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itemprop=\"datePublished\" datetime=\"2025-11-14T19:31:36-07:00\" >November 14, 2025<\/time><span class=\"av-magazine-author-wrap\"><span class=\"av-magazine-text-sep text-sep-date\">\/<\/span><span class=\"av-magazine-author minor-meta\">by <span class=\"av-magazine-author-link\"  itemprop=\"author\" ><span class=\"av-magazine-author meta-color author\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/author\/ernest\/\" title=\"by Jeff Westover\" rel=\"author\">Jeff Westover<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><h3 class='av-magazine-title entry-title '  itemprop=\"headline\" ><a href='https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/new-christmas-music-2025\/' title='Link to: New Christmas Music 2025'>New Christmas Music 2025<\/a><\/h3><\/header><\/div><footer class=\"entry-footer\"><\/footer><\/article><article class='av-magazine-entry av-magazine-entry-id-35787 av-magazine-format-standard av-magazine-type-post av-magazine-entry-4 av-magazine-entry-small '  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There are also Christmas foods of a savory kind &#8211; everything from hams to turkey. There&#8217;s even something called the Christmas pickle.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<div id='av-masonry-2' class='av-masonry av-lytngmby-0f3d73d4d35f49e7d731ccd1ecd1a90e noHover av-fixed-size av-large-gap av-hover-overlay- av-masonry-animation- av-masonry-col-3 av-caption-always av-caption-style- av-masonry-entries ' data-post_id=\"33413\"><div class=\"av-masonry-container isotope av-js-disabled\"><div class='av-masonry-entry isotope-item av-masonry-item-no-image all_sort christmas-foods_sort  latest_sort  christmas-events_sort  christmas-news_sort  christmas-history_sort  christmas-features_sort  thanksgiving_sort '><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/making-your-own-eggnog\/\"  id='av-masonry-2-item-35787' data-av-masonry-item='35787' class='av-masonry-entry isotope-item post-35787 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-christmas-foods category-latest all_sort christmas-foods_sort  latest_sort  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