Ever wondered why we do certain things only during the festive season? Well, wonder no more as we look into a few of the Christmas traditions that have been around for decades. Some for much, much longer.

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SOURCES

A Dictionary of English Folklore. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Jacqueline Simpson; Steve Roud, (2000).

Marmion: A Tale of Flodden Field.  Walter Scott (1808).

Daily Mail

Muskogee Times  28th Dec 1909

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Intro music by The Model Folk 

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