Commercial activities during Christmas today are often decried as making the season too materialistic. This has caused comments that the religious aspect of Christmas is so overlooked and overshadowed that its celebration seems to be purely pagan. But today’s comparisons aren’t the first there has been some link between Christmas and pagan celebrations. As a religious, church leaders instituted Christmas during winter because that time of year was a popular for the celebrations of many pagan festivals. The hope was that Christmas would also become a holiday that would gain much popularity. Read more on Christmas Through the Ages…
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The story of Rudolph, whose glowing red nose made him a standout, first appeared in 1939 when Montgomery Ward department stores distributed about 2.4 million booklets with the poem in the form of a story about “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.” It was written by Robert L. May, who worked in the store’s marketing department, to be used to attract more people into the store. Sales soared to more than 3.5 million copies when the booklet was reissued later that year. Read more on Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer – Where Did He Come From Anyway?…
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Here are twelve things you may not know about Christmas:
1. Christmas trees were first lit with actual candles, which presented a fire hazard. As a result, containers filled with water had to be kept near the Christmas tree. Read more on Christmas Trivia – See How Much You Know…
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