An Early Modern Christmas (1500-1850 AD): A Christmas Through the Ages History Guide

An Early Modern Christmas is one of 4 history guides that belong to the Christmas Through the Ages History Guide Collection. 

It is a family style history guide for all ages that takes you on a journey to discover the origins of many of the Christmas traditions and stories we continue to use today. It consists of 13 lessons (some of which can be divided up to create more lessons). 

Through books, documentaries and primary sources this guide takes you through the history of:

-the Christmas tree

-the banning of Christmas in certain areas

-Latin American Christmas traditions that came from a mix of Mesoamerican and Spanish traditions during the Spanish Conquest

-the amalgamation of several winter gift giving characters into the Santa Claus we know today

-the influence of Washington Irving and Charles Dickens

-and so much more...

It also includes supplemental lessons for high schoolers that give them a chance to dive deeper into various topics.