From our archives…
The History of Christmas
- Militarizing Santa: Then and Now (pictured)
- A Short History of Santa Claus
- Politics and the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree
- The Pagan Roots of Christianity
Christmas Across Cultures
- Befana, the Christmas Witch
- Christmas Cultures
- Santa’s Evil Side Kick
- Black Pete (NSFW; trigger warning for images of blackface)
- Protestantizing Christmas Gift Giving: The ChristKind
- Snegurochka: Santa’s Granddaughter
- Global Christmas
- Culture and Coordinating Human Action
- Jewish Christmas — The Chinese Connection
The Economics of Christmas
- Disguising the Gift of Money
- International Comparison of Christmas Spending
- Christmas has an Economy
- The Christmas Tree Industry
- 1/3rd of People Say Commercialism is the Worst Part of Christmas
Racializing Christmas
- Racism and Xenophobia in “War on Christmas” Rhetoric
- White Privilege and the Snow White Santa
- New York Times Gift Guide for People of Color
- Black Pete (NSFW; trigger warning for images of blackface)
- Holiday in the Hood
- The Hazards of Historical Amnesia
Christmas and Gender
- Gender-Swapping Christmas
- Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas is You”: 1994 versus 2011
- 12 “Mums” Makes the Workload Light
- Christmas is Women’s Work
- Tis the Season for Reinforcing Gender Differences
- Holidays: A Time for Men to Buy Themselves Stuff
- Christmas at the White House: A Role for the First Lady
Gift Guides and the Social Construction of Gender
- The Heterosexual Gift Giving Imperative
- Gender, Technology, and Toys ‘R Us
- Gender in Toy Catalogs
- Body Messages in Christmas-Themed Ads
- Gift Giving with Gender Stereotypes
- More Gender Gift Giving and Advertising
- Another Gendered Gift Guide
- And more Gendered Gift Guides
- And more Gendered Gift Guides!
- Or, you could just buy her a clothesline
Sexifiying Christmas
Christmas Marketing
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