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The Unexpected Origins of Our Christmas Traditions
The Art of Manliness
Christmas in the West, the Victorians and the Industrial Revolution
We typically think of Christmas as very domesticated, like I'm going to be with family. But in the West, for a lot of time, Christmas was like it was a party time. And so there were all kinds of little traditions associated with that style of celebrating. In certain parts of the Northeast, schools and banks would be open on Christmas day into the early 20th century.
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