This was put out by the History Channel and is long so here is the link:

https://www.history.com/news/c...220-12202024&om_rid=

Marketing, advertising, and consumerism, all of it. You should be on your knees praying to God for his son saving your ass and all of us. SMH.

Thanks for sharing 41. I always like learning where sayings or traditions started or came from.

In the mid 50's, my Uncle had several farms with one planted in Christmas trees. We would get a Christmas tree and another scraggly tree for making Christmas wreaths.

Those were good times that are missed today.

I got to thinking about the home made fruit cake. In past years, I usually tried a store bought fruit cake but they were not as good as the ones my mother made. Does anyone make fruit cakes during Christmas time?

She also made mincemeat for pies. I found a pint jar in the frig that must be 30 years old.