Twelve Days of Christmas

Christmas time is here again, and we're pulling out the decorations, buying Christmas trees, singing carols, and fighting people in department stores. What a wonderful way to remember our Lord's birth.

I joke, but do you ever wonder where these strange traditions came from? Why do we, in fact, stick a tree in our house and decorate it? Why do we give gifts and kiss each other under a strange plant that we're not supposed to eat?

This holiday season, I've decided to do some research into our Christmas traditions so we can better understand the reasons for them. So, I will present twelve different topics on this hodge-podge of a holiday we celebrate.