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Celebrations : the complete book of American holidays

Author: Robert J Myers; Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Publisher: Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, 1972.
Edition/Format:   Book : English : 1st edView all editions and formats
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Cultural and historical background and traditions of forty-five major American holidays, both secular and religious, Christian and Jewish.
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Myers, Robert J.
Celebrations; the complete book of American holidays.
Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday, 1972
(OCoLC)620023542
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Robert J Myers; Hallmark Cards, Inc.
ISBN: 0385076770 9780385076777
OCLC Number: 483537
Description: x, 386 p. : illus. ; 25 cm.
Contents: Widely observed holidays --
New Year's Day --
Feast of the Epiphany --
Chinese New Year --
Candlemas --
Shrove Tuesday, or Mardi Gras --
Abraham Lincoln's birthday --
St. Valentine's Day --
Lent --
George Washington's birthday --
Purim --
St. Patrick's Day --
Palm Sunday --
Maundy Thursday --
Good Friday --
Holy Saturday --
Easter Sunday --
Arbor Day --
Pan American Day --
Pesach (Passover) --
May Day --
Mother's Day --
Ascension Day --
Pentecost, or Whitsunday --
Memorial Day --
Shavuot --
Flag Day --
Father's Day --
Independence Day --
The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary --
Labor Day --
Citizenship Day --
American Indian Day --
Rosh Hashanah --
Yom Kippur --
Columbus Day --
Sukkot --
United Nations Day --
Halloween --
Veterans Day --
Thanksgiving Day --
Advent --
Bill of Rights Day --
Forefathers' Day --
Hanukkah --
Christmas Day --
Holidays briefly noted --
Martin Luther King's birthday --
Robert E. Lee's birthday --
Inauguration Day --
Groundhog Day --
April Fools' Day --
Thomas Jefferson's birthday --
Patriots' Day --
Armed Forces Day --
National Maritime Day --
Birthday of Jefferson Davis --
National Aviation Day --
Sweetest Day --
Reformation Sunday --
All Saints' Day --
Feast of the Immaculate Conception --
Other holidays at a glance.
Responsibility: by Robert J. Myers, with the editors of Hallmark Cards ; Illus. by Bill Greer.

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Cultural and historical background and traditions of forty-five major American holidays, both secular and religious, Christian and Jewish.

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