We may not realize it when we're eating mince pie,
decorating the tree, and singing carols, but a lot of our Christmas traditions come
from the Medieval world. And so too does the modern world—at least according to Thomas Cahill. We speak with him
about his book "Mysteries of the Middle Ages and the Beginning of the Modern
World."

We may not realize it when we're eating mince pie, decorating the tree, and singing carols, but a lot of our Christmas traditions come from the Medieval world. And so too does the modern world—at least according to Thomas Cahill. We speak with him about his book "Mysteries of the Middle Ages and the Beginning of the Modern World."

We may not realize it when we're eating mince pie,
decorating the tree, and singing carols, but a lot of our Christmas traditions come
from the Medieval world. And so too does the modern world—at least according to Thomas Cahill. We speak with him
about his book "Mysteries of the Middle Ages and the Beginning of the Modern
World."

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