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How Christmas Worked

Stuff You Should Know

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Christmas and Boxing Day?

Macy's stayed open until midnight on Christmas Eve in 1867. Boxing Day grew out of a tradition where servants who had to work on Christmas all day were given the next day off. St. Nick, as we know it today, is the collision of Odin and St. Nicholas. The Dutch name for Santa Claus was "Fat Man with the red coat"

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