Christmas trees. Christmas gifts. Even lights, mistletoe and Santa Claus. How did our most popular Christmas traditions get started?
That’s the subject of this week’s edition of Words of Wisdom. Our guest is Ace Collins, a well-known novelist and the author of several books about the history of Christmas: Stories Behind the Great Traditions of Christmas, Stories Behind the Best-Loved Songs of Christmas, More Stories Behind the Best-Loved Songs of Christmas and The Most Wonderful Time of the Year: A Countdown to Christmas (all published by Zondervan).
As Ace tells us, Christmas hasn’t always been celebrated the way it is today!