American Seasonal Traditions — 28 Stories

• Summer River Swimming Opening Tradition
• Thanksgiving Harvest Sharing Tradition
• Summer Porch Sitting Evening Tradition
• Winter Solstice Fire Lighting Practice
• First Rain of Spring Welcome Tradition
• Late Autumn Firewood Stacking Ritual
• Spring Garden Blessing Practice
• Harvest Moon Night Gathering Tradition
• California Almond Blossom Festival
• Los Pastores Nativity Dramas (Southwest)
• Maple Sugaring Season in the Northeast
• Texas Juneteenth Emancipation Celebrations
• Hawaiian Makahiki Season
• Groundhog Day Folk Weather Tradition
• Dia de los Muertos in the United States
• Apple Cider Pressing Festivals
• Hog Killing Day of Winter
• The Turning of the Sugar Maples
• The Thunder Month Garden Pause
• The June Bonfire Vigil
• Candle Window of Winter
• The Corn Doll of Autumn
• The First Snow Silence Rule
• New Year Hearth Cleaning
• The Groundhog’s Shadow: Pennsylvania Folktale
• The Corn Mother’s Gift: Cherokee Folktale
• The Snow Woman: American Folktale of the Northern Winter
• The Jack-o’-Lantern and the Devil: American Folktale of Halloween Origins