Christmas E-Newsletter from Writer's Almanac (American Public Media: Minnesota Public Radio: Garrison Keillor)
Today is Christmas Day. It's a holiday observed by about 95 percent of Americans and one-third of the population worldwide. For some, today marks the beginning of the Twelve Days of Christmas, or Christmastide, a week and a half of feasting and revelry that culminates in the Feast of the Epiphany on January 6.
Washington Irving said: "Christmas is the season for kindling the fire of hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart."
Sir Walter Scott wrote:
"'Twas Christmas broach'd the mightiest ale;
'Twas Christmas told the merriest tale;
A Christmas gambol oft could cheer
The poor man's heart through half the year."
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