Know Your Christmas Traditions
By Nate Webster IMH Each Christmas people everywhere engage in dozens if not hundreds of different traditions. From drinking eggnog, to the mistletoe, to socks over the fire place and much, much, more. But how many of us actually know the origins of these timeless traditions? Learning about the history of traditions can be incredibly fun. It reminds us that we are apart of a very long and wonderful history of people celebrating the holidays. So lets look into the origins of three popular traditions. Eggnog: Many of us drink eggnog, and can’t resist its thick eggy goodness, but if we are honest, it is a strange drink. There are very few drinks similar to it, so where does this random eggnog drink come from. Well according to Elizabeth Dias of Time Magazine, “While culinary historians debate its exact lineage, most agree eggnog originated from the early medieval Britain “posset,” a hot, milky, ale-like drink...