History

CHRISTMAS HISTORY 

• The History of Christmas: Informative articles from Christianity Today.
• The History of Christmas: Extensive information from the History Channel.
• How Christmas Works: A Complete Guide To Christmas Traditions: Pretty thorough overview of traditions and their origins from the “How Stuff Works” folks
• The Symbols and Traditions of Christmas: Why mistletoe, holly and greens are included, among other traditions.
• The Nativity Pages: A nice page of links on the history of Christmas traditions from the Rev. Phil Greetham, a Methodist pastor in the UK.
• The 12 Days of Christmas: Just what are they, and what’s that song all about, anyway?

CHRISTMAS TRADITIONS 

• The Christmas Archives: An exhaustive list of links and information compiled by Christmas historian Countess Maria Hubert.
• Christmas Symbols: The origins of popular Christmas observances, from a Catholic perspective.