What other holiday besides Christmas celebrates the past? It’s more than just Christmas history. Christmas has legends and traditions. It has places, sounds and aromas all its own. The come from the past and call out to us. Our exploration of Christmas Past is never ending because Christmas past never stops producing. It adds to the wonder we call Christmas.
The History of Santa’s List Day
December 4, 2024/by Jeff WestoverNorman Rockwell and Christmas
March 4, 2021/by Jeff WestoverThe Tears of Charles Dickens
November 28, 2020/by Jeff WestoverThe Story of A Visit from St. Nicholas
November 5, 2020/by Jeff WestoverThe Ghost Story of Mistletoe
July 6, 2020/by Jeff WestoverHistory of the Tradition of Elves
November 23, 2016/by Jeff WestoverThe History of Santa’s List Day
December 4, 2024/by Jeff WestoverA Glimpse of Christmas 100 Years Ago
September 2, 2024/by Jeff WestoverHow Christmas Cards Have Evolved
July 27, 2021/by Jeff WestoverLight and Christmas
July 4, 2021/by B. Francis MorlanNot a Happy Christmas
December 16, 2020/by Special to My Merry ChristmasThe Story of A Visit from St. Nicholas
November 5, 2020/by Jeff WestoverHeroes of the 18th Century Christmas
August 29, 2020/by Jeff WestoverChristmas that Came on the Mayflower
August 19, 2020/by Jeff WestoverThe Influencers of Christmas in the 20th Century
July 16, 2020/by Jeff WestoverMr. Christmas of the 19th Century
December 16, 2024/by Jeff WestoverChasing Christmas
July 22, 2020/by Special to My Merry ChristmasChristmas 1945: The Biggest Celebration of Christmas Ever
June 23, 2019/by Jeff WestoverThe Gift of Meeting My Father
December 22, 2018/by Special to My Merry ChristmasFive Ways to a Meaningful Christmas
September 19, 2017/by Special to My Merry ChristmasJacob Marley and Me
August 1, 2017/by Jeff WestoverChristmas 1945: The Biggest Celebration of Christmas Ever
June 23, 2019/by Jeff WestoverChristmas at Valley Forge
September 1, 2018/by Jeff WestoverSanta Claus at War
October 25, 2016/by Jeff WestoverThe Christmas Candy Bomber
July 19, 2016/by Jeff WestoverChristmas 1944
June 6, 2016/by Jeff WestoverThe Year Santa was Nearly Banned
October 18, 2015/by Jeff WestoverMilitary Voices Carol of Christmas
December 8, 2014/by Jeff WestoverThe Christmas Legend of Abraham Lincoln
October 4, 2014/by Jeff WestoverChristmas During the Civil War
August 12, 2011/by Jeff WestoverWashington’s Christmas at War
July 3, 2011/by Jeff WestoverSomewhere in France
May 30, 2002/by Jeff WestoverChristmas During the American Revolutionary War
May 30, 2002/by Jeff WestoverAll 6 /Ask Ernest 0 /Black Friday 0 /Christmas at War 0 /Christmas Comics 0 /Christmas Community 0 /Christmas Countdown 0 /Christmas Debates 0 /Christmas Decorating 0 /Christmas Events 0 /Christmas Features 0 /Christmas Foods 0 /Christmas Hands On 0 /Christmas History 0 /Christmas Legends 0 /Christmas Memories 0 /Christmas Movies 0 /Christmas Music 0 /Christmas News 0 /Christmas Online 0 /Christmas Opinion 0 /Christmas Past 0 /Christmas Shopping 0 /Christmas Stories 0 /Christmas Television 0 /Christmas Traditions 0 /Christmas Trends 0 /Christmas Video 0 /Elf Ed Zachary 0 /Frugal Christmas 0 /Holiday Humor 0 /Merry Podcast 0 /North Pole 0 /North Pole Top Ten 0 /Retro Christmas 5 /Sacred Christmas 0 /Santa Sightings 0 /Santa Speaks 0 /Science of Santa 0 /Sponsored 0 /Thanksgiving 0 /Tracking Santa 0 /Vintage Christmas 3 /War on Christmas 0
How Christmas Cards Have Evolved
July 27, 2021/by Jeff WestoverNorman Rockwell and Christmas
March 4, 2021/by Jeff WestoverThe Story of A Visit from St. Nicholas
November 5, 2020/by Jeff WestoverVictorian Era Snowball Fight
October 6, 2020/by Jeff WestoverGreat Christmas Gifts in the 1970s
September 22, 2018/by William WernerChristmas in the 1970s
September 10, 2017/by B. Francis MorlanChristmas is unique in that we tend to memorialize it. What other holiday celebrates creations that were part of it all two centuries ago. Such is the case with A Visit from St. Nicholas – and hundreds of other stories, traditions, songs and elements of the season. In this section of My Merry Christmas we look back on Christmas how it was.
