Reading Series
Calendar Chronicles
The cultural history of holidays, rituals, seasonal myths, and the stories people repeat every year.
A deep dive into Halloween's roots — from Celtic Samhain to Catholic saints, medieval superstitions to modern candy, tracing how ancient rituals became America's spookiest tradition.
A revealing history of Christmas that traces how an ancient religious holiday transformed into modern consumer culture's biggest commercial spectacle.
A sharp takedown of Thanksgiving mythology that exposes how a brutal colonial history got whitewashed into paper feathers and pageant scripts.
How humanity invented, standardized, and became enslaved by clocks and calendars—from sundials to time zones.
A critical exposé of how corporations transformed holidays and cultural milestones into engineered profit cycles that dictate our emotional and financial lives.