What do you expect to be doing on the evening of Christmas Day?
Some version of sleeping off the turkey in front of the telly, most likely. Setting aside the birth of the Christ child himself (which, yes, probably didn't happen on Christmas Day anyway), it's tempting to think that, for one day at least, history might also put its feet up on the sofa.
Not necessarily. Two of the most consequential coronations in European history happened on Christmas Day: Charlemagne's at
