Channel: Fire of Learning

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Description: In this video, we take a look at origins of the world's most popular holiday, from ancient winter celebrations like Yule and Saturnalia, to the first Christmas, to the raucous Medieval Christmases, to the development of the modern holiday and its major traditions, and more. Find us here too! Patreon: Patreon.com/Fireoflearning Lucinox – Our Science Channel: youtube.com/channel/UCM2dfLR3BR0CHuePEDtxAZw Instagram: @Fire_of_Learning The following music performed by Kevin Macleod Available under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license. Download available at incompetech.com Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies Deck The Halls B Fairytale Waltz Heavy Heart Teller of The Tales Silent night Angels We Have Heard We Wish You a Merry Christmas Jingle Bells Calm What Child is This Frost Waltz Up on a Housetop These songs provided by the YouTube audio library Tribal War Council No. 8 Requiem The First Noel Yonder Hill and Dale Simple Gifts Joy To The World 12 Days of Christmas Harpsichord Fugue Deck The Halls (Instrumental) Jingle Bells Oh Christmas Tree Hark The Herald Angels Sing Sources academia.edu/1366945/Jul_disting_och_f%C3%B6rkyrklig_tider%C3%A4kning jstor.org/stable/458120?read-now=1&refreqid=excelsior%3Afc020cfa07ecc41479146a93b31acf77&seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonarg%C3%B6ltr peaceboarshead.org/what-is-a-festival jstor.org/stable/25220439?read-now=1&refreqid=excelsior%3A12de143b5f4f25da20d44f29fab81a75&seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents worldhistory.org/Saturnalia britannica.com/topic/Saturnalia-Roman-festival web.archive.org/web/20111127215401/http://www.catholicireland.net/liturgysacraments/liturgical-year/936-the-origins-and-spirituality-of-the-epiphany biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+2&version=NIV bestofamishcountry.com/post/old-christmas armenianchurch.org.uk/why-do-armenians-celebrate-christmas-on-january-6th web.archive.org/web/20081211044524/http://touchstonemag.com/archives/article.php?id=16-10-012-v ccel.org/ccel/pearse/morefathers/files/chronography_of_354_12_depositions_martyrs.htm biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/people-cultures-in-the-bible/jesus-historical-jesus/how-december-25-became-christmas academia.edu/18110500/Calculating_December_25_as_the_Birth_of_Jesus_in_Hippolytus_Canon_and_Chronicon_Vigiliae_Christianae_69_5_2015_542_63 britannica.com/topic/Advent historytoday.com/archive/medieval-christmas britannica.com/topic/Christmas books.google.com/books?id=daAXccS5DVgC&q=%22Council+of+Tours%22+Christmas&pg=PA26#v=onepage&q=%22Council%20of%20Tours%22%20Christmas&f=true worldhistory.org/article/1288/a-medieval-christmas historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofEngland/A-Medieval-Christmas readingmuseum.org.uk/blog/very-medieval-christmas-anne-lawrence-mathers museumoflondon.org.uk/discover/how-did-medieval-londoners-celebrate-christmas web.archive.org/web/20061121055727/http://www.timetravel-britain.com/05/Dec/ban.shtml books.google.com/books/about/The_Vindication_of_Christmas_Or_His_Twel.html?id=aubSMgEACAAJ en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_controversies google.com/amp/s/ageofrevolutions.com/2015/12/22/christmas-a-revolutionary-holiday/amp historytoday.com/archive/dickens-and-construction-christmas archive.org/details/christmasinameri0000rest/page/n10/mode/1up?view=theater britannica.com/art/mumming-play stnicholascenter.org/who-is-st-nicholas/stories-legends/classic-sources/michael-the-archimandrite britannica.com/topic/Krampus britannica.com/topic/A-Visit-from-St-Nicholas britannica.com/topic/Santa-Claus web.archive.org/web/20110718194304/https://tspace.library.utoronto.ca/html/1807/4350/poem1485.html archive.org/details/santaclausbiogra0000bowl/page/37/mode/2up archive.org/details/worldencyclopedi00gerr/page/156/mode/2up time.com/5736523/history-of-christmas-trees altogetherchristmas.com/traditions/reindeer.html google.com/amp/s/www.history.com/.amp/topics/christmas/history-of-christmas-trees en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_tree britannica.com/plant/Christmas-tree livescience.com/32901-why-we-kiss-under-mistletoe.html web.archive.org/web/20181226184212/https://derdutchman.wordpress.com/2009/12/17/why-do-amish-celebrate-old-christmas en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yule_goat history.com/topics/christmas/christmas-traditions-worldwide Picture Attributions can be viewed by everyone here for free: patreon.com/posts/59812947