114 Christmas Oranges
December 20, 2015
Filed under Christmas, Episode, Holiday, Podcast, Xmas
Tags: Christmas, Christmas Stocking, Holiday, Podcast, St. Nicholas, Stocking, Traditions, Xmas
Where did the tradition of getting an orange in the Christmas stocking start? With St. Nicholas, of course! Find everything at MyChristmasStocking.net. Call (323) 487-12-25 to wish someone Merry Christmas! Or email TopElf at MyChristmasStocking dot NET. The Christmas Stocking is on Twitter (@XmasStocking), on Facebook, and Google+.
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Featured music:
“Everywhere I Go” by Joshua and Heather from “Merry Christmas – EP” (from Noisetrade)
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Background music:
“Shakespeare’s Carol” by The Manor House String Quartet from “It Came Upon the Midnight Clear and Other Carols”
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“Sans Day Carol” by The Manor House String Quartet from “It Came Upon the Midnight Clear and Other Carols”
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“Angels We Have Heard on High” by Moat Jumper from “Christmas at the Renaissance Fair”
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More information:
Why’d You Eat That has a pretty good history.
Dave’s Garden has some theories.
Smithsonian.com will tell you about the orange and the stocking.
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