If you are new here, the history of Christmas is one of my main areas of study as an historian. As such, I always give a book about holiday history a try at least. While those tries sometimes end in disappointment, I had the exact […]

Welcome to Blogmas 2024! It is crazy to think that this is my ninth year doing Blogmas here on An Historian About Town. (Yes, you can expect even more for 2025…) While it does mean that I have a lot more work for the site […]

Welcome to the Holiday History Hub! I recognise that when this post is first published, it will only be the beginning of November. You don’t need to worry- Blogmas will not be starting until later in the month. However, I do recognise that people will […]

By the time this post is published, I will have started my holiday vacation, and you better believe that that means Christmas music all of the time. While I like to change it up between several different playlists (you can find my Spotify Christmas playlists […]

While many of us are hustling and bustling more than ever with Christmas quickly approaching. I will say that most of us are lucky to listen to a holiday movie in the background while we get our baking or wrapping done. However, if you can […]