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Where Christmas Traditions Come From & How to Talk With Children

Something You Should Know

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Rudolph, the Red-Nasted Reindeer

Roxanne Jones: Tell the story of Rudolph, the red-nosed reindeer. Jones: The Montgomery Ward department store would hand out little booklets to shoppers. Jones: A legend spread about the Puritans really being petty about mince pies as a way to mock just how ridiculous the ban on Christmas had become. She says it's probably a mixture of fact and legend that he got the notion when he was driving home one night in foggy weather.

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