{"id":43151,"date":"2012-12-25T11:00:22","date_gmt":"2012-12-25T16:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/?p=43151"},"modified":"2012-12-25T13:56:53","modified_gmt":"2012-12-25T18:56:53","slug":"from-our-archives-christmas-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/2012\/12\/25\/from-our-archives-christmas-3\/","title":{"rendered":"From Our Archives: Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/files\/2011\/12\/118.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-43154\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/files\/2011\/12\/118.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"563\" height=\"115\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/files\/2011\/12\/118.png 625w, https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/files\/2011\/12\/118-500x102.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 563px) 100vw, 563px\" \/><\/a>Christmas Across Cultures<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/2012\/01\/05\/befana-the-christmas-witch\/\" target=\"_blank\">Befana, the Christmas Witch<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/2008\/12\/25\/christmas-cultures\/\" target=\"_self\">Christmas Cultures<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/2009\/12\/21\/santas-evil-side-kick\/\" target=\"_self\">Santa\u2019s Evil Side Kick<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/2009\/12\/24\/black-pete\/\" target=\"_self\">Black Pete<\/a>\u00a0(NSFW; trigger warning for images of blackface)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/2010\/12\/24\/protestantizing-christmas-gift-giving-the-christkind\/\" target=\"_self\">Protestantizing Christmas Gift Giving: The ChristKind<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/2009\/12\/24\/politics-and-the-rockefeller-center-christmas-tree\/\" target=\"_self\">Politics and the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/2009\/12\/25\/the-pagan-roots-of-christianity\/\" target=\"_self\">The Pagan Roots of Christianity<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/2010\/12\/22\/snegurochka-santas-granddaughter\/\" target=\"_self\">Snegurochka: Santa\u2019s Granddaughter<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/2011\/12\/23\/global-christmas\/\">Global Christmas<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The Economics of Christmas<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/2011\/12\/13\/international-comparison-of-christmas-gift-spending\/\">International Comparison of Christmas Spending<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/2010\/12\/23\/the-economy-of-christmas\/\" target=\"_self\">Christmas has an Economy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/2011\/12\/22\/the-christmas-tree-industry\/\">The Christmas Tree Industry<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Racializing Christmas<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/2011\/12\/24\/white-privilege-and-the-snow-white-santa\/\">White Privilege and the Snow White Santa<\/a>\u00a0(pictured)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/2009\/12\/21\/the-new-york-times-gift-guide-for-people-of-color\/\" target=\"_self\">New York Times Gift Guide for People of Color<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/2009\/12\/24\/black-pete\/\" target=\"_self\">Black Pete<\/a>\u00a0(NSFW; trigger warning for images of blackface)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/2009\/12\/22\/holiday-in-the-hood\/\" target=\"_self\">Holiday in the Hood<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/2008\/11\/20\/the-hazards-of-historical-amnesia-cause-the-alternative-is-too-disturbing\/\" target=\"_self\">The Hazards of Historical Amnesia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Christmas and Gender<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/2012\/01\/04\/mariah-careys-all-i-want-for-christmas-is-you-1994-to-2011\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mariah Carey&#8217;s &#8220;All I Want for Christmas is You&#8221;: 1994 versus 2011<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/2009\/12\/24\/12-mums-makes-the-workload-light\/\" target=\"_self\">12 \u201cMums\u201d Makes the Workload Light<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/2011\/12\/21\/christmas-is-womens-work\/\">Christmas is Women&#8217;s Work<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/2011\/12\/22\/tis-the-season-for-reinforcing-gender-differences\/\">Tis the Season for Reinforcing Gender Differences<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Gift Guides and the Social Construction of Gender<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/2009\/12\/21\/gender-technology-and-toys-r-us\/\" target=\"_self\">Gender, Technology, and Toys \u2018R Us<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/2010\/12\/23\/gender-in-toy-catalogs\/\" target=\"_self\">Gender in Toy Catalogs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/2010\/12\/24\/bad-sweatersexy-outfit-party-guess-which-is-for-women\/\" target=\"_self\">Body Messages in Christmas-Themed Ads<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/2009\/07\/05\/gift-giving-by-stereotypes\/\" target=\"_self\">Gift Giving with Gender Stereotypes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/2009\/12\/22\/gender-gift-giving-and-advertising\/\" target=\"_self\">More Gender Gift Giving and Advertising<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/2009\/12\/25\/gendered-gifts-galore\/\" target=\"_self\">Another Gendered Gift Guide<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/2010\/12\/25\/this-year-in-gendered-gift-giving\/\" target=\"_self\">And more Gendered Gift Guides<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/2011\/12\/23\/this-years-edition-of-gender-stereotyped-gift-guides\/\">And more Gendered Gift Guides!<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/2009\/12\/03\/worst-gift-idea-ever-clothesline-to-make-her-feel-special\/\" target=\"_self\">Or, you could just buy her a clothesline<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Sexifiying Christmas<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/2007\/12\/02\/sexy-women-as-toys\/\" target=\"_self\">Sexy Women as Toys<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/2008\/12\/25\/o-o-oh-santa-microsheen-boot-polish-ad\/\" target=\"_self\">O-O-Oh Santa!<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Christmas Marketing<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/2010\/12\/22\/support-the-troops-shop-walmart\/\" target=\"_self\">Support the Troops. Shop Walmart?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/2009\/12\/23\/guest-post-fun-with-the-2009-target-catalog\/\" target=\"_self\">Fun with the 2009 Target Catalog<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/2010\/12\/24\/guns-for-christmas\/\" target=\"_self\">Guns for Christmas<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/2009\/12\/23\/1930s-ad-touting-razor-technology\/\" target=\"_self\">1930s Ad Touting Razor Technology<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/2009\/12\/22\/gap-thinks-girls-are-vapid\/\" target=\"_self\">Gap Thinks Girls are Vapid<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<p><strong>On Discourse:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/2009\/12\/25\/have-a-gay-holiday\/\" target=\"_self\">Have a \u201cGay\u201d Holiday!<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/2010\/12\/25\/is-peace-free\/\" target=\"_self\">Is Peace Free?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/2007\/12\/21\/christmas-vs-holiday-the-rematch\/\" target=\"_self\">\u201cChristmas\u201d vs. \u201cHoliday\u201d: The Rematch<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<span class=\"ft_signature\"><em><a href=\"http:\/\/lisa-wade.com\/\">Lisa Wade, PhD<\/a> is an Associate Professor at Tulane University. She is the author of <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/American-Hookup-New-Culture-Campus\/dp\/039328509X?ie=UTF8&amp;*Version*=1&amp;*entries*=0\">American Hookup<\/a><em>, a book about college sexual culture; a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Gender-Interactions-Institutions-Lisa-Wade\/dp\/0393931072?ie=UTF8&amp;*Version*=1&amp;*entries*=0\">textbook about gender<\/a>; and a forthcoming introductory text: <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/lisa-wade.com\/intro\/\">Terrible Magnificent Sociology<\/a><em>.\u00a0You can follow her on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lisawade\">Twitter<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/lisawadephd\/\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/em><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Christmas Across Cultures Befana, the Christmas Witch Christmas Cultures Santa\u2019s Evil Side Kick Black Pete\u00a0(NSFW; trigger warning for images of blackface) Protestantizing Christmas Gift Giving: The ChristKind Politics and the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree The Pagan Roots of Christianity Snegurochka: Santa\u2019s Granddaughter Global Christmas The Economics of Christmas International Comparison of Christmas Spending Christmas has [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[254],"class_list":["post-43151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-holidays"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43151","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43151"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43151\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53268,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43151\/revisions\/53268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}