| Why
Weed Holidays?
 Holiday
materials in a library media center are often thought of
as immune from weeding. After all, holidays are all about
tradition. But remember that young people approach the holidays
with more than just anticipation. They are also learning
about the holidays as well as dealing with holiday stress.
Be sure that your collection of holiday titles teaches the
traditional holiday stories and meanings in a way that is
not detrimental to today's child - regardless of their gender,
religion, race, or family setting.
Suggested
Dewey Numbers to Check:
See
394.26 for general information on holidays. Craft books
on holiday decorations will be found in the 745s. Find American
holiday poetry in 811 and plays in 812. Remember to also
check fiction titles and any vertical file or audiovisual
materials. Finally, check all these Dewey areas in your
reference collection for currency.
Specific
Criteria for Weeding:
Since
holidays are an area that is often neglected in general
weeding, you should first look to see which titles are just
physically too old, dirty, tattered, or smelly to leave
in the collection! If the title is still valuable but in
poor condition, replace it with a new edition or a comparable
title. Some classics to consider keeping or replacing with
newer editions include: Gift of the Magi by Henry,
A Child's Christmas in Wales by Thomas, Amahl
and the Night Visitors by Menotti, A Christmas
Carol by Dickens, The Nutcracker by Hoffman.
You will undoubtedly have others in your collection that
you consider classics.
Then look at the remaining titles in the collection to check
other criteria. First consider the ethnic diversity of your
collection. Does it represent the cultures and backgrounds
of all your students or just a portion of them? The collection
should show the same diversity as your students - both in
supporting their own traditions and teaching fellow students
about those traditions. Next look at gender sensitivity.
Be on the lookout for titles where only little girls are
baking cookies with mom for the holidays while the little
boys are hanging decorations with dad. Finally, look at
the way the family is represented. Not all children are
cocooned in the nuclear families represented in many of
the older holiday titles. Support the traditional values
in your holiday collection, but recognize the diversity
in today's world.
Consider
Weeding Titles Like These:
- The
American Christmas : a study in national culture, 1954.
LCCN 54012566
- Anniversaries
and holidays : a calendar of days and how to observe them,
1944. LCCN 44053464
- Big
book of halloween entertainments, a collection or original
plays, poems and novelties written especially for this book,
[1944]. LCCN 44010672
- Bulletin
boards for holidays and seasons, 1958.
- Celebrating
Christmas around the world, 1962. LCCN 62013232
- Celebrations
for special occasions : Mothers' Day, Music Week, graduation
day, Fathers' Day, Halloween, Book Week, 1940.
- Christmas
: a book of stories old and new, 1950. LCCN 50009804
- Christmas
all year 'round; twenty-five Christmas stories from the
American girl, [1952]. LCCN 52014792
- A
Christmas book : an anthology for moderns, 1928. LCCN 28026852
- Christmas
comedies : a collection of one-act Christmas plays for teen-age
young people, [c1927].
- Christmas
customs around the world, [1959]. LCCN 59009581
- Christmas
everywhere : a book of Christmas customs of many lands,
1936. LCCN 36034802
- Christmas
lighting and decorating : outdoors and indoors, [1954].
LCCN 54011408
- Christmas
in legend and story : a book for boys and girls, [1915].
LCCN 15016883
- Christmas
in many lands [filmstrip], c1952.
- Christmas
with our world neighbors [filmstrip], 1957.
- Commencement
parts : Valedictories, salutories, orations, essays, class
poems, ivy orations, toasts; also original speeches and
addresses for the national holidays and other occasions,
1929.
- Dennison's
Christmas book : suggestions for Christmas, New Year's &
Twelfth night parties, [c1923]. LCCN 22000927
- The
giant Halloween book : recitations, dialogues, plays, readings,
pantomines, song and dance skits, action songs, dances,
marches for all ages, 1934. LCCN 34031247
- Holiday
cards for you to make, 1940. LCCN 40027626
- Holiday
craft and fun : party-craft for holidays, including invitations,
favors, decorations and centerpieces, party hats, costumes
and games easily made at home, [1950]. LCCN 50014621
- Holiday
plays for teen-agers : a collection of one-act, royalty-free
plays for important occasions, 1952. LCCN 52009062
- Home
handicraft for girls; interesting things to make and do,
[c1941]. LCCN 41024454
- An
index to holiday plays for schools : a guide to plays for
the observance of all the holidays and special days and
weeks celebrated in the schools, 1938.
- Let's
celebrate Christmas : parties, plays, legends, carols, poetry,
stories, 1950. LCCN 50012521
- Memorial
Day : (decoration day) : its celebration, spirit, and significance
as related in prose and verse...c1911.
- Modern
religious dramas, [c1928]. LCCN 28022848
- Month-by-month
decorations, 1958.
- A
new look at Christmas decorations, [1957]. LCCN 57013320
- New
plays for every day the schools celebrate, 1936. LCCN 36013053
- Observing
national holidays and church festivals; a weekday church
school unit in Christian citizenship series for grades three
and four, 1940. LCCN 40033092
- Plays
for high holidays, with incidental music and dancing, 1939.
LCCN 39024473
- Plays
for our American holidays, 1928. LCCN 28027610
- The
Southern Christmas book : the full story from earliest times
to present, 1958. LCCN 01061590
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