MERRY CHRISTMAS

CHRISTMAS HISTORY: HISTORY OF THE CHRISTMAS CARD

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THIS WILL BE THE LAST POST ON THE HISTORY OF CHRISTMAS AS WE WATCH IT FADE AWAY UNTIL NEXT YEAR.  MAY THE HOLIDAY SPIRIT AND KINDNESS IN GIVING TO OTHERS STAY WITH YOU EVERY DAY IN THE YEAR 2020!  CHRISTMAS IS SUCH A WONDERFUL HOLIDAY, AND WHAT IT STANDS FOR COULD NOT BE REMEMBERED MORE … Read more

CHRISTMAS HISTORY/THE MISTLETOE

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KISSING UNDER SPRIGS OF MISTLETOE IS YET ANOTHER PART OF THE HISTORY OF CHRISTMAS!  SURPRISINGLY, THE MISTLETOE STARTED THOUSANDS OF YEARS AGO IN ANCIENT GREECE.  MANY ANCIENT CULTURES PRIZED MISTLETOE FOR BEING THE HEALING MAGIC NEEDED FOR MANY THINGS. ANCIENT GREEKS USED MISTLETOE FOR MENSTRUAL CRAMPS, TO SPLEEN DISORDERS.  THE ROMAN NATURALIST, PLINY THE ELDER, NOTED … Read more