27 Winter Holiday Tradition Origins - mental_floss on YouTube (Ep. 39) | Mental Floss

Описание: The origins of Christmas traditions, Hanukkah customs, and Kwanzaa celebrations run the gamut from the deeply personal to the crassly commercial. John breaks down winter holiday tradition origins in this episode of The List Show, just in time for your own holiday traditions. (Festivus is criminally underrepresented in the video.)

A weekly show where knowledge junkies get their fix of trivia-tastic information. This week, John takes a look at the origins of some of our winter holiday traditions.

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