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Showing posts with label traditions. Show all posts

Showing posts with label traditions. Show all posts

Saturday, May 05, 2018

Guest Post - Kentucky Derby: the mint julep has always been about staying cool

Jeffrey Miller , Colorado State University The Kentucky Derby is about more than horses and hats. It’s also where one of the South’s fav...

Sunday, April 16, 2017

Guest Post: Why Easter is called Easter

by Brent Landau , University of Texas at Austin This Sunday, April 16, Christians will be celebrating Easter, the day on which the resurre...

Saturday, April 15, 2017

Guest Post: The very strange history of the Easter Bunny

by Katie Edwards , University of Sheffield While you’re biting the heads off your chocolate bunnies this weekend, you might wonder how car...

Thursday, December 29, 2016

Guest Post: How the American Civil War cemented modern Christmas traditions

by David Anderson , Swansea University Shortly before Christmas Day 1864, Abraham Lincoln received an extraordinary Christmas present – ...

Tuesday, December 20, 2016

Guest Post: How the Nazis co-opted Christmas

by Joe Perry , Georgia State University In 1921, in a Munich beer hall, newly appointed Nazi party leader Adolf Hitler gave a Christmas sp...

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