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America's Favorite Holidays: Candid Histories
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  • EBOOK
  • Authored by: Bruce David Forbes
  • From the Series: University of California Press Academic Collection
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  • ISBN-10: 1438176740
  • ISBN-13: 978-1-4381-7674-1
  • Status: In Stock
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  • Imprint: University of California Press
  • Published: 04/01/2017
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  • Reading Level: Grades 9 and up

Summary

America's Favorite Holidays explores how five of America's culturally important holidays—Christmas, Valentine's Day, Easter, Halloween, and Thanksgiving—came to be what they are today, seasonal and religious celebrations heavily influenced by modern popular culture. Deftly distilling information from a wide range of sources, Bruce David Forbes reveals often-surprising answers to questions about each holiday's traditions. Was Christmas always as commercialized as it is today? Is Thanksgiving a religious or secular holiday? When did we begin trick-or-treating on Halloween? Appealing and insightful, America's Favorite Holidays satisfies our curiosity about the origins of our holidays and the fascinating ways in which religion and culture mix.

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About the Author(s)

Bruce David Forbes is Professor of Religious Studies at Morningside College, author of Christmas: A Candid History, and coeditor of Religion and Popular Culture in America.

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