Kategoria BISAC: Social Science >> Holidays (non religious)

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Did you know that the Puritans did not celebrate Christmas? That trick or treating on Halloween began in the late 1930s? That Kwanzaa was created in the mid-sixties by Ron Karenga, a radical Black Nationalist and Black Panther? That Anne Marie Jarvis, the force behind getting Mother's Day, proclaimed a national holiday, later repudiated the holiday for its crass commercialism and strove to undo her handiwork until the day she died? Every holiday has a history, and this set sets out to describe them all. A chronologically organized reference guide to the history of American celebratory...

The full history of St. Patrick's day is captured here for the first time in The Wearing of the Green.

Illustrated with photos, the book spans the medieval origins, steeped in folklore and myth, through its turbulent and troubled times when it acted as fuel for fierce political argument, and tells the fascinating story of how the celebration of 17th March was transformed from a stuffy dinner for Ireland's elite to one of the world's most public festivals.

Looking at more general Irish traditions and Irish communities throughout the world, Mike Cronin and Daryl Adair...

The full history of St. Patrick's day is captured here for the first time in The Wearing of the Green.

Illustrated with photos, the book spans the medieval origins, steeped in folklore and myth, through its turbulent and troubled times when it acted as fuel for fierce political arguement, and tells the the fascinating story of how the celebration of 17th March was transformed from a stuffy dinner for Ireland's elite to one of the world's most public festivals.

Looking at more general Irish traditions and Irish communities throughout the world, Adair and Cronin follow the...

Many ailments that resist treatment by conventional Western biomedicine often respond favorably to the approach and practices that comprise the ancient Chinese healing art of acupuncture. Based on the cumulative store of knowledge and experience of several centuries of Eastern medicine, acupuncture seeks to restore, promote, and maintain good health, a goal inextricably bound to disease prevention.
The author of this work, Yoshiaki Omura, is a physician, educator, electrical engineer, and experimental physicist who was born in Japan and came to the United States in 1959. Among his many...

Once again, welcome to this latest volume of "The Little Ho Ho Book" ("TLHHB"). This volume, as was also the case with Volumes 1 and 2, is designed to directly benefit one of the many fine local chapters of the national Alzheimer's Association. This year's designated recipient--The Heart Of America Chapter of the Alzheimer's Association--is certainly representative of the tone, tenor, and diligence that is necessary from a national perspective to combat the ravages of this debilitating disease. We can't say enough about their hard work and tenacity as they continue to work...

Everybody knows about community festivals that celebrate the good ol' days--events like Rattlesnake Roundup, Peanut Days, and Mule Day. Countless towns around the South stage them. They set aside one weekend a year, rope off some parking, and celebrate some local theme on the courthouse lawn or in a nearby pasture, touting lost days of imagined glory.

- Presents the true meaning of this ancient holiday and shows how contemporary observances still faithfully reflect the rituals of pagan ancestors.

- Explains why this holiday, largely confined to the English-speaking world since the advent of Christianity, has spread throughout the rest of Europe over the last two decades.

One of humanity's most enduring myths is that the dead, on certain nights of the year, can leave the Other World and move freely about...