Dutch children have long cheered the annual coming of Sinterklaas--or Saint Nicholas--who arrives on a steamboat filled with presents in mid-November.
Every Who Down in Whoville Liked Christmas a lot ...
But the Grinch, who lived just north of Whoville, Did NOT!
Roast turkey did not appear consistently on royal Christmas Day menus until 1851 when it replaced roast swan.
The 1944 Christmas tune "Baby, It's Cold Outside" was banned by radio stations across the country -- and even in Canada -- for its lyrics that some said were inappropriate in the wake of the #MeToo movement.
"Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" was the culmination of more than two years of peace activism undertaken by John Lennon and Yoko Ono that began with the bed-ins they convened in March and May 1969, the first of which took place during their honeymoon.
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