Who invented Christmas?
The smart answer is the Victorians – and, for those who want bonus points, ‘Coca-Cola’.
The usual Victorian suspects are Prince Albert and Charles Dickens, while Coke is the ‘reason’ Father Christmas dresses in red, not green. But is Christmas really as young as that?
Of course not, although celebrating the Nativity on 25th December can be traced back only as far as 354 AD, when it is mentioned in a Roman calendar.
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