Technology Marketing and Sales Enablement Expert
Posts tagged as:
If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed
or email newsletter. Thanks for visiting!HISTORY OF ASH WEDNESDAY
In the Western church the first day of Lent is called Ash Wednesday from the ceremonial use of ashes, as a symbol of penitence, in the service prescribed for the day. The custom is still [...]
{ 1 comment }
HISTORY OF SHROVE MONDAY
The Monday before Ash Wednesday is known as Shrove Monday. The three days before Ash Wednesday is also known as “Shrovetide,” starting with Quinguagesima Sunday and ending on Mardi Gras. Quinguagesima meant the fiftieth day before Easter, or specifically the last Sunday before Ash Wednesday which marked the beginning of Lent. [...]
{ 0 comments }
HISTORY OF PRESIDENTS’ DAY
During my lifetime, two American holidays got consolidated into one. In 1971, both Lincoln’s Birthday on February 12 and Washington’s Birthday on February 22 became a single Federal holiday, Presidents Day — alternately spelled President’s Day or Presidents’ Day — to be observed on the third Monday in February, to honor [...]
{ 0 comments }
HISTORY OF ST. VALENTINE’S DAY
Valentine or Valentinus, is the name of at least three martyred saints. The most celebrated are the two martyrs whose festivals fall on February 14, the one, a Roman priest, the other, bishop of Terni. It would appear from the legends that both lived during the reign of the Emperor Claudius [...]
{ 0 comments }
HISTORY OF THE SUPER BOWL
The Super Bowl, also known as simply Superbowl — a territory acquisition athletic contest played upon a fixed agrarian grid using as a token an inflated porcine prolate spheroid — is the most important holiday of the year in America. Some will say that it is a secular holiday, others argue [...]
{ 1 comment }
HISTORY OF GROUNDHOG DAY
Groundhog Day comes from Candlemas Day, observed for centuries in parts of Europe on February 2 where the custom was to have the clergy bless candles and distribute them to the people. This seems to have derived from the pagan celebration of Imbolc — the Feast of the goddess Bridget, or in [...]
{ 2 comments }
HISTORY OF AUSTRALIA DAY
For our friends Down Under
Did you know that the history of European Australia is tied to the American Revolutionary War?
Back when America was part of the British Commonwealth it was convenient for England to transport its convicts to the Colonies. Indeed, it was considered more humane to “transport” prisoners than to execute [...]
{ 0 comments }
LinkedIn
Twitter
Facebook
FriendFeed
