Our Holidays, Their Meaning and Spirit, Retold from St. Nicholas
by Various
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About this eBook
- Author
- Various
- Title
- Our Holidays Their Meaning and Spirit; retold from St. Nicholas
- Credits
- Produced by Suzanne Shell, Jennifer Zickerman and the PG Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( www.pgdp.net).
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres
- Subject
- Festivals -- Juvenile literature
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 14829
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14829
- Release Date
- January 29, 2005
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.OUR HOLIDAYS
- 2.ST. NICHOLAS MAGAZINE — IN FIVE VOLUMES — INDIAN STORIES — COLONIAL STORIES — REVOLUTIONARY STORIES — CIVIL WAR STORIES — OUR HOLIDAYS — OUR HOLIDAYS — THEIR MEANING AND SPIRIT
- 3.RETOLD FROM ST. NICHOLAS — PUBLISHED BY THE CENTURY CO. — NEW YORK MCMVI
- 4.CONTENTS
- 5.PREFACE
- 6.Our Holidays — ST. SATURDAY
- 7.Hallowe'en — ALL-HALLOW-EVE MYTHS
- 8.Election Day — RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF CITIZENS
- 9.Thanksgiving Day — A THANKSGIVING DINNER THAT FLEW AWAY
- 10.Whittier's Birthday — THE BOYHOOD OF JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER
- 11.Christmas — HOW UNCLE SAM OBSERVES CHRISTMAS — IN THE SOUTH — IN NEW ENGLAND — IN NEW MEXICO — AMONG THE SHAKERS — AMONG THE PENNSYLVANIA GERMANS — IN PORTO RICO — AMONG THE MORAVIANS — IN ALASKA — IN HAWAII — IN THE PHILIPPINES
- 12.New Year's Day — EXTRACT FROM "SOCIAL LIFE IN THE COLONIES" — A CHINESE NEW YEAR'S IN CALIFORNIA
- 13.Lincoln's Birthday — ABRAHAM LINCOLN — THE GETTYSBURG ADDRESS — O CAPTAIN! MY CAPTAIN!
- 14.St. Valentine's Day — WHO BEGAN IT?
- 15.Washington's Birthday — THE BOYHOOD OF WASHINGTON
- 16.Longfellow's Birthday — LONGFELLOW AND THE CHILDREN
- 17.Inauguration Day — HOW A PRESIDENT IS INAUGURATED
- 18.Easter Day — A SONG OF EASTER — THE GENERAL'S EASTER BOX
- 19.Arbor Day — THE PLANTING OF THE APPLE-TREE
- 20.April Fools' Day — FOURTH-MONTH DUNCE
- 21.Memorial Day — THE BOY IN GRAY
- 22.Flag Day — THE STARS AND STRIPES
- 23.Fourth of July — A STORY OF THE FLAG
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