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In Search of the 1st Christmas Tree: Origins of a Tradition
Snopes via Yahoo News· 6 months agoJohn MacDougall / Getty Images O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree, nobody knows your origin. It’s...
10 Surprising Facts About Martin Luther King Jr.
Time via Yahoo News· 5 months agoDr. Martin Luther King Jr., a pivotal figure in the civil rights movement, dedicated his life to advocating for racial harmony and the realization of the...
The Feast That Inspired The Tradition Of Leaving Cookies For Santa
Tasting Table via Yahoo News· 7 months agoSanta with milk and cookies - Knape/Getty Images Christmas may be a time of lights, shopping, and...
CJ Sansom, novelist admired for the rigour of his bestselling Shardlake Tudor detective stories –...
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 2 months agoCJ Sansom, who has died aged 71, found success in middle age as an author of historical mystery...
Holiday History: Why Do We Put Up and Decorate Trees?
Parade via AOL· 7 months ago"O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree, how lovely are thy branches"—this popular seasonal song begins...
The ‘ravening wolf’ priest who led a doomed revolution
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 5 months agoThe decisive battle of the German Peasants’ War was fought on May 15 1525, upon a hilltop outside...
Slovakia country profile
BBC via AOL· 3 weeks agoRight at the heart of Europe with a history closely intertwined with its neighbours, Slovakia has managed to preserve its own language and distinct...
Nations, Nation-States, and Nationalism
The Dispatch via Yahoo News· 4 months agoFrom the G-File on The Dispatch World Map in Projection 1595. (Photo by Picturenow/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) Dear Reader (may the road...
