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Horrible Histories: Christmas

AuthorTerry Deary

NarratorPolly Boyes

Duration3h 17m

CategoriesChildren and Young Adult Non-Fiction and Educational Titles, History

Key StageKS2

PublisherInhouse

VersionUnabridged

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Horrible Christmas is filled with all the festive facts every Horrible Histories reader wanted to know, but were too stuffed full of mince pies to ask! The complete horrible history of Christmas tells tales from the dark days when Puritans tried to abolish Christmas, to Christmas in the trenches when the British and Germans traded bullets for footballs. Plus dreadful jokes, rotten recipes, and a Christmas quiz!

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