Organizing Christmas

Organizing Christmas is an exploration of the organizational character of Christmas. This book both charts and scrutinizes its global emergence as the year's preeminent economic and organizational event.

Philip Hancock is a Professor of Work and Organization at the University of Essex. He is a member of the Centre for Work Organization and Society, and his work on organizational aesthetics, spatiality, and the challenges of working at Christmas has been widely published in international journals and edited collections.

Introduction 1 A Brief Organizational History of Christmas 2 The Buying and Selling of a Season 3 The Magical Atmospherics of Christmastide 4 Working at Christmas 5 Here Comes Santa Claus 6 Home and the Gendered Organization of Christmas 7 Organizing Christmas: The Wrapping Up