https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-aipv8-1340fe1 In the early 1800s Christmas was not the festive holiday it is today. Queen Victoria and Charles Dickens helped change that. In fact, through Victoria’s influence on popular culture and Dickens’ literary reach, these two important figures helped create and spread many of the holiday traditions that we still follow today. In this specialContinue reading “A Dickens of a Good Time at the Conrad-Caldwell Candlelight Christmas Tour”
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The Ghosts of Christmas Past
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-ue84z-1143311 What says Christmas more than murder and blood? Yes, you read that correctly! In our first episode of the December series, “Hooray for Holidays,” Candy and Ashley explore the custom of telling ghost stories at Christmastime– a practice that originated long, long ago, but was popularized again during the Victorian era, primarily thanks toContinue reading “The Ghosts of Christmas Past”
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