“The red-letter days, now become, to all intents and purposes, dead-letter days.” — Charles Lamb Festivals Copy Share Share card
“Washington's birthday is as close to a secular Christmas as any Christian country dare come this side of blasphemy.” — Alistair Cooke Festivals Copy Share Share card
“Seasons pursuing each other the indescribable crowd is gathered, it is the fourth of Seventh-month, (what salutes of cannon and small arms!)” — Walt Whitman Festivals Copy Share Share card
“There is nothing funny about Halloween. This sarcastic festival reflects, rather, an infernal demand for revenge by children on the adult world.” — Jean Baudrillard Festivals Copy Share Share card
“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.” — E(lwyn) B(rooks) White Festivals Copy Share Share card