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A theory of Christmas, Daniel Miller; Father Christmas executed, ClaudeLevi-Strauss; Christmas and materialism; the rituals of Christmasgiving, James Carrier; materialism and the making of the modernAmerican Christmas, Russell Belk; Cinderella Christmas - kitsch,consumerism and youth in Japan, Brian Moeran and Lise Skov; Christmasagainst materialism in Trinidad, Daniel Miller; Christmas and thefamily - time out and alternative realities, Adam Kuper; Christmascards and the construction of social relations in Britain today, M.Searle-Chatterjee; Christmas present - Christmas public, BarbaraBodenhorn; the great Christmas quarrel and other Swedish traditions,Orvar Lofgren.