summerhill STUDIO | culture

Which of these tree-mendously weird facts about Christmas and Christmas trees are completely made up?

In 1541, Henry VIII passed a law banning all sports on Christmas Day

Can Christmas traditions be beautiful and a bit (a bit?) weird at the same time?

Icelanders have a beautiful tradition of giving books to each other on Christmas Eve and then spending the night reading.

words, words, words... credit: Brian Bilston

Eight-year-old Virginia O’Hanlon wrote a letter to the editor of New York’s Sun, and the quick response was printed as an unsigned editorial Sept. 21, 1897.