TOP TEN Christmas Traditions (& their Origin Stories)

Every Christmas season all sorts of wild theories circulate about the origins of Christmas and where many Christmas traditions come from. But what do historians have to say about the topic?

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Sources:

Encyclopedia of Christmas and New Year - Tanya Gulevich

The Dictionary of English Folklore - Jacqueline Simpson, ‎Steve Roud

The Origins of the Liturgical Year - Thomas J. Talley

The Stations of the Sun - Ronald Hutton

Is Krampus Really Pagan? Tales of Times Forgotten - Spencer McDaniel
https://talesoftimesforgotten.com/2019/12/13/is-krampus-really-pagan/

Al Ridenour - The Krampus and the Old, Dark Christmas

Hesperides
Poetry Collection - Robert Herrick

Remaines of Gentilisme and Judaisme - John Aubrey

The Reckoning of Time - St. Bede

Natural History - Pliny the Elder

The Chronicon of Thietmar of Merseburg, Book 1

Heimskringla: History of the Kings of Norway - Snorri Sturluson

The Art of Simpling - William Coles

Life of Saint Francis of Assisi - Saint Bonaventure

Life of Saint Nicholas - Michael the Archimandrite

The Oxford Book of Carols - R. Vaughan Williams, Martin Shaw, Percy Dearmer

Narrenschiff - Sebastian Brant

Sol Invictus, the Winter Solstice, and the Origins of Christmas Number - Steven Hijmans

Saturnalia, Book 1 - Macrobius

Merkelbach's Mithras - Roger Beck

How December 25 Became Christmas - Andrew McGowan
https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/people-cultures-in-the-bible/jesus-historical-jesus/how-december-25-became-christmas/

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