Posts Tagged ‘holiday’
History of October: The Pumpkin Spice Saga
Reading Time: 4 minutesHISTORY OF OCTOBER: THE PUMPKIN SPICE SAGA ctober, the tenth month of the year in both the older Julian and the current Gregorian calendar, was the eighth month (Latin octo) in the ancient Roman calendar, but with the addition of January and February, it got bumped to Number 10. The way it actually played out…
Read MoreHistory of Talk Like a Pirate Day: Ahoy, Matey!
Reading Time: 2 minutesHISTORY OF INTERNATIONAL TALK LIKE A PIRATE DAY Podcast International Talk Like a Pirate Day began not in the Golden Age of Pirates in days of yore but in 2002. It is celebrated each year on September 19; although it originated in the United States, it is now observed internationally across the Seven Seas. The…
Read MoreHistory of Labor Day: What’s Work Got To Do With It?
Reading Time: 4 minutesHISTORY OF LABOR DAY abor Day is the day we celebrate the process our mothers went through to deliver us at birth. Sorry, wrong holiday; Labor Day in the U.S. is the day we celebrate the achievements of the American labor movement. Because Labor Day is always observed on the first Monday in September, the…
Read MoreHistory of Infinity Day: Why is it on August 8?
Reading Time: 2 minutesHISTORY OF INFINITY DAY: AUGUST 8 Infinity Day, also known as Universal & International Infinity Day, is a commemoration held on the 8th day of the 8th month of each year to celebrate and promote Philosophy and Philosophizing for the ordinary person.
Read MoreHistory of Mother’s Day: Ancient and Modern
Reading Time: 4 minutesHISTORY OF MOTHER’S DAY he person who initially was most active in opposing the celebration of Mother’s Day is the very person who started this holiday in the U.S. How did that happen?
Read MoreHistory of May Day
Reading Time: 2 minutesHISTORY OF MAY DAY ay Day is many things to many people. Etymologically, it is a homophone (same-sounding word) of the international call for help. It is a corruption of the French imperative “M’aidez,” meaning “Help me!” It is a holiday claimed by many.
Read MoreHistory of Easter: The Players – Where are They Now?
Reading Time: 5 minutesHISTORY OF EASTER: WHAT HAPPENED TO THE PLAYERS AFTERWARD Podcast version ou may be asking yourself, “Self,” you ask, “where are they now?” And well you might ask. What happened to our players AFTER the events in the Easter story?
Read MoreHistory of Easter: Why Bunnies and Eggs?
Reading Time: 4 minutesHISTORY OF EASTER: WHY BUNNIES AND EGGS? Podcast version he most joyous of Christian festivals and one of the first celebrated by Christians across the Roman Empire commemorates the resurrection of Jesus Christ. It is set on the first Sunday after the full moon following the vernal equinox. Why is Easter celebrated then,…
Read MoreHistory of Good Friday: the Crucifixion of Jesus
Reading Time: 2 minutesHISTORY OF GOOD FRIDAY Podcast version or centuries, pilgrims have walked the Via Dolorosa, “the way of sorrow” in Jerusalem, following Jesus’s path on Good Friday. Starting at the judgment seat of Pilate at the Antonia Fortress in the eastern part of the city, immediately north of the Temple, the path follows fourteen “Stations…
Read MoreHistory of the Trial: How many did Jesus have?
Reading Time: 6 minutesTHE TRIAL OF JESUS Podcast version eginning Thursday night and extending into Friday morning of Holy Week, Jesus’s trial, which led to his crucifixion, was, in reality, a series of about half a dozen trials distributed across several locations in Jerusalem. Some of these locations are captured in the tradition of the Via Dolorosa, the…
Read MoreHistory of Passover: the Jewish Pesach Holiday
Reading Time: 2 minutesHISTORY OF PASSOVER Podcast version unset tonight, April 1, marks the beginning of Passover. Exodus 12 in the Hebrew Bible tells the story of Passover from the life of Moses. Ten plagues were visited upon the Egyptian pharaoh (starring Yul Brynner in The Ten Commandments, though he was better in The King and I)…
Read MoreHistory of April Fools’ Day
Reading Time: 2 minutesHISTORY OF APRIL FOOLS’ DAY Podcast version pril Fools’ Day, or All Fools’ Day, is the name given to the custom of playing practical jokes on friends on that day or sending them on fools’ errands. The origin of this custom has been much disputed; it is in some way a relic of those…
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