History

Ghost Clock
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Strong. Like a Woman
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Washington’s perilous Christmas night crossing of the Delaware: Health hazards worse than war
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Eating eels, electing bean kings and Roland the Farter: part of the medieval Christmas and New Year festivities
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Gifts that live on: Women’s wills in medieval France give a glimpse into their surprising independence
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How Crisco Toppled Lard– and made Americans believers in industrial food
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Was Jesus Really Born in Bethlehem? Why the Gospels Disagree.
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Dickens and the Birth of the Classic English Christmas Dinner
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J.R.R. Tolkien’s Christmas letters to his children bring echoes of Middle-earth to the North Pole
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The Borrowed Customs and Traditions of Christmas Celebrations
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