{"product_id":"christmas-cornucopia","title":"Christmas Cornucopia","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBY THE \u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e NO.1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe perfect gift for anyone \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ewho has ever wondered about the unpredictable origins and etymologies of our Christmas customs!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e For something that happens every year of our lives, we really don''t know much about Christmas.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e We don''t know that the date we celebrate was chosen by a madman, or that Christmas, etymologically speaking, means \"Go away, Christ\". We''re oblivious to the fact that the advent calendar was actually invented by a Munich housewife to stop her children pestering her for a Christmas countdown. And we would never have guessed that the invention of crackers was merely a way of popularising sweet wrappers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Luckily, like a gift from Santa himself, Mark Forsyth is here to unwrap this fundamentally funny gallimaufry of traditions and oddities, making it all finally make sense - in his wonderfully entertaining wordy way.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Witty and revelatory. Blooming brilliant'' Raymond Briggs\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ''Everything we ever thought about Christmas is wrong! Great stuff'' Matthew Parris\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57319297810814,"sku":"NW9780241267738","price":13.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780241267738.jpg?v=1778727431","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-eu\/products\/christmas-cornucopia","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}