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

By: Publisher: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2015]Copyright date: ©2015Description: viii, 222 pages : illustrations ; 21 cmContent type:
  • 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): 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
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks GT4803 .F67 2015 1 Available 33039001358976

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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