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Christmas History
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Irish Christmas traditions
Source: Lady Anna
- Nollaig Shona Duit!
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The Origin of 'Santa Claus'
Source: ReligiousTolerance.org
- How did the story of Santa Claus evolve and come to be what we know today? This is a good summary.
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The Real Story of Santa and Those Reindeer
Source: The Physics of Christmas
Author: Roger Highfield
- An amusing collection of scientific observations and trivia about the origins of holiday traditions.
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- 33 visitors recommend:
The Changi Christmas Card: From a prisoner of war
Source: Simon Shelton-Palmer
Country: United Kingdom
- From December 25, 1942, this is a card from an Englishman in a Japanese POW camp and his friends to his wife. It is part of an in-depth, touching site put together by their son.
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Images of vintage Christmas cards
Source: Shari
- Beautiful scans of a few dozen vintage Christmas cards from about 1910-1930.
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- 7 visitors recommend:
Tom and Jerry Celebrate Christmas
Source: Tom and Jerry Online
City: Hollywood, State: CA
- The cartoon enemies, Tom and Jerry, celebrate a joyful Christmas together in this 1946 image.
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Merry Christmas, 1776: The Battle of Trenton
Source: U.S. Army Center for Military History
City: Trenton, State: NJ
- A super high-resolution image of the Battle of Trenton, December 26, 1776, when the Continental Army won its first victory in long months of painful striving, and put new heart into Washington's men.
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- 5 visitors recommend:
16th Irish Division Christmas card
Source: Joe Ryan
Country: United Kingdom
- A soldier's Christmas card from 1917.
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- 20 visitors recommend:
Old-Fashioned Holiday Crafts and Activities
Source: Old Fashioned Holidays
- An index for classic (or just classy) holiday activities. Their Christmas ideas include making a Keepsake Christmas Album (for your Christmas cards), Pinecone crafts, and miniature plant and herb "forests" in glass balls.
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How Christmas Works -- A Guide to Christmas Traditions
Source: How Stuff Works
- Answers to all your Christmas queries, starting at the very beginning (as if they were talking to "a friendly space alien"). Why is there a small evergreen tree in your living room? Why are there poinsettias on the hearth? What, exactly, are the 12 days of Christmas? Why are there oversized socks hanging on your mantel? And what about these fruit cakes?
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- 2 visitors recommend:
Old-Fashioned Holiday Recipes
Source: Old Fashioned Holidays
- Dozens of home cooking ideas and recipes for the holidays.
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'Our Family Tradition' Directory by State
Source: Winter Web Wonderland
- What are your Christmas family traditions? More importantly, what are your neighbors' Christmas traditions? This is a very simple yet very neat directory of private submissions from around the U.S.A. Fun to browse!
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