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History and short stories depicting the lives of a German-Russian immigrant and his family on the North Dakota prairie.
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What if our entire civilization could write its own memoirs and tell the complete story of Christmas past? Surprisingly, the tale would begin not in Bethlehem, but two thousand years earlier in the cradle of civilization. It would be a nostalgic story involving Christians and non-Christians alike. Babylonians Greeks, and Romans - whose ancient customs became part of the Christmas celebration - would people its pages. We would see early Europeans hanging fir sprigs and winter greenery to renew life and protect against the cold blasts of Arctic wind. People who had not yet learned of the Christ child would be burning Yule logs. Of course, the most important chapter in these memoirs would take place in a manger surrounded by Wise Men and marked with a brilliant star. But the tale would continue on for another two thousand years as generation after generation added to the customs of Christmas.
"This book is a documented family history. It traces my Giesinger ancestry from Vorarlberg in Austria, to Söllingen in Baden, to Alsace in France, to the Odessa region in southern Russia, to the United States, and finally to Canada."--Page ix.