Name: History of the Holidays
Released: 2010-11-21T16:00:00.000Z

Available on Prime Video

Tis the season to deconstruct these holiday traditions.

Documentary · 2010 · 44 min

EPISODE 1

The Real Story of Thanksgiving

The story of Thanksgiving zigzags through American history with some surprising twists. What started as a somber Puritan day of prayer is now about football and food. How did we get there?

44 min · Nov 21, 2010
EPISODE 2

Surviving the Holidays with Lewis Black

Ho, ho, ho! 'Tis the season of survival. Armed with history, humor and his trademark ranting, the "Curmudgeon of Comedy" returns to make sense of this 36-day, end-of-year insanity that consumes us all.

1 hr 28 min · Nov 22, 2009
EPISODE 4

Desperate Crossing: The Untold Story of the Mayflower

A small band of religious extremists flee persecution in Europe in the hopes of creating a more godly society in the New World, but devastating difficulties await these immigrants in North America.

2 hr 17 min · Nov 18, 2006
EPISODE 5

Christmas at War

Every battleground from Valley Forge to Desert Storm has stories of how warriors handled the incongruous mix of Christmas and killing. Learn about the heartwarming and heartbreaking moments they experienced.

46 min · Feb 28, 1996
EPISODE 6

The Real Story of Christmas

There's a lot to tell about the history of Christmas. Meet Ebenezer Scrooge and George Bailey, the Grinch and Rudolph, and learn the true origins of our Christmas traditions from caroling to Krampus.

43 min · Nov 30, 2010
EPISODE 7

The 60s

Christmas in the 1960s was a turbulent time, marked by the loss of JFK and absent loved ones fighting in Vietnam, but a live broadcast from Apollo 8 astronauts - and Charlie Brown - offered hope to all on Earth.

40 min · Nov 24, 2015

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