The Full History of Christmas - Documentary

In this video, we take a look at origins of the world's most popular holiday, from the first Christmas, to the raucous Medieval Christmases, to the development of the modern holiday and its major traditions, and more.

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The following music performed by Kevin Macleod Available under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license.

Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies
Deck The Halls B
Fairytale Waltz
Heavy Heart
Teller of The Tales
Silent night
Angels We Have Heard
We Wish You a Merry Christmas
Jingle Bells Calm
What Child is This
Frost Waltz
Up on a Housetop

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Tribal War Council
No. 8 Requiem
The First Noel
Yonder Hill and Dale
Simple Gifts
Joy To The World
12 Days of Christmas
Harpsichord Fugue
Deck The Halls (Instrumental)
Jingle Bells
Oh Christmas Tree
Hark The Herald Angels Sing

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[rueisblue]

Been up all night and going to take a nap, I'm excited to watch this when I wake. Just wanted to say how much I respect your work and how clearly your effort and passion shines through in your videos. You're desire to be factual but also to be able communicate new topics to your audience is laudable. Cheers, Justin

[lordgiraffe]

Wake up babe! New fire of learning vid just dropped

[pollypocketfan]

Christmas had a longer and more complex history than I thought. Christmas has always been my favorite holiday.

[tfh]

can’t imagine life without christmas. i just love the vibes

[Echowhiskeyone]

This is the best 'history of Christmas' documentary I have seen. Granted I already knew most of it, this video tied it all together nicely.

[SarahGreen]

This is the most inclusive, complete compilation of Christmas that I have ever experienced. Incredibly well researched from excellent source material! Well done! Better than some college professors I've had.

[kelleysnyder]

You have a great channel, your documentaries are so concise and unbiased. Thanks for putting this all together for us, very interesting!

[demisemedia]

Yesss! Finally, a fire 🔥 of learning for Christmas! I love your Halloween documentary. It’s currently December 12, 2021. Cold, windy and rainy outside. Happy holidays everyone! 🎄

[cnrsfilms]

Been watching Fire Of Learning a lot recently, love this historical content

[anniefinch]

I remember this narrator and he spoke about Halloween. Christmas is one of my favorite holidays.

[mittelego]

Christmas is my favorite holiday. You can play in the snow, stay in your warm house, drink hot chocolate, read a book, watch a movie, spend time with your family, and sleep, ...
It's so cozy.

[fatherjack]

I love these documentaries. Interesting, and full of great writing!

[MrZooop]

"I'm not saying you have to agree with each other, but we do have to use an objective and fair definition..."
i LOVE that line. we as a society need to apply that much more broadly than just to christianity.

[dannybonsai]

this makes me love the festival more, all those cultures in the history of human existence, it all culminates in this time, and as cultures evolved and mixed over the millennia we have modern Christmas now. I like to remember ancient people in this time and feel connected to a deep universal human experience.

[forgedsledge]

Charles Dickens is quoted as to why he wrote "A Christmas Carol." He wished to expose greed in Capitalism and businesses exploiting child labor and the (at the time) modern workforce. It was a cautionary tale that has since gone on to lose all original meaning.

[tolgacetiner]

Extremely well made, thank you for this, Justin! A very merry Christmas to you!

[richardkim]

"It's the Most Wonderful Time Of The Year" mentions "scary ghost stories" and A Christmas Carol has the 3 ghosts visiting Scrooge.

[YeshuaIsTheTruth]

I've heard a lot of people talk about Christmas either as some wonderful Christian festival or as a horrible pagan nightmare of a Trojan horse, but until now I've never heard such an even-handed and fair approach to the history of Christmas. Good job, man

[Higfoot]

Amazing video, love celebrating Christmas with a full history of Christ’s Mass!

[aaronjohnstone]

Great work. This will like all the Christmas movies will be viewed millions of times throughout the years to come. 🌲✨