The first Christmas card with the words 'A Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year to You." Artist John Callcott Horsley via Wikimedia Commons It’s a common seasonal refrain: “Christmas just isn’t like ...

It’s a common seasonal refrain: “Christmas just isn’t like it used to be.” This is not a new complaint. History shows that Christmas traditions are just as subject to change as any other aspect of ...

Visit a festive Old Dutch Parsonage for a reading and discussion of passages from Washington Irving’s “Old English Christmas” in The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. Trace the history of the ...

It’s a common seasonal refrain: “Christmas just isn’t like it used to be.” This is not a new complaint. History shows that ...

A Christmas card. British Museum, Artist William Maw Egley. CC BY-NC-SA It’s a common seasonal refrain: “Christmas just isn’t like it used to be.” This is not a new complaint. History shows that ...

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