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America's Favorite Holidays

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America's Favorite Holidays

By: Bruce David Forbes
Narrated by: Noah Michael Levine
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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.

©2015 The Regents of the University of California (P)2016 Audible, Inc. Americas Christian Living Christianity Customs & Traditions Religious Studies Social Sciences United States World Tradition Winter Christmas
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