100502505016 Maud Lavin (Editor) http://a0.ak.lscdn.net/system/uploads/b5af0c71-7d58-ac5d-9f3e-7f442da7bfc6/autoscale-80.png 10.0 Holiday celebrations in the United States are a major force driving the nation's approximately $3 trillion retail economy. The commercial culture of holidays extends from the traditional—decorations, costumes, and cards—to the immaterial and ephemeral—phone calls, airline tickets, and department store bills. This colorfully illustrated volume consists of more than thirty-five clever and often satirical essays arranged according to calendar year. Maud Lavin is associate professor of visual and critical studies and art history, theory, and criticism at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She is the author of Clean New World: Culture, Politics, and Graphic Design and Cut with the Kitchen Knife: The Weimar Photomontages of Hannah Höch. 1