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Sunday, December 18, 2022

Christmas Traditions and Genealogy

 

What clues do your family’s Christmas traditions hold to your genealogy? Here's how to use traditional Christmas customs around the world in genealogy research.


Christmas is a time for spending with family. It is also an excellent time for re-examining your genealogy research using knowledge of the Christmas traditions of your ancestors. Christmas has been celebrated in one form or another for the past 2,000 years. In that time, many cultures around the world have developed their own Christmas traditions, and they brought these traditions with them to America when they came. The ways your ancestors celebrated Christmas in America, and the way they may still do so today, can tell you a lot about your ancestral origins.