Author: Warren J. Blumenfeld
Warren J. Blumenfeld is an associate professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at Iowa State University. He is coeditor of Investigating Christian Privilege and Religious Oppression in the United States (Sense, 2009), editor of Homophobia: How We All Pay the Price (Beacon, 1992), and coeditor of Readings for Diversity and Social Justice (Routledge, 2010).
The (Christian) Month of December
When people wish others a “Happy Holiday Season” or just “Happy Holidays,” what exactly do they mean? This “season” usually begins around Thanksgiving and lasts through December until the first day of January, “New Year’s Day.” Thanksgiving in the United States commemorates that mythical occasion when the “Pilgrims” and the “Indians” shared a joyous meal …