Mar 26, 2012
Breaking the flat pattern of all-year business-time is the modern 'holiday-time', a telling example of social rhythms: people today take nuclear-holidays, one family, a couple, at the most a small group of friends, who go away for a special time-off, a playtime of their own. In one way, these holidays replace festival-time, in being non-work happy-days, but there is a crucial difference. Traditional festivals meant a whole village or community taking time off together, furthering a sense of community. Today's nuclear-holidays split and disperse a sense of community and common-time of carnival.
Jay Griffiths | Pip Pip: A Sideways Look at Time | p 80