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<\/a><\/div>\n I love the above explanation of the origins and customs of Christmas, offered by someone from another world and time, in one of the Doctor Who Christmas specials. It is a nice satirical way to make an important point, namely that we often misunderstand the past, and the customs of other cultures even in the present. <\/p>\n
There are quite a few facets of history, culture, or religion that parallel this, or at least seem to be already headed in that direction.<\/p>\n
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I love the above explanation of the origins and customs of Christmas, offered by someone from another world and time, in one of the Doctor Who Christmas specials. It is a nice satirical way to make an important point, namely that we often misunderstand the past, and the customs of other cultures even in the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[133,42,80],"tags":[2337,2765,4660,7546,12987],"class_list":["post-12436","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-doctor-who-science-fiction","category-humor","category-religion","tag-culture","tag-doctor-who","tag-history","tag-misunderstanding","tag-turkey"],"yoast_head":"\n
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