“Charles Dickens and the invention of Christmas”

“Charles Dickens and the invention of Christmas” 2016-12-21T13:25:39-07:00

 

A literally Victorian Christmas
Queen Victoria, Prince Albert, and their children with a Christmas tree (ca. 1850)
Wikimedia Commons public domain

 

Most of us seldom if ever think about our Christmas customs.  We follow them because we grew up with them.

 

And that’s actually not a bad reason.  It connects us with our many of our best childhood memories, with earlier generations, and with millions of our fellow human beings at a particularly happy time of the year.

 

Here, though, are a few thoughts on why many of us do what we do:

 

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865592380/Charles-Dickens-and-the-invention-of-Christmas.html?pg=all

 

 


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