Celebrating Christmas
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Santa’s ‘Ho ho ho’ mirrors our ambiguous relationship with laughter
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The Christmas tree is a modern invention, popularised by the American businessmen
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’Twas The Night Before Christmas...made the modern Santa Claus and became a literary whodunit
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During WWI, a princess sent 26 lakh Christmas gifts to soldiers and sailors (including Indians)
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Five reasons why the reindeer is the ideal animal to pull Santa’s sleigh
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Why is 26th December known as Boxing Day?
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The universal image of baby Jesus in his manger was created only 1,200 years after his death
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How to make merry amidst so much misery: Timeless advice from the 1830s
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From ancient Rome to the 21st century, books have always been the perfect Christmas gift
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In pictures: Christmas celebrations from around the world
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Old manuscripts, letters show how Christian influences were depicted in Mughal art and life
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How ‘Silent Night’, the Christmas carol that paused World War I, came to be a cultural landmark
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Charles Dickens did not invent Christmas. But his seasonal ghosts are still relevant
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’Tis the season: Pictures of Christmas cheer from across the world
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Video: December 25th is not the day Jesus was born so why is Christmas celebrated on this day?
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Watch this adorable video of animals celebrating Christmas at a London zoo
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Video: A Mumbai choir celebrates the spirit of Christmas by singing carols for charity
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Christmas in India: Today’s saffron mobs should read this Kipling poem from 1886
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East India Company gave away gifts on Christmas. What happened when the Crown took over in 1858?
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Watch a 360 degrees video of Christmas preparations at Santa Claus’ home in Finland
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JRR Tolkien’s Christmas letters to his children bring echoes of Middle-Earth to the North Pole