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15 09, 2017

What is Nowruz? Zoroastrians – West Asian holidays

By |2019-09-04T05:59:52-07:00September 15th, 2017|West Asia|Comments Off on What is Nowruz? Zoroastrians – West Asian holidays

Persepolis may have been built in the 500s BC as a place to celebrate Nowruz. What is the holiday of Nowruz? Zoroastrianism became much more popular suddenly when the Persian kings [...]

24 08, 2017

What is Hanukkah? – Jewish holidays

By |2019-08-04T23:27:38-07:00August 24th, 2017|Religion, West Asia|Comments Off on What is Hanukkah? – Jewish holidays

Hanukkah history: a Canaanite amphora, for olive oil or wine (Bronze Age, about 1300 BC) A harvest festival Like all other farming communities, Jewish people celebrated harvest festivals when important crops were safely [...]

14 08, 2017

History of Valentine’s Day – American holidays

By |2021-01-19T10:07:22-08:00August 14th, 2017|North America, Religion|Comments Off on History of Valentine’s Day – American holidays

A Valentine from Charles, duke of Orleans, to his wife in 1415 AD The Roman Lupercalia The earliest holiday that might conceivably have something to do with Valentine's Day is [...]

14 08, 2017

History of Halloween – American holidays

By |2019-10-29T07:41:38-07:00August 14th, 2017|North America, Religion|Comments Off on History of Halloween – American holidays

History of Halloween: Pumpkins growing When did Halloween get started? Halloween is a pretty new holiday - American children didn't start trick-or-treating on Halloween until about eighty years ago. Halloween [...]

14 08, 2017

Christmas Trees – American holidays

By |2019-12-04T14:57:34-08:00August 14th, 2017|North America, Northern Europe, Religion|Comments Off on Christmas Trees – American holidays

A tree in Germany (late 1700s, by Joseph Keller) - History of Christmas trees Evergreens and the winter holidays Because Christmas is related to old celebrations of the winter solstice, evergreen trees have always [...]

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