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"There is nothing funny about Halloween. This sarcastic festival reflects, rather, an infernal demand for revenge by children on the adult world."

Baudrillard, Jean on festivals    Share

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"Washington's birthday is as close to a secular Christmas as any Christian country dare come this side of blasphemy."

Cooke, Alistair on festivals    Share

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"The red-letter days, now become, to all intents and purposes, dead-letter days."

Lamb, Charles on festivals    Share

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"It is at a fair that man can be drunk forever on liquor, love, or fights; at a fair that your front pocket can be picked by a trotting horse looking for sugar, and your hind pocket by a thief looking for his fortune."

White, Elwyn Brooks on festivals    Share

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"Seasons pursuing each other the indescribable crowd is gathered, it is the fourth of Seventh-month, (what salutes of cannon and small arms!)"

Whitman, Walt on festivals    Share

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Quotation Speech Marks "The red-letter days, now become, to all intents and purposes, dead-letter days."

Lamb, Charles
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