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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