The American Way of Christmas Part Two

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The American Tapestry Project

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In the “American Tapestry: We Tell Ourselves Stories”, Andrew Roth explores the post-1968 shattering of the American story by asking “What is the ‘story of America’? Is there such a thing? Is there only one story, or are there many stories? If there are many stories, how are they woven, can they be woven, together to tell the story of America?”

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The American Way of Christmas Part Two

The American Tapestry Project

59 minutes

11 months ago

The American Way of Christmas Part Two

In this Part Two of a two Part Series on the origins of The American Way of Christmas we’ll examine one of America’s most successful efforts at building a common national culture. In this episode, we’ll discover how St. Nicholas evolved into Santa Claus, what the meaning of Yuletide and Christmastide is, the importance of the Twelve Days of Christmas, what Charles Dickens taught everyone about the Christmas spirit, and reprise the Top Ten Christmas Carols of all time and the most popular Christmas song of all time – spoiler alert: it’s not “White Christmas.”