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.
Christmas 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.
Remember when? That’s the question that always triggers the wonder of how we got to the Christmas we celebrate today. Our celebrations are driven by the Christmas past we celebrate each year.
