The History of Our Christmas Holiday - Part 2

Christmas is "The Holiday the World Needed" . From the way it developed to how we imagined and reimagined it, we had to have Christmas. Christmas was nearly wiped out by the Puritans. In the aftermath, we find a new and different society that needs a something else to celebrate. How do the community celebrations of drinking and dining and cross-dressing get changed into something that can live comfortably in a family room? The answer starts to take shape with some early liars.

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The History of Our Christmas Holiday - Part 2 is an episode from Creating Christmas by Civil Matador.

This episode is 00:26:08 long.

This episode was published on Nov 21, 2021.

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