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How do people around the world celebrate Christmas? Check out The History Channel’s World Tradition Christmas map.

World Traditions

Christmas as we know it today is a Victorian invention of the 1860s. Probably the most celebrated holiday in the world, our modern Christmas is a product of hundreds of years of both secular and religious traditions from around the globe. Click around this map to learn about traditions from different regions and, along the way, learn about the history of this most cherished of holidays.

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Written by Janet Johnson

December 25th, 2005 at 12:14 pm

Posted in Christmas, Holidays

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