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Can Reindeer Fly? - Roger Highfield


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Can Reindeer Fly? - Roger Highfield

 
Description: ISBN 0753813661 / Genre: Science / Nature / A scientific investigation into all the rituals and icons of Christmas – everything ... more
Can Reindeer Fly? - Roger Highfield ... from Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, to shopping, to the Star in the East, to jolly old Father Christmas himself.

Newest Review: ... as you would expect.) Apparently Nicholas had a penchant for throwing gold through the open windows of a poor family. Until ... more

 ... one night all the windows were shut, so... he dropped some down their chimney instead, and so a legend was born. Erm, but they don't have reindeer in Turkey, do they? Well, no, they don't. Santa's sleigh-pulling flying-reindeer were invented in a popular poem, called "The Night Before C hristmas". You know, the one that starts: 'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirri...more

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Premium Review Can Reindeer Fly? - Roger Highfield: Why Santa comes down the chimney... (1021 words)
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How does he doo it? Santa I mean - delivering all those presents all over the world on Christmas Eve. Well, that's what Roger Highfield sets out to explain in this book which he developed from his seasonal science columns in the Daily Telegraph. It's a slightly tongue-in-cheek science book, stuffed full of fascinating facts, addressing lots of questions, and offering bang up-to-date scientific solutions. But in the end only Santa knows the truth. I learned a lot though... Question: WHAT WAS THE STAR OF BETHLEHEM? Answer: Dunno.† The star is mentioned in only one of the Gospels (Matthew) and, as you all already know, Jesus wasn't ...  Read the complete review

 

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