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First Christmas Traditions Traced Through Time
The article recounts early Christmas customs and legends such as the dating of December 25 as Christ’s nativity around 320 AD, St. Nicholas gifting gold leading to the stocking tradition, and the emergence of Christmas trees in the United States during the American Revolution with Hessian soldiers and an 1804 Fort Dearborn diary noting tree trimming.
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St. Nicholas
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Fort Dearborn
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