Our Holidays

Our Holidays
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Various. Our Holidays

PREFACE

Our Holidays

ST. SATURDAY

Hallowe'en

ALL-HALLOW-EVE MYTHS

Election Day

RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF CITIZENS

Thanksgiving Day

A THANKSGIVING DINNER THAT FLEW AWAY

Whittier's Birthday

THE BOYHOOD OF JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER

Christmas

HOW UNCLE SAM OBSERVES CHRISTMAS

New Year's Day

EXTRACT FROM "SOCIAL LIFE IN THE COLONIES"

A CHINESE NEW YEAR'S IN CALIFORNIA

Lincoln's Birthday

ABRAHAM LINCOLN

THE GETTYSBURG ADDRESS

O CAPTAIN! MY CAPTAIN!

St. Valentine's Day

WHO BEGAN IT?

Washington's Birthday

THE BOYHOOD OF WASHINGTON

Longfellow's Birthday

LONGFELLOW AND THE CHILDREN

Inauguration Day

HOW A PRESIDENT IS INAUGURATED

Easter Day

A SONG OF EASTER

THE GENERAL'S EASTER BOX

Arbor Day

THE PLANTING OF THE APPLE-TREE

April Fools' Day

FOURTH-MONTH DUNCE

Memorial Day

THE BOY IN GRAY

Flag Day

THE STARS AND STRIPES

Fourth of July

A STORY OF THE FLAG

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This night is known in some places as Nutcrack Night, or Snapapple Night. Supernatural influences are pretended to prevail and hence all kinds of superstitions were formerly connected with it. It is now usually celebrated by children's parties, when certain special games are played.

As the world grows old and wise, it ceases to believe in many of its superstitions. But, although they are no longer believed in, the customs connected with them do not always die out; they often linger on through centuries, and, from having once been serious religious rites, or something real in the life of the people, they become at last mere children's plays or empty usages, often most zealously enjoyed by those who do not understand their meaning.

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"That is his picture in my room, you know. He was a good boy to me. He loved his mother. I loved Nathaniel—you cannot think how much I loved Nathaniel. It was on my account that he went away.

"The farm did not produce enough for us all: Nathaniel, John, and I. We worked hard and had a hard time. One year—that was ten years ago—we were sued for our taxes.

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