The Origins of Yuletide and Christmas; The 1914 WWI Christmas Truce

High Tales of History

Merry Christmas! Happy Holidays! It’s our final episode of 2022 and we have a holiday themed show for you—perfect for listening while wrapping last minute gifts! In episode 51, KT starts with origins of Yuletide and Christmas as well as some random Christmas trivia thrown in there! Next, Laurel talks about the 1914 Christmas Truce during World War I *~*~*~ Mentioned in the Stories: First hand accounts of the Christmas truce *~*~* The Socials! Instagram - @HightailingHistory TikTok- @HightailingHistoryPod Facebook -Hightailing Through History or @HightailingHistory Twitter - @HightailingPod *~*~* Source Materials: Yuletide-- https://voiceandvisioninc.org/blog/entry/a-brief-history-of-christmas/#:~:text=The https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-unexpected-pagan-origins-of-popular-christmas-traditions/ https://www.britannica.com/topic/Christmas https://www.learnreligions.com/all-about-yule-2562972 Christmas Truce-- http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/trenches.htm https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-story-of-the-wwi-christmas-truce-11972213/ https://time.com/3643889/christmas-truce-1914/ https://www.theworldwar.org/learn/educator-resource/winter-1914-christmas-truce *~*~*~*~ Intro/outro music: "Loopster" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/