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Pod save the King - Christmas throughout History

Enjoy our discussion of how modern-day Christmas came to be, as we discuss Prince Albert's modernisation of the Christmas period along with Charles Dickens 'A Christmas carol', the World War 1 Christmas truce and the Christmas tree gifted from Norway to Britain for our assistance during the second world war.  

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