christmas
by Judith Flanders
While Christmas has transformed itself over the centuries, from a time for the nobility to display
by William K. Klingaman
In the midst of World War II, department stores across America were anticipating the biggest commercial
by Martin Gilbert
Christmas Day, 1914. German and British troops have been fighting tirelessly for 5 months in one
by Maia Chance
In 1921, Frances Lester Warner described a Christmas Eve scene in Boston with “red and white
by New York Public Library
Every year as the days grow shorter, amidst the holly, cookies, and carols there is another
Instead of deriving from folklore, or quaint colonial customs, or religion, the American emergence of Santa
We’re all so used to holiday stamps that many people don’t realize they are a reasonably
History is in large part the story of consequences—both intended and unintended—as is the case for
