Christmas is coming. The trains are fuller than Christmas markets and their visitors. Somewhere Last Christmas is playing on loop and as soon as the first tentative snowflake makes its way down to earth, everything goes pear shaped.
A historical search for traces of how St. Nicholas became Father Christmas and how this development shapes our modern idea of Christmas.
Constraints, consume and waste. For most, Christmas in 2022. But is there still much left of the festive spirit? Not really.
The fir tree, presents, reindeer, wreaths, the color red, Santa Claus … these associations and traditions are omnipresent at Christmas time. But where do these traditions come from?