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December 18, 2019

Christmas Was Not Always Like This (Part Three: Christmas and Gift-Giving)

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Christmas Was Not Always Like This (Part Two: Christmas in Early America)

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Christmas Was Not Always Like This (Part Three: Christmas and Gift-Giving)

How did gift-giving become synonymous with Christmas? Read the final chapter of our three-part series on the history of Christmas.

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Christmas Was Not Always Like This (Part Two: Christmas in Early America)

Not everyone celebrated Christmas in America’s early colonies. Learn more about how Christmas became established in America in part two of our three-part series on the history of Christmas.

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