Here is Part II of Noel's Christmas episode - where she tells Emilie the story of Christmas in America and the surprising connections to propaganda posters and advertising.
Show Notes
The War on Christmas - Business Insider
Christmas in Puritan New England
When Americans Banned Christmas
How Washington Irving Shaped Christmas in America
The History of Christmas Traditions
A Visit from St. Nicholas / The Night Before Christmas - Clement Moore
Charles Dickens - A Christmas Carol
Thomas Nast - Santa Claus as Union propaganda
Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus
Christmas During the Great Depression
Pappy O'Daniel - The Cohen Brothers
Christmas Traditions from WWII
Frosty the Snowman sells alcohol
Has Trump ended Bill O'Reilly's War on Christmas?
John Birch Society - There Goes Christmas
religious displays and the courts
10 Commandments film and statues
Pledge of Allegiance from PR Gimmick to Patriotic Vow
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Charlie Brown Christmas special and Apple+/PBS