Fertility Goddesses, Groundhog Bellies & the Coca-Cola Company: The origins of modern holidays

Fertility goddesses, groundhog bellies & the Coca-Cola Company : the origins of modern holidays

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Want to Read Currently Reading Read. Refresh and try again. Open Preview See a Problem? Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. Year after year, many of us continue to perform holiday rituals with little or no understanding of what they mean or what purpose they serve. A part of us yearns to understand how and why these special days originated.

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Why does Groundhog Day exist and what does it have to do with the Virgin Mary and menstruation? What does May Day have to do with a celebration of human sexu Year after year, many of us continue to perform holiday rituals with little or no understanding of what they mean or what purpose they serve. What does May Day have to do with a celebration of human sexuality and Roman prostitutes?

Fertility Goddesses, Groundhog Bellies & the Coca-Cola Company: The Origins of Modern Holidays

Where did Valentine's Day come from -- did the greeting card, chocolate, and florist companies create it, or is there something original, pure, and maybe even carnal about it? It connects the holidays to the cycles of nature and the human psyche and reveals how they have been changed and manipulated over time to serve certain religious, political, and commercial causes. Paperback , pages. Published May 1st by Insomniac Press first published January 1st The Origins of Modern Holidays. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up.

Lists with This Book. This book is not yet featured on Listopia. Dec 03, Kipahni rated it it was ok Shelves: I would have enjoyed this book more if the author stayed on the subject origions of holidays and their customs.

Instead she chooses to go on tangents about why can't we be more tolerant as a society, a nostalgic wish to return to mother goddess religions, matriarch systems and that everyone should be more androgenous in their personality traits. I honestly don't have any beef with the following topics, and wouldn't mind some equal yang to my yin or is it yin to my yang? Anyway my problem is I would have enjoyed this book more if the author stayed on the subject origions of holidays and their customs.

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Gabriella Kalapos has been an environmental writer, organizer, and teacher for the last fifteen years. She lives in Toronto, Ontario. Year after year, many of us continue to perform holiday rituals with little or no understanding of what they mean or what purpose they serve. A part of us yearns to understand how and why these special days originated. Why does Groundhog Day exist and what does it have to do with the Virgin Mary and menstruation?

What does May Day have to do with a celebration of human sexuality and Roman prostitutes? Where did Valentine's Day come from -- did the greeting card, chocolate, and florist companies create it, or is there something original, pure, and maybe even carnal about it? It connects the holidays to the cycles of nature and the human psyche and reveals how they have been changed and manipulated over time to serve certain religious, political, and commercial causes.

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Showing of 2 reviews. Paperback , pages. Published May 1st by Insomniac Press first published January 1st The Origins of Modern Holidays. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. Lists with This Book. This book is not yet featured on Listopia.

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Dec 03, Kipahni rated it it was ok Shelves: I would have enjoyed this book more if the author stayed on the subject origions of holidays and their customs. Instead she chooses to go on tangents about why can't we be more tolerant as a society, a nostalgic wish to return to mother goddess religions, matriarch systems and that everyone should be more androgenous in their personality traits. I honestly don't have any beef with the following topics, and wouldn't mind some equal yang to my yin or is it yin to my yang?

Anyway my problem is I would have enjoyed this book more if the author stayed on the subject origions of holidays and their customs. Anyway my problem is when I am reading a book about holidays I want it to be about holidays. That aside when she does write about holidays, it is very insightful and well done. Nov 21, Tara rated it liked it Shelves: This was a good kind of introductory to the origins of the holidays, but I felt as though she had rambled on in some areas.

Some of the stuff she went on about you had no idea what it had to actually do with the holiday until pages later. It seemed as though she had too much detail in some areas and not enough in others. Overall, it was an interesing and fast read. Apr 13, Jason rated it really liked it. Feb 07, Sara Walker rated it liked it.

Off-topic in some spots. In others, too Biblical and not pagan enough in research.

Katie rated it really liked it Feb 20, Enthony rated it it was amazing May 14, Gabriella Kalapos rated it really liked it Jan 28,

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