On the twelfth day of Christmas my true love sent to me...the history of Christmas made easy

By Anna
http://www.littleredboat.co.uk


Coliseum, mid-winter morning
Constantine(http://www.roman-emperors.org/conniei.htm ): I am the Emperor Constantine!
Amassed People of Rome: We know!
Constantine: Right, well, I've had this fabulous idea. You know that big party you have on the 25th of December?
A.P.O.R: Yes...
Constantine: Well, the plan is this. Instead of the various Gods and things you celebrate at that point - the sun, winter and all - well, we're chucking them out of the window, and you're all going to celebrate the birth of Jesus instead.
A.P.O.R: But...
Constantine: Or I'll kill you.
A.P.O.R: Fair enough...
(sing) "It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas..."


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