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Holidays around the world
\"Do they celebrate Christmas in Thailand, or New Year's Eve in Iceland? What is Passover like in Israel? It's time to celebrate the holidays with people around the world. Readers are sure to be fascinated by the diverse ways people gather for and celebrate the holidays. Important vocabulary and cultural concepts are stressed in accessible text that's enjoyable for even the most reluctant readers. Striking, full-color photographs on each spread bring the diversity of our world's cultures into splendidly detailed focus.\"--Provided by publisher.
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Why Therapy Jeff no longer goes home for Thanksgiving
Jeff Guenther, also known as “Therapy Jeff” online, was convinced he must have been secretly adopted growing up. “There was zero family resemblance,” he says.He kept flying home for the holidays, but every visit left him with headaches and anxiety as he tried to “shapeshift” into someone his family would love. So he stopped going — and it has been “the most liberating decision” of his life.Jeff offers advice for those with similar situations and still going home: Go strategically, protect your peace and keep certain parts of yourself off-limits.
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Festivals and celebrations
Describes how people around the world celebrate throughout the year, including festivals based on the time of year, historical events, special foods, and religious traditions.
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America's favorite holidays
America's Favorite Holidaysexplores how five of America's culturally important holidays-Christmas, Valentine's Day, Easter, Halloween, and Thanksgiving-came to be what they are today, seasonal and religious celebrations heavily influenced by modern popular culture. Deftly distilling information from a wide range of sources, Bruce David Forbes reveals often-surprising answers to questions about each holiday's traditions. Was Christmas always as commercialized as it is today? Is Thanksgiving a religious or secular holiday? When did we begin trick-or-treating on Halloween? Appealing and insightful,America's Favorite Holidayssatisfies our curiosity about the origins of our holidays and the fascinating ways in which religion and culture mix.
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Our country's holidays
Readers will discover the history behind a variety of American holidays and explore the traditions that accompany these important days. Independence Day and Presidents Day are among those highlighted; readers take a closer look at what these special days say about Americans and what we value. Fun facts about these holidays are presented in accessible text and accompanied by colorful photographs.
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Come and join us! : 18 holidays celebrated all year long
\"Meet kids who share how they celebrate holidays all year long--perfect for discussions about de-centering winter holidays!\"-- Provided by publisher.
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Germany. Germany holidays
Most of the holidays in Germany are religious in nature. Some states also have holidays that are unique to their region. Explore the most popular holiday, Christmas, which features celebrations that bring families together and many Christmas fairs throughout the country.
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What do you celebrate? : holidays and festivals around the world
Introduces kids to fourteen holidays from around the world, offering a timeline, background, cultural context, vocabulary words, photographs, recipes, song lyrics, and instructions for festive projects.
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Weekly, seasonal and holiday body weight fluctuation patterns among individuals engaged in a European multi-centre behavioural weight loss maintenance intervention
Technological advances in remote monitoring offer new opportunities to quantify body weight patterns in free-living populations. This paper describes body weight fluctuation patterns in response to weekly, holiday (Christmas) and seasonal time periods in a large group of individuals engaged in a weight loss maintenance intervention.
Data was collected as part The NoHoW Project which was a pan-European weight loss maintenance trial. Three eligible groups were defined for weekly, holiday and seasonal analyses, resulting in inclusion of 1,421, 1,062 and 1,242 participants, respectively. Relative weight patterns were modelled on a time series following removal of trends and grouped by gender, country, BMI and age.
Within-week fluctuations of 0.35% were observed, characterised by weekend weight gain and weekday reduction which differed between all groups. Over the Christmas period, weight increased by a mean 1.35% and was not fully compensated for in following months, with some differences between countries observed. Seasonal patterns were primarily characterised by the effect of Christmas weight gain and generally not different between groups.
This evidence may improve current understanding of regular body weight fluctuation patterns and help target future weight management interventions towards periods, and in groups, where weight gain is anticipated.
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