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The book of the year a brief history of our seasonal holidays / Anthony F. Aveni.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [(c)2003.]Description: xiv, 192 pages, [16. pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 1423761235
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • GT3930
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Contents:
Creating, organizing, and transforming the holidays -- Happy New Year! But why now? -- February's holidays : prediction, purification, and passionate pursuit -- Spring Equinox : watching the serpent descend -- The Easter/Passover season : connecting time's broken circle -- May Day : a collision of forces -- Summer's Solstice : feasts of fire, water, and feminine affairs of the heart -- Labor Day : remembering the great time wars -- Halloween : dead time -- Thanksgiving : transcending Pilgrims' progress -- Christmas : from resurrection to Rudolph -- "What goes around..."
Item type: Online Book
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Online Book G. Allen Fleece Library Online Non-fiction GT3930 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Link to resource Available ocm65192650\

Includes bibliographies and index.

Creating, organizing, and transforming the holidays -- Happy New Year! But why now? -- February's holidays : prediction, purification, and passionate pursuit -- Spring Equinox : watching the serpent descend -- The Easter/Passover season : connecting time's broken circle -- May Day : a collision of forces -- Summer's Solstice : feasts of fire, water, and feminine affairs of the heart -- Labor Day : remembering the great time wars -- Halloween : dead time -- Thanksgiving : transcending Pilgrims' progress -- Christmas : from resurrection to Rudolph -- "What goes around..."

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