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What Puts the 'Tide' in ‘Yuletide'?
What origins we bring to you and your kin
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Words We're Watching: 'Christmas creep'
It shows up earlier and earlier every year.
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Happy holidays!
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“Christmas.” The Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster Inc., https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Christmas. Accessed 11 December 2019.
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The first known use of Christmas was before the 12th century
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