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" The Book of the Year : "
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BL
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974567
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b728937
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| Main Entry
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Aveni, Anthony F.
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The Book of the Year : : a Brief History of Our Holidays.
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| Publication Statement
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Cary :: Oxford University Press,, 2002.
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1 online resource (225 pages)
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| ISBN
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0195348699
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: 9780195348699
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| Contents
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Acknowledgments; Preface; 1 Creating, Organizing, and Transforming the Holidays; 2 Happy New Year! But Why Now?; 3 February's Holidays: Prediction, Purification, and Passionate Pursuit; 4 Spring Equinox: Watching the Serpent Descend; 5 The Easter/Passover Season: Connecting Time's Broken Circle; 6 May Day: A Collision of Forces; 7 Summer's Solstice: Feasts of Fire, Water, and Feminine Affairs of the Heart; 8 Labor Day: Remembering the Great Time Wars; 9 Halloween: Dead Time; 10 Thanksgiving: Transcending Pilgrims' Progress; 11 Christmas: From Resurrection to Rudolph.
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12 "What Goes Around . . ."Notes; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z.
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What is the connection between May Day and the Statue of Liberty? Between ancient solstice fires and Fourth of July fireworks? Between St. Valentine, the Groundhog, and the Virgin Mary? In The Book of the Year, Anthony Aveni offers fascinating answers to these questions and explains the many ways humans throughout time have tried to order and give meaning to time's passing. Aveni traces the origins of modern customs tied to seasonal holidays, exploring what we eat, the games we play, the rituals we perform, and the colorful cast of characters we invent to dramatize holidays. Along the way, Ave.
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Holidays-- History.
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394.26
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GT3930.A946 2003
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