Skipped History is a newsletter focused ... the debauchery that used to characterize Christmas, and why elite New Yorkers in the early 1800s invented Santa Claus to quiet growing social unrest.

Here’s a quick breakdown of the origin of Christmas ... Santa Claus evolved from Nick’s Dutch nickname, Sinter Klaas, a shortened form of Sint Nikolaas (Dutch for Saint Nicholas ...

The song, "The Twelve Days of Christmas" is an English Christmas carol ... It has two levels of meaning: the surface meaning plus a hidden meaning known only to members of the Church.

Who invented Christmas? Historian Lucy Worsley traces the roots of Christmas by exploring the Anglo-Saxon tradition, wassailing where people sing to the apple trees to celebrate the winter solstice.

It is a time for giving, family, cheerful music and decorations, feasting, singing Christmas carols, and, of course, opening the gifts that Santa Claus brought you – not so? Although there are ...