America's Favorite Holidays: Candid Histories, by Bruce David Forbes
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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.
America's Favorite Holidays: Candid Histories, by Bruce David Forbes- Amazon Sales Rank: #490900 in Books
- Published on: 2015-10-27
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 9.00" h x .60" w x 6.00" l, .0 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 232 pages
Review "After you read all five chapters of 'America s Favorite Holidays' you will not only be more reflective, you will be poised to win the trivia contest at all of your holiday parties this year and beyond."--Hilary Levey Friedman"Providence Journal" (11/22/2015)""This new book by Forbes discusses the particulars of our now widely accepted cultural practices surrounding Christmas, Valentine s Day, Easter, Halloween, and Thanksgiving. The nature of folk and cultural traditions is such that we often assume that present-day customs have always been the norm. Forbes presents a genial and ably written corrective to that tendency. . . . This accessible work deserves a wide readership."--Graham Christian"Library Journal" (01/01/2016)""This slender book, which is adorned with whimsical drawings of Cupid and Santa Claus, is deceptively thought-provoking. Bruce David Forbes, a professor of religious studies, writes in a style that is more confessional than that of the typical academic. . . . He excels in providing entertaining tidbits. . . . The book is presented as light and entertaining, and Forbes readily delivers on this promise."--Jennifer Jensen Wallach"TLS" (11/20/2015)
From the Inside Flap “Lucid and lighthearted, America’s Favorite Holidays presents observations about various US holidays in a meaningful way. Both in tone and content, the book is an authoritative companion to our most popular holidays, festivals, and celebrations.”—Amy Frykholm, associate editor of The Christian Century and author of Rapture Culture: Left Behind in Evangelical America "Think you know what America's major holidays are all about? Think again. Bruce Forbes will make you see the traditions you've grown up with in surprising and intriguing new ways. Perfect for book groups, America's Favorite Holidays is sure to become a favorite read around the holidays, or any day."—Sarah McFarland Taylor, Professor of Religious Studies and American Studies, Northwestern University “Clear, engaging, and accessible. Exploring scholarship and folklore, Bruce Forbes lays out the historical development of five major American holidays in a direct and charming fashion.”—Eugene V. Gallagher, co-general editor of Nova Religio and Rosemary Park Professor of Religious Studies at Connecticut College
About the Author 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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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. A lively and informative history of Christmas, Valentine's Day, Easter, Haloween and Thanksgiving in the USA. By lyndonbrecht Forbes is a professor of religion at a Midwestern college. His writing is lively (much of the text is somewhat autobiographical), and his Christian background informs his discussion of the holidays in an informed but objective way. He discusses Christmas, Valentine's Day, Easter, Halloween and Thanksgiving. A reader can read one or more chapters in any order. The discussion is in all cases informative, and I suspect any reader will find some new details, even people who have read about holidays in other books. I certainly did so.He notes, as is commonly known, that holiday derives from "holy day" but that the secular sense of a day off goes back to the 1400s. He posits that most holidays, and all of these, have layers if you look at history. One, they start as seasonal events. Two, they acquire some religious or national association, and three, popular culture shapes the observances, differently in different places even of the same holiday.Christmas hearkens back to a end of year, near solstice holiday. Yule, for example, is the name for a pre-Christian holiday in parts of Europe. The holiday has never been purely spiritual, he says, and there's a party aspect still. Deciding on December 25th is discussed in fascinating detail. Among other odd details is the poinsettia, brought from Mexico in 1828 by then ambassador Joel Poinsett. Christmas was forbidden in places, such as 1659 Massachusetts when celebrating it in any way cost a 5 shilling fine. The American Christmas owes a lot to specific people. Cartoonist Thomas Nast created the Santa Claus image as we know it. Clement Moore's Night before Christmas poem is important, as is the "Yes Virginia, there is a Santa Claus" column.Valentine's day has some old stories, which likely are not true. Forbes discusses the phenomenon of Valentine's cards and the heart symbol. He says the commonly held belief that Easter comes from a goddess names Eostre is questionable, based on all of two sentences in a work by Bede (if you don't know that name, Google it, he is an important figure). The tradition of rabbits bringing eggs to children seems to stem from Germans who settled in Pennsylvania. Colored eggs for the holiday go back to 1290, as a document regarding King Edward I attests. The chapter on Halloween is quite good; the pumpkin jack'o'lantern results from Irish traditions that involved turnips back home.Thanksgiving is also an interesting chapter. The 1621 event apparently did involve some Indian neighbors, but not sitting at a table with a turkey. It existed by traditional Presidential proclamation from Lincoln to Roosevelt, and became an official holiday tied to a specific day.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Interesting backstories By Bill Zahren Very fun stuff. Interesting backgrounds on the holidays, including things you didn't know about Christmas. Well researched, well written.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. America's Favorite Holidays By Bev. I enjoyed this book so much. It was fun learning the history and evolution of our major holidays.
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