WHY CHILDREN GET GIFTS ON CHRISTMAS: A HISTORY

WHY CHILDREN GET GIFTS ON CHRISTMAS: A HISTORY
Santa Claus 1881
An 1881 Illustration by Thomas Nast published in Harper’s. Nast created the image of Santa Claus that endures today.

In 1800s New York, the overlapping interests of middle-class families and the wealthy produced a cultural practice that’s still in place today.

Paul Ringel, in an article in The Atlantic, explains how the custom of giving gifts to children at Christmas time originated the late 1700s and early 1800s in America.

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POPE FRANCIS CALLS FOR DIVISION OF ISRAEL IN CHRISTMAS DAY SERMON

POPE FRANCIS CALLS FOR DIVISION OF ISRAEL IN CHRISTMAS DAY SERMON

Pope Francis on Christmas Day, called for peace in the Holy Land and elsewhere throughout the world.

Pope Francis used part of his Christmas message to urge Israelis and Palestinians to formulate a two-state solution by sitting down at the negotiation table and agreeing to a peace deal to allow both sides ‘to live together in harmony’.

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President Reagan’s Christmas Message – 1981

President Reagan’s Christmas Message – 1981

In a world of political correctness and the culture wars, in the time of the ACLU, and its like, trying to remove any Christmas spirit from the public arena, the Christmas address to the nation by President Ronald Reagan in 1981 is refreshing.

Merry Christmas to all, and God bless us, every one!