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History.com: How Christmas Was Celebrated in the Middle Ages ArticleHistory.com: How Christmas Was Celebrated in the Middle Ages Article
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History.com: How Christmas Was Celebrated in the Middle Ages

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Long before Santa Claus, caroling and light-strewn Christmas trees, people in medieval Europe celebrated the Christmas season with 12 full days of feasting and revelry culminating with Twelfth Night and the raucous crowning of a "King of Misrule."

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9th - 10th
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Social Studies & History
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