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"Twas the Night before Christmas..." and all the world waited for something special to happen...

1. Spanish Customs Practiced at Christmas and Epiphany too!
2. Christmas Waits - Carriage rides and fond memories in England.
3. Traditions of The English at Christmas
4. Christmas Snows At The Golden Gate! - How snow was manmade in San Francisco...
5. History of The Swedish Dala Horse - Ancient traditions made a part of Christmas spirit...
6. Christmas Joy In Fire-Swept Chicago, 1871 - The spirit of Christmas alive and well, even after great tragedy.
7. Handmade Pastillage Christmas Ornaments - The baker's way of decorating for Christmas.
8. The Christmas Putzes - Little towns, little people remind us of Christmas.
9. Christmas In The Trenches - A pause in the fighting...
10. The Christmas Road of Salem - Where Moravians gather to sing!
11. The Bafana Fair in Rome - The history of a gruff little old woman...
12. The Colonial Christmases of Early Americans - How Christmas was celebrated in the North American colonies.
13. Making Christmas Dolls in A French Factory - How the favorited toys of little girls were made in a factory more than 100 years ago.
14. Messiah has come for us all... - lovely poem and music
    
15. Remembering Marshall Field's at Christmas Time - The old department store tea rooms and window dressings...
16. Read About Christmas in Spain in 1916 - The old-time celebrations still alive at Christmas time in Spain.
17. The Festive Christmas Tree In 1906 - what was on the tree
18. Read About Christmas in Germany in 1916 - History behind the customs of Christmas in Germany.
19. Holiday Lighting Magic - lighting for the lawn
20. Celebrate Santa Lucia for Christmas, December 13th - Learn about Saint Lucy's Day celebrated by old Orthodox Christians from Sweden and Italy.
21. Polish Christmas Traditions - How peasant folk and their descendants celebrate through the passing on of traditions.
22. How To Organize Christmas Parties - Traditional party types in North America held at Christmas time...
23. Electric Christmas Lights for The Christmas Tree - How electric lights came to be invented and used for Christmas.
24. Getting Christmas Dinner On a Ranch - by former President Theodore Roosevelt
25. Birds and Animals Share Christmas - How the birds celebrate Christmas feasting in Bosnia...
26. The Legendary Gift Givers  - Who were they and how to they shape our customs of today?
27. The City by The Bay Celebrates Dickens At Christmas
28. What is a Belznickel? - Learn how a stock character turned into one of the earliest gift givers. 
29. A Frontier Christmas at Fort Sisseton - How history keepers reenact Christmas from pioneer memories...
30. Christmas crackers from Victorian England - Victorian traditional dinner favors for the young at heart.
31. Christmas Articles and Music from 1917 - Revisit the newsprint and entertainment of Christmas in 1917.
32. The Hans Christian Anderson Christmas Village - Actors and history preservationists take Christmas to a whole new level...
33. Giant Christmas Murals by Paul Johnson - The famous Christmas murals from holiday performances by Paul Johnson and David Hetland at Concordia Collage.
34. Who Was "Good King Wenceslas?" - The history and legend behind the man.
35. The German Christmas Markets - The nostalgia and flavors of markets in Germany.
36. Currier and Ives Lithographs - history and tradition
37. Living Nativities - links to video records
38. Christmas Window Displays - some records at YouTube of window displays
39. Winter Wonderland - The history behind light displays at Tillis Park, St. Louis.
40. A Touching Dutch Christmas Custom - The coming of Christmas...
41. The Climbing Boys - What and why chimney sweep characters on Victorian trees?
42. The Dark Side of Christmas - The demon who becomes a slave to Santa Claus in German Christmas plays...
43. What Are Weihnachtspyramide? - The towns and people behind the Christmas pyramid.
44. The Toymakers of The Ore Mountains - little wooden figures and smokers
45. The Yule Log in Croatia, Serbia, and Bulgaria - traditions, history, and beliefs
46. The History of The Nutcracker Ballet - A two-act ballet, originally choreographed by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov with a score by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
47. The History of Christmas Mince-Pies - Mince-pies were popular under the name of 'mutton-pies,' so early as 1596...
48. The Jesse Tree - The Tree of Jesse is a depiction in art of the ancestors of Christ
49. Christmas Plum-Pottage - In old times, plum-pottage was always served with the first course of a Christmas-dinner.
50. Argus for the Christmas table - Next in importance to the boar's-head as a Christmas-dish came the peacock.
51. Boar's Head for Christmas? - The grand feast, however, given by the feudal chieftain to his friends and retainers, took place with great pomp and circumstance on Christmas-day.
52. The Puritan Doll - Remember when Christmas was not custom among American Pilgrims?
53. The Christmas Yule Log Traditions of England - The custom is still maintained in various parts of the England.
54. Père Noël is the gift-giver of France - A legendary gift-giver during Christmas in France
55. Ježíšek brings gifts in the Czech Republic - A Christmas gift-giving figure used in the Czech Republic
56. Eel for The Christmas Eve Soup - popular dish among Italians
    
57. Legend of the Christ Child - translated from German
58. An Old Letter from Denmark and a video showing Christmas now from DoJi Film
59. Preparation for The Event - "Jesus Christ Is Born'' and many events and stars aligned that night!
60. A Strange Recollection of Christmas In Finland - culture/customs then and now by those who live in the countryside of Finland...

 

gif. of Santa and his reindeer circling the globe!