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Tim Price contributed Holiday History features for Mainstreet Daily News from 2021 until his death in 2024. He was a longtime media veteran with experience in television, radio, digital, and print, finishing his career as an Account Executive with MARC Media.
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Holiday History: New Year’s Day traditions
Jan 1, 2025
Eating black eyed peas a long-standing Southern tradition.
Holiday History: Christmas and record keeping
Dec 25, 2024
Christians believe Jesus’ birth was fulfillment of prophecy.
Holiday History: Thanksgiving
Nov 28, 2024
The first North American Thanksgiving occurred in St. Augustine in 1565.
Holiday History: July 4th and unalienable rights
Jul 4, 2024
Where do your rights as an American come from?
Holiday History: Independence Day and the Constitution
Jul 4, 2023
Looking back at America’s founding documents
Holiday History: The story of Memorial Day
May 29, 2023
Alachua County Veterans Memorial at Veterans Memorial Park in Gainesville leads through our country's history.
Holiday History: Christmas Eve traditions
Dec 24, 2022
People, cultures have various ways to celebrate the season.
Holiday History: What is Maundy Thursday?
Apr 14, 2022
At the Last Supper, Jesus washed his disciples’ feet. He also shared dinner with the twelve apostles, the origin of holy communion in Christian churches. Plus, […]
Holiday History: New Year’s Day traditions
Jan 1, 2022
New Year’s Day gives us a lot of opportunities to discover the fun side of history—and have fun doing it. Food, for example, is part of […]
Holiday History: Christmas and record keeping
Dec 25, 2021
What does record keeping have to do with the Son of God? Christians believe that Jesus is the Son of God. His birth is celebrated today. […]
Advent reflection: O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
Dec 19, 2021
Much of what we love about Christmas is related to traditions. The song “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel” is a way we Christians have celebrated prophecy […]
Advent reflection: The Gift of the Magi
Dec 12, 2021
This is a time of year when we love to consume sentimental stories we feel are appropriate to Christmas. Watching or reading A Christmas Carol. It’s […]
Holiday History: Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
Dec 7, 2021
At 7:53 a.m. local time on this day 80 years ago, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, was attacked. The United States was drawn into World War II. The […]
Advent reflection: Carol of the Bells
Dec 5, 2021
We were made to worship God. While we should feel it and see it throughout the year, the special nature of Christmas time brings it out […]
Holiday History: Thanksgiving
Nov 25, 2021
The scene is familiar, matching the historic description of the first Thanksgiving: a group of grateful European settlers share a Thanksgiving feast with a local native […]
Holiday History: Veterans Day
Nov 11, 2021
It was the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month. The day was November 11, 1918. The armistice ending World War I—The Great […]
Holiday History: All Saints Day
Nov 1, 2021
Today, Christians of many denominations around the world will celebrate all of those who have achieved Heaven. Today is All Saints Day, or, as it was […]
Holiday History: Columbus & Indigenous Peoples’ Day
Oct 11, 2021
The traditional image of Columbus Day was that of Columbus and his crew wading ashore on an island in the Bahamas. But Columbus Day can also […]
Remembering the heroes of 9/11
Sep 11, 2021
Army Capt. Lincoln Leibner wasn’t supposed to be at the Pentagon in suburban Washington on September 11, 2001. But when he saw the two planes hit […]
Holiday History: The 76th V-J Day
Aug 14, 2021
An estimated 60 million people died in World War II. On this date in 1945, word came that the killing would stop. This is V-J Day, […]
Holiday History: July 4th and unalienable rights
Jul 4, 2021
Where do your rights come from? Among the picnics, parades, and fireworks displays, that’s something to consider this long Independence Day weekend. Independence Day marks the […]
Holiday History: Flag Day
Jun 14, 2021
“The flag represents a living country and is itself considered a living thing.” Today is Flag Day. That quote is buried in Title 4 of the […]
Holiday History: Cinco de Mayo
May 5, 2021
Did you know that when you celebrate Cinco de Mayo you are celebrating bravery? Cinco de Mayo honors the victory of a Mexican army over invaders […]