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Betsy DeVille

That Sounds Delicious!

The winter holiday season is often a time of food and drink that is not on our regular menu rotation and even not available at other times…

6 min readNov 3, 2020

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What is Christmas? blog series exploring the history and origins of winter traditions post title: That Sounds Delicious!

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Betsy DeVille

So, How Do We Celebrate?

End-of-year celebrations throughout history have included light, decorations, gifts, feasting, frivolity, tradition, ritual, hope and…

6 min readNov 28, 2018

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So, How Do We Celebrate?

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Betsy DeVille

Celebrating with Light

Light is a common strand (pardon the pun!) in holiday celebrations. In fact, the earliest gifts for New Years were candles! Both…

3 min readNov 25, 2018

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Celebrating with Light

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Betsy DeVille

Gifts from Benevolent Strangers

There are ethereal visitors in many end of the year customs. Some are unpleasant and even violent. Others are benevolent gift-bearers…

4 min readNov 13, 2018

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Gifts from Benevolent Strangers

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Betsy DeVille

What about Greenery, Wreaths and Trees?

Greenery was often used to decorate for winter solstice and new year celebrations, pre-Christianity. For some, the greenery symbolized the…

3 min readNov 5, 2018

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What about Greenery, Wreaths and Trees?

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Betsy DeVille

Why December 25?

If you live in North America as I do, you already know about Christmas on December 25 and winter solstice on December 21. Let’s start with…

3 min readOct 29, 2018

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Why December 25?

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Betsy DeVille

What is Christmas?

I was raised Catholic. I attended Catholic school through college. Our Christmas traditions included attending church on Christmas Eve and…

1 min readOct 28, 2018

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What is Christmas?

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Betsy DeVille

Betsy DeVille

a generous, kind, and positive worldview of the atheist and secular life. I like to share things that can start a dialog. betsydeville.com

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