Where to look for Information about Holidays

Articles About Holidays on this Site Arranged Alphabetically by Title.

 

The 4th of July by B. Bea Sharper and Tiger. Two Gazette regulars collaborate on an article about the signers of the Declaration of Independence.

Happy Fireworks Day by Gary North. "The story of America is the story of this nation's self-imposed abandonment of the Declaration of Independence.  This is why the story of the Declaration is rarely taught in school, and is taught badly when it is taught."

Mother's Day Didn't Always Suck by Gene Franks. How Mother's Day started, how it got to be just another sales event, and the sexy event it ought to be.

Please, Please, Don't Buy Me Another Tie, by Hardly Waite.  A study of hole-to-hole economics and the insanity of Christmas.

Thanksgiving: A Native American View, by Jacqueline Keeler. "When the Pilgrims came to Plymouth Rock, they were poor and hungry -- half of them died within a few months from disease and hunger."

Why I Don't Celebrate Christmas, by Shirley Wilkes Johnson. A look at what Christmas has become and an optimistic look at what we can do about it.

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