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Krampus, the " Christmas Devil " of Austrian and Bavarian folklore, has entered the popular culture of North America; [1] Christian Jacobs notes that "thanks to the Internet and YouTube, [note 2] [Krampus] is now very much on America's Christmas radar." [2] Tanya Basu interprets this as part of a "growing movement of anti-Christmas celebrations ...
The name "Halloween," of course, is a contraction of "All Hallow's Eve." That's the eve of All Saints Day, or All Hallows Day, as it was popularly known in Britain. As with Christmas Eve and the Easter vigil, the celebration of All Saints Day began with a service the night before, on All Hallow's Eve.
v. t. e. A folk costume (also regional costume, national costume, traditional clothing, traditional garment or traditional regalia) expresses a national identity through clothing or costume, which is associated with a specific region and period of time in history. Furthermore it can indicate social, marital, or religious status.
"In the 19th century, the iconography of Christmas had not been fully developed as it is now," Penne Restad, author of "Christmas in America," told History. The idea of Christmas celebrations didn ...
Icelandic woman in the 18th century faldbúningur with the spaðafaldur cap. The Faldbúningur is an older type of costume worn by women since at least the 17th century and well into the 19th. In its most recognized form it incorporated a hat decorated with a curved sheet-like ornament protruding into the air and exists in two variants.
A few days before Christmas 1864, a local lad made good, Lancaster’s own William Tecumseh Sherman, sent a telegram to his commander-in-chief Abraham Lincoln saying to him: “I beg to present ...
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