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How Christmas became an American holiday tradition, with a Santa Claus, gifts and a tree

  • Written by: Thomas Adam, Associate Professor of International and Global Studies, University of Arkansas
How Christmas became an American holiday tradition, with a Santa Claus, gifts and a treeThe pagan tradition of celebrating the winter solstice with bonfires on Dec. 21 inspired the early Christian celebrations of Christmas.Gpointstudio/ Image Source via Getty Images

Each season, the celebration of Christmas has religious leaders and conservatives publicly complaining about the commercialization of the holiday and the growing lack of...

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