American national holidays
212The Best and Worst of Christmas Carols
10 Mar 2025
10:11¶ 36
“We can look back from there and say, “But by and large they agreed on most things,” yes, but not on everything, and some…”
10:44¶ 37
“We separated America very self-consciously, although not everyone was paying attention to it, from the church calendar and from church history. We focused on…”
11:26¶ 38
“And harvest season? As more and more Americans moved into the cities, Thanksgiving stopped being a harvest festival and just became a day to…”
58The Calendar in Context
7 Feb 2021
13:57¶ 62
“Yeah, and that’s a lot of what this is. Contrast this with the American calendar. We as a nation, as we became a nation…”
14:39¶ 63
“Thanksgiving came and went, until finally it came and stayed, but the reference was more to the origins of the country than to thanksgiving…”
14:58¶ 64
“Let’s not forget All Saints’ Day or Reformation Day, however you want to perceive it. Either way it’s a church holiday, but we turned…”