Welcome to Tuesday Trivia!

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this thread is for you ALL!

Come share the cool stuff you love about the past!

We do not allow posts based on personal or relatives' anecdotes. Brief and short answers are allowed but MUST be properly sourced to respectable literature. All other rules also apply—no bigotry, current events, and so forth.

For this round, let’s look at: Christmas! For millions, the 25th of December marks the birth of their Lord and Savior. For millions of others, it's about family, gift giving, and sparkling lights. And for perhaps billions of other humans, it's just another day. It's a deeply sacred time. It's a highly commercialized event. It's complicated, it's cold (on part of the globe), it's Christmas! This thread is about all the things about the holiday you want to share and celebrate!