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		<title>The History of Saturnalia</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tamsyn Spackman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Dec 2020 21:25:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA["Io Saturnalia!" &#160;When one talks about the origins of Christmas, the two most common non-Christian sources are Saturnalia and Yule. &#160;However, the more I have learned about this ancient Roman holiday, the more I have to discount a direct ancestry. &#160;They were two different holidays that co-existed for more than 100 years, and as Saturnalia [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>The History of Candy Canes</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tamsyn Spackman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Dec 2020 02:58:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Candy canes are such a part of Christmas that even other kinds of candy are now sold in tubes shaped like candy canes. &#160;Why are they so popular? &#160;Candy canes are a relatively recent invention, with myths about their origins that likely aren't true, and true stories that are equally worth telling. &#160;So let's get [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>The History of the Yule Log</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tamsyn Spackman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2020 08:37:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Today, perhaps the yule log is probably most familiar as a premium rolled sponge cake, or perhaps as a funny YouTube video spinoff of the 1966 TV broadcast of a fire burning in the hearth for 3 hours. &#160;But the history of the yule log has more variations, some once far more popular than the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>The History of Reindeer during Christmas</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tamsyn Spackman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2020 23:16:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[You know Dasher and Dancer and Prancer and Vixen, Comet and Cupid and Donner and Blitzen. &#160;But do you recall the most important reindeer of all? &#160;Sorry, we're not going to talk about Rudolf, this is, after all, a History series.To really appreciate the significance of Reindeer during the holiday season, we are going to [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>The History of The Twelve Days of Christmas</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tamsyn Spackman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2020 20:13:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA["On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me... a misunderstood history..."A few years ago I wanted to learn more about the history of the 12 days, and my search results brought up very little, and what I could find didn't feel very authentic. &#160;This year there is a lot more available [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>The History of St. Lucia Day</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tamsyn Spackman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2020 07:25:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It's here! &#160;St. Lucia Day is my favorite holiday tradition I have introduced to my children since becoming more aware of the the larger world of Christmas. &#160;In Nordic countries like Sweden, Denmark and Norway, St. Lucia is the first official day of the Christmas holidays.&#160;The first time I saw a crown of candles was [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>The History of Perchta</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tamsyn Spackman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2020 00:17:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Those who are familiar with the demonic Perchten (plural) may recall stories of how they come down from the alps to terrorize villagers during the Yuletide season. &#160;Others may recall horrifying stories of how she punishes bad children by slitting open the stomachs and replacing their digestive track with straw, rocks, and sometimes trash. &#160;For [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>The History of Hanukkah</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tamsyn Spackman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2020 18:37:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Happy Hanukkah! &#160;In 2020, it begins December 10th. &#160;And while it may not be part of Christmas proper, I think it is still within the spirit of the underlying theme of the Advent- to study the history of winter holiday. &#160;The Jewish festival of lights. For purposes of this blog post, I am going to [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>The History of the Wild Hunt</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tamsyn Spackman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2020 19:14:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The more one digs into the history of Christmas, the more connections one will find to the Wild Hunt. &#160;I found in this Advent Calendar project that I can't ignore it any more because an understanding of this ancient archetype is prerequisite to understanding other holiday themes and characters. &#160;So let's dig in. In a [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>The History of Christmas Bells</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tamsyn Spackman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2020 17:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In the fast-paced modern world, it is often easy to forget the importance of bells in the not-so-ancient past. &#160;We have clocks to tell us the time. &#160;We have telephones to communicate with each other instantly (maybe telephones are too ancient now too. &#160;Cell phones it is.) &#160;We have roads we stick to, with cars [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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