Christmas Around the World
In celebration of the holiday this week, we present Christmas Around the World: A Pop-Up Book by artist Chuck Fischer, with paper engineering by Bruce Foster and text by Anne Newgarden. The book was published by Little, Brown and Company in 2007.
The text illuminates unique Christmas traditions, gift legacies, and portraits of mythic figures, such as England's Father Christmas and Italy's Le Befana as well as traditions from France, Germany, Russia, Latin America, Scandinavia, and the United States. Each page spread is filled with delights, including a central pop-up image, removable booklets, pullouts, mini pop-ups, and more! If you like the images above, be sure to check out this short video created by the artist, along with a brass band soundtrack of “Joy to the World,” which definitely captures the holiday magic and book artistry much better than our pictures!
For those of you celebrating today, we wish you and yours a very Merry Christmas!
-- Katie, Special Collections Graduate Student Intern
Within our pop-up book collection, we hold 2 dozen with Christmas themes and another couple dozen with themes related to winter and snow...so, If you’re looking for something fun and unconventional to do over your holiday break, stop by the UWM Special Collections Department this week—we’re open on Thursday, December 26th and Friday, December 27th from 10 am until 5 pm! As always, we’re open to the public so feel free to bring your holidays guests along, too!!
