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25th December 1914: The Christmas Truce takes place at sections along the Western Front

  • 25th December 2020
  • Tagged as: Belgium, Britain, Christmas, Christmas Truce, First World War, France, Germany, Truce, Western Front, Ypres

The Christmas Truce saw soldiers on the First World War’s Western Front take part in a series of unofficial ceasefires.

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24th December 1955: NORAD tracks Santa for the first time

  • 24th December 2020
  • Tagged as: America, Atomic Bomb, Christmas, Cold War, Nuclear, USA

On the 24th December 1955, the Colorado Springs’ Continental Air Defense Command first began giving children the current location of Santa as he made his way across the world delivering presents.

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22nd December 1882: The first use of electric lights on a Christmas tree

  • 22nd December 2020
  • Tagged as: Christmas, Electricity, Invention, New York, Technology, United States, USA

80 red, white, and blue walnut-sized glass light bulbs were hand-wired and placed around a large Christmas tree in the home of Edward H. Johnson’s New York home on Fifth Avenue.

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17th December 497 BCE: The first Saturnalia festival celebrated in ancient Rome

  • 17th December 2020
  • Tagged as: Ancient, Christmas, Festival, Religion, Rome, Saturn, Saturnalia

The Saturnalia festival was dedicated to Roman god, Saturn.

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24th December 1826: The Eggnog Riot broke out at West Point Military Academy, New York

  • 24th December 2019
  • Tagged as: Alcohol, Christmas, Jefferson Davis, Military, New York, Riot

Cadets sought to continue the annual tradition of drinking homemade eggnog on Christmas Eve.

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23rd December 1823: The Night Before Christmas first published

  • 23rd December 2019
  • Tagged as: America, Christmas, Literature, New York, USA

On the 23rd December 1823, the poem “A Visit from St. Nicholas”, more commonly known as “The Night Before Christmas” was published anonymously in the New York Sentinel.

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19th December 1843: A Christmas Carol first published

  • 19th December 2019
  • Tagged as: Books, Britain, Christmas, Literature, London, Poverty

On the 19th December 1843, Charles Dickens’ novella A Christmas Carol was published in London by Chapman & Hall.

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9th December 1965: Charlie Brown Christmas first broadcast

  • 9th December 2019
  • Tagged as: America, Broadcast, Cartoon, Christmas, Comic, Culture, Television, Tradition, USA

On the 9th December 1965, American television network CBS first broadcast the animated cartoon A Charlie Brown Christmas.

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