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Christmas Myth-Making
by William Hopper
Each December we head to the mall to buy our annual Christmas
decorations. This fine yuletide tradition is usually followed closely
by yet another great tradition: the annual debate about what (if
anything) trees, holly, or mistletoe have to do with the birth of
Jesus or the Jewish Festival of Lights. The answer, usually, is
nothing at all. Like many revered Judeo-Christian traditions, most of
these were borrowed from others. The following brief synopsis of the
origins of Christmas customs is offered in an attempt to shed light on
some of the more-obscure references.
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