“Why is it that liquor flows more freely at this time of year than any other? Why is it that there are more automobile accidents during the “holiday season” than at any other time?” — Gerry Bowler Copy Share Image
“The Gift-Bringer has ceased to be Dutch or Catholic or, indeed, of any particular ethnic or religious affiliation, owing no allegiance to Europe, the… — Gerry Bowler Copy Share Image
“versions of popular Christmas carols that one James Dodson produced in the 1990s. Take, for example, “God Keep of All You Protestants” (sung to… — Gerry Bowler Copy Share Image
“reforms to Christmas behaviors were in part driven by fear of class conflict and a desire to tame customs that, despite their connection to… — Gerry Bowler Copy Share Image
“the motto “Shop less, live more, save the earth,” the team at Operation Noah, anxious about climate change, is promoting a series of events… — Gerry Bowler Copy Share Image
“In the Christmas season of 1822, Clement Clarke Moore, a prosperous New York scholar and landowner, wrote a series of verses in a lively… — Gerry Bowler Copy Share Image
“Puritans had sought to eliminate Christmas mince pies as “idolatry in crust”; the minions of the French Revolution came down hard on bakers who… — Gerry Bowler Copy Share Image
“the “advertising lords” of Madison Avenue who “had reduced Christmas to a carnival of mass marketing.” — Gerry Bowler Copy Share Image
“Why is it that liquor flows more freely at this time of year than any other? Why is it that there are more automobile… — Gerry Bowler Copy Share Image
“In New England, prejudice against marking the birth of Jesus either in church or in the family lingered until the late nineteenth century: Christmas… — Gerry Bowler Copy Share Image
