisode : 60 minutes
Genre(s) : Documentaire
Three part series in which Fiona Philips examines the phenomenon of several festive icons. These range from Father Christmas to Angels and how these elements of our festive celebration came to be what they are today.
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Épisode 1 - Christmas Tales: The Legends Of Santa
In this programme, Fiona Philips looks at Father Christmas. Is he a real life saint, pagan figure, commercial creation or a mix of the three? Whoever he is based on, our modern day idea of the jolly, bearded Santa is very different from the character loved but sometimes even feared by an earlier generation of children.
Épisode 2 - Christmas Tales: The Story Of The Tree
In the second of three programmes looking at festive icons, Fiona Phillips delves into the history of the Christmas tree, revealing how it was used as a Christian symbol for hundreds of years before Britons began putting them up in their living rooms. She also shows how the `tree craze' crossed the Atlantic, where retailer Frank Woolworth had introduced a new tradition - decorating them with baubles and tinsel.
Épisode 3 - Christmas Tales: Angels
In this programme, Fiona Philips delves into the history of angels, including the most famous of them all - the Archangel Gabriel. Although the Bible has no visual descriptions of Gabriel, he has a starring role in every school nativity and has been portrayed by many artists down the centuries. Fiona also reveals how angels were not just the preserve of Christians - they were revered by ancient Egyptians and treated almost like gods by the Romans.
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