America's favorite holidays : candid histories / Bruce David Forbes.

By:

Forbes, Bruce David

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780520284715 (cloth : alk. paper)
0520284712 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780520284722 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0520284720 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Subject(s):

Holidays -- United States -- History

DDC classification:

394.26973 23

LOC classification:

GT4803 .F67 2015

Contents:

Christmas -- Valentine's Day -- Easter -- Halloween -- Thanksgiving.

Summary: "America's Favorite Holidays explores how five of America's culturally dominant holidays--Christmas, Valentine's Day, Easter, Halloween, and Thanksgiving--came to be what they are today, combinations of seasonal and religious celebrations heavily influenced by modern popular culture. Distilling information from a wide range of sources, Bruce David Forbes reveals the often surprising history behind the traditions of each holiday. The book offers a comprehensive look at the Christian origins of these holidays and also touches on Passover, the religions of ancient Rome, Celtic practices, Mexico's Day of the Dead, and American civil religion. America's Favorite Holidays answers our curiosity about the origins of our holidays and the many ways in which religion and culture mix"--Provided by publisher.

List(s) this item appears in: Holiday Foods Through The Nations

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Item type	Current library	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	NMC Library	Stacks	GT4803 .F67 2015 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		33039001358976

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Christmas -- Valentine's Day -- Easter -- Halloween -- Thanksgiving.

"America's Favorite Holidays explores how five of America's culturally dominant holidays--Christmas, Valentine's Day, Easter, Halloween, and Thanksgiving--came to be what they are today, combinations of seasonal and religious celebrations heavily influenced by modern popular culture. Distilling information from a wide range of sources, Bruce David Forbes reveals the often surprising history behind the traditions of each holiday. The book offers a comprehensive look at the Christian origins of these holidays and also touches on Passover, the religions of ancient Rome, Celtic practices, Mexico's Day of the Dead, and American civil religion. America's Favorite Holidays answers our curiosity about the origins of our holidays and the many ways in which religion and culture mix"--Provided by publisher.

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