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| Christmas History Christmas is a holiday that has been around for many years,but where did Christmas come from?What is the history of Christmas? Christmas is a holiday created by the Romans to celebrate the birth of Jesus after christianity became the main religion of the Romans.For the Germans they believed in the norse god Oden and they feared Oden so they would usually stay inside. In Scandinavie the Norse celebrate Yule,from December 21, the winter solstice, through January.And many more but what about more “recent” holiday traditions. Christmas cards used to be very strange and weird.“In the 19th century, the iconography of Christmas had not been fully developed as it is now,” says Penne Restad. Christmas cards didn’t gain popularity until the mid-1800,in 1843, the same year that English author Charels Dickens created A Christmas Carol, prominent English educator and society member, Sir Henry Cole, commissioned the first Christmas card. And why not another Christmas staple.The history of the Christmas tree has roots from ancient Egypt and Rome to the German traditions.The Christmas tree made its way to the U.S in the 1800’s.The tree came to the U.S after germans migrated here.It boomed when queen victoria convinced her german husband to decorate a tree as he did in his childhood in the year 1848. And with the final sentence this is Eli J.Wofford’s Christmas History Essay Credit: https://www.history.com/topics/christmas/history-of-christmas-trees Credit: Https://www.history.com/news/victorian-christmas-cards Credit: Https://www.history.com/topics/christmas/history-of-christmas |