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EPISODE · Dec 16, 2022 · 53 MIN

#56 Christmas Trees, Hallmark, and Lumbersexuals?

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Calling all Cindy Lou Who's! Are you a holiday nerd in addition to being a romance nerd? Well good, because we're thinking way too deeply about Christmas trees and lumberjacks in this one. Buckle in for a history of the Christmas tree and cross-cultural intersectionality and dating and mating rituals.Questions? Comments? Concerns? Suggestions? Email us at [email protected]!Raging Romantics book list (Jackie's 2023 goal is to catch up on this behemoth)We wish you a warm and comfortable holiday season and a bright new year!Happy Reading,Jackie + JenBooks we mentionYou're a Mean One, Matthew Prince by Timothy JanovskyKiss Her Once For Me by Allison CochrunIn the Event of Love by Courtney KaeSeason of Love by Helena GreerThere's Something About Merry by Codi HallThe lifecycle of the Christmas tree article Jackie recommends! (Moody, 2021)Sources:"10 Reasons Why You Should Be Dating A Lumberjack" (Gentlile, 2015)"What Women Want: Lumberjacks and Men in Skirts" (Reardon, 2020)"19th Century lumberjacks were kinda crazy" (CDN History Bits blog, 2014)"Lumbersexuality and Its Discontents" (Brown, 2014)"The End of Men" (Rosin, 2010)"8.8% Fortune 500 CEOs are women - the highest of all indices - according to the Women CEOs in America Report 2022" (Pr Newswire, 2022)"Are You a "Lumbersexual"?" (Chan, 2014)"Christmas tree cultivation" (Wikipedia)"The twelve pests of Christmas (trees)" (CABI blog, 2018)The biodiversity that is crucial for our food and agriculture is disappearing by the day" (Food and Agriculture Association, 2019)"Pests and Diseases" (PennState Extension)"Customers Pick and Chop Their Own At the Christmas‐Tree Farms Upstate" (Faber, 1973)"History of the Christmas Tree" (Hilt & Fischman, 2007)"Where Christmas trees come from" (Meko & Tierney, 2019)"The Amazing Growth of the Christmas Tree" ( Lévêque, 2021)"Why do we have Christmas trees? The surprising history behind this holiday tradition" (McKeever, 2020)National Christmas Tree Association"History of Christmas Trees" (NCTA)"What is Yule?" (Almanac.com, 2021)"The Complicated History of the Christmas Tree" (NYC Christmas Trees, 2021)"The curious history of the Christmas tree" (Spaced-out scientist, 2015)"The War On Christmas and a partridge in a pear tree" (Durso, 2017)"The origin and history of the Christmas tree: from paganism to modern ubiquity" (Puiu, 2021)"The Life of a Lumberjack" (Lam, 2016)

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