キリスト教を超えて、すっかり世界的な文化現象として定着した「クリスマス」の学際的探究の最前線。全45章にわたり、文学、聖書学、歴史学、社会学、人類学、美術史学、法学など、多彩な分野からの寄稿を一冊に集成。New in paperback. Hardcover was published in 2020. The volume provides authoritative treatments of a range of topics, from the origins of Christmas to the present; decorating trees to eating plum pudding; from the Bible to contemporary worship; from carols to cinema; from the Nativity Story to Santa Claus; from Bethlehem to Japan; from Catholics to Baptists; from secularism to consumerism.